Weather Records on 1 March 1983

1,048 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 1983. Highest significance: Smith Bay (Smiths Bay), AU.

Key Facts for 1 March 1983

On 1 March 1983, 1,048 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
486 were record highs and 147 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 70 monthly and 973 daily.
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 53.0 mm (2.1 in) on 1 March 1983.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

1,048 stations

1,048 station records on 1 March 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 March 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Dry Canyon Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Tumby Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ungarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Port Lincoln (White Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cochetopa Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Qinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Boquilla Santa Rosa de la Mis	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
North Shields (Port Lincoln Ae	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Valle de Las Palmas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lattakia	Syria	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Koppio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Butler Tanks (North Parnda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Big Swamp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Penong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Sabrina	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Randsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yangjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Butler (Anona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Rodriguez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mojave	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
El Toro MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Long Beach Daugherty AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Murrays Lagoon (Bayside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Parkhar	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sandberg Ptrl Fc130B	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Westhaven	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Reykjavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Guangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Keflavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kurgan-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arrabury Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nanning	China	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Neill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Western River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sasebo Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Corning Houghton Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
North Battleford A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stokes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Five Points 5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shasta Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vincent Fs Fc 120	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walpa (Danyo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,048 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 210, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 276, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 401, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 1 March 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	210
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	276
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	401
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 1 March 1983 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 70, daily 973.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

852 broken records

Margins by which the 852 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 813.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 March 1983

Top 20 records on 1 March 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 1983	Smith Bay (Smiths Bay), AU	monthly rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1983	Dry Canyon Rsvr, US	monthly rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1983	Tumby Bay, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1983	Ungarra, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1983	Port Lincoln (White Flat), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1983	Cochetopa Creek, US	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	27 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1983	Corny Point, AU	monthly rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1983	Qinzhou, CN	monthly rain	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1983	Petaluma AP, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1983	Boquilla Santa Rosa de la Mis, MX	monthly rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1983	North Shields (Port Lincoln Ae, AU	monthly rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1983	Valle de Las Palmas, MX	monthly rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1983	Lattakia, SY	monthly rain	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	13 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1983	Koppio, AU	monthly rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1983	Butler Tanks (North Parnda), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1983	Port Lincoln (Big Swamp), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1983	Penong, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1983	Lake Sabrina, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1983	Randsburg, US	all-time rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1983	Port Lincoln, AU	daily rain	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	1 year	50 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1808 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1983. 1983 had 1,048 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-01 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1814	1
1817	1
1827	1
1836	2
1844	1
1846	4
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	3
1872	1
1875	4
1876	3
1877	1
1878	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	6
1886	10
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	8
1899	1
1900	7
1901	1
1902	14
1903	11
1904	13
1905	4
1906	30
1907	5
1908	14
1909	19
1910	14
1911	20
1912	64
1913	26
1914	23
1915	21
1916	34
1917	15
1918	16
1919	57
1920	98
1921	411
1922	139
1923	127
1924	44
1925	100
1926	86
1927	203
1928	61
1929	181
1930	90
1931	140
1932	462
1933	94
1934	401
1935	167
1936	232
1937	220
1938	308
1939	565
1940	513
1941	644
1942	391
1943	256
1944	155
1945	178
1946	358
1947	933
1948	893
1949	250
1950	249
1951	564
1952	564
1953	615
1954	893
1955	1,028
1956	523
1957	293
1958	459
1959	463
1960	1,530
1961	548
1962	2,067
1963	532
1964	563
1965	696
1966	575
1967	731
1968	966
1969	439
1970	725
1971	943
1972	1,524
1973	613
1974	954
1975	411
1976	1,612
1977	317
1978	1,065
1979	507
1980	2,040
1981	550
1982	918
1983	1,048
1984	720
1985	676
1986	1,317
1987	2,042
1988	722
1989	924
1990	1,000
1991	926
1992	1,827
1993	1,189
1994	1,339
1995	1,214
1996	641
1997	1,924
1998	957
1999	1,150
2000	1,211
2001	1,081
2002	1,012
2003	756
2004	1,363
2005	1,294
2006	1,376
2007	1,418
2008	887
2009	1,030
2010	890
2011	868
2012	1,776
2013	782
2014	1,149
2015	1,279
2016	622
2017	1,212
2018	1,197
2019	747
2020	494
2021	824
2022	1,096
2023	1,232
2024	642
2025	841
2026	1,153

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Data for records on 1983-03-01: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 200	850
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1