Weather Records on 2 March 1983

1,518 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 March 1983. Highest significance: Port Hastings, CA.

Key Facts for 2 March 1983

On 2 March 1983, 1,518 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
732 were record highs and 113 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 69 monthly and 1,447 daily.
Port Hastings set a daily record precipitation of 66.4 mm (2.6 in) on 2 March 1983.
Across 163 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

1,518 stations

1,518 station records on 2 March 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 March 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Shahat	Libya	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Opodepe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lillimur Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cowangie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Balleza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Haiwee	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tehachapi	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pontal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.7 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Niland	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Peterboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Desert Resorts Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Borrego Desert Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ingonish Beach	Canada	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ngqeleni (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bannerton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Miyakonojo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Campo	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Teigarhorn	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kalumburu Mission	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wolseley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Balranald (Tillara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Robinvale (Kyndalyn Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
South Weymouth NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kinalung (Munka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aroostook	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dimbokro	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mulcra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kagoshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Margaret	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Peti	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
El Paso de Iritu	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newhall S Fc32Ce	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Panoche 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bordertown (Inglewood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Euston ( Benington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yangjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tijuana	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sandberg Ptrl Fc130B	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goldfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shanwei	China	Record daily precipitation	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ajiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El Alamo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Rodriguez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palmdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saugus Pwr Plt 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,518 records

Records set or tied on 2 March 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 311, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 421, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 641, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 2 March 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	311
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	421
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	641
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 2 March 1983 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 69, daily 1,447.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,268 broken records

Margins by which the 1,268 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 838.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 March 1983

Top 20 records on 2 March 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 March 1983	Port Hastings, CA	daily rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	107 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 March 1983	Kaniva, AU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1983	Shahat, LY	monthly rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1983	Opodepe, MX	monthly rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1983	Lillimur Estate, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	82 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1983	Haverhill, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1983	Streaky Bay, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1983	Cowangie, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1983	Balleza, MX	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1983	Haiwee, US	monthly rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1983	Tehachapi, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1983	Pontal, BR	daily rain	100.7 mm (4.0 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1983	Niland, US	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1983	Peterboro 2 S, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1983	Desert Resorts Rgnl AP, US	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1983	Borrego Desert Park, US	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1983	Ingonish Beach, CA	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1983	Ngqeleni (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1983	Bannerton, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1983	Miyakonojo, JP	daily rain	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	51 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

1802 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1983. 1983 had 1,518 records.

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

Records on 03-02 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1814	1
1836	1
1845	1
1846	2
1848	1
1852	1
1854	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1866	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	3
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	1
1892	1
1893	11
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	4
1900	12
1901	5
1902	7
1903	5
1904	10
1905	7
1906	22
1907	4
1908	16
1909	19
1910	11
1911	13
1912	57
1913	32
1914	36
1915	20
1916	65
1917	37
1918	22
1919	23
1920	85
1921	241
1922	73
1923	219
1924	50
1925	220
1926	85
1927	152
1928	75
1929	191
1930	133
1931	250
1932	371
1933	89
1934	364
1935	198
1936	441
1937	162
1938	415
1939	222
1940	522
1941	507
1942	261
1943	912
1944	249
1945	494
1946	290
1947	878
1948	744
1949	196
1950	441
1951	801
1952	794
1953	731
1954	491
1955	647
1956	510
1957	282
1958	247
1959	310
1960	1,650
1961	768
1962	1,155
1963	518
1964	679
1965	687
1966	583
1967	644
1968	629
1969	417
1970	887
1971	1,033
1972	1,713
1973	522
1974	1,474
1975	399
1976	1,903
1977	384
1978	1,272
1979	728
1980	2,905
1981	534
1982	924
1983	1,518
1984	566
1985	733
1986	1,075
1987	1,370
1988	833
1989	1,395
1990	826
1991	1,512
1992	1,852
1993	906
1994	1,540
1995	1,382
1996	541
1997	2,594
1998	687
1999	1,176
2000	1,093
2001	1,373
2002	1,466
2003	709
2004	1,064
2005	966
2006	1,017
2007	1,726
2008	889
2009	1,498
2010	859
2011	664
2012	933
2013	795
2014	1,545
2015	933
2016	652
2017	565
2018	816
2019	901
2020	538
2021	529
2022	1,017
2023	1,094
2024	886
2025	708
2026	1,163

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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	1,266
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1