Weather Records on 7 March 1983

1,646 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 March 1983. Highest significance: Royal Observatory, ZA.

Key Facts for 7 March 1983

On 7 March 1983, 1,646 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
890 were record highs and 101 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 1,611 daily.
Royal Observatory set a daily record precipitation of 39.5 mm (1.6 in) on 7 March 1983.
Across 171 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

1,646 stations

1,646 station records on 7 March 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 March 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Kameeldrift-Irr	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Klipkop-Irr	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Durbanville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Rawsonville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Akron	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Caribou 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vrugbaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Town Maitland (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blanchard Pwr STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Do Capinzal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	175.2 mm (6.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	286.2 mm (11.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ana Dias	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	171.3 mm (6.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Churchill A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.7 cm (8.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Westhope	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Villiersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beach	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cristina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pereque	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	142.1 mm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jardinopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.9 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pedra Bela	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jacupiranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Itanhaem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,646 records

Records set or tied on 7 March 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 300, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 590, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 561, Heaviest daily snowfall 74, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 7 March 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	300
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	590
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	561
Heaviest daily snowfall	74
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 7 March 1983 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 33, daily 1,611.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,393 broken records

Margins by which the 1,393 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 407.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 March 1983

Top 20 records on 7 March 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 March 1983	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	106 years	76 of 100 (Major)
7 March 1983	Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	70 of 100 (Major)
7 March 1983	Kameeldrift-Irr, ZA	monthly rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	35 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 March 1983	Klipkop-Irr, ZA	monthly rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 March 1983	Table.Mtn Platteklip, ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	86 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 March 1983	The Towers, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 March 1983	Durbanville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 March 1983	Rawsonville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	81 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 March 1983	Akron, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1983	Milaca, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1983	Storm Lake, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1983	Caribou 2 S, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1983	Vrugbaar, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1983	Tulbagh (Pol), ZA	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	86 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1983	Bertrand, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1983	Cape Town Maitland (Cem), ZA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1983	Kluitjeskraal (Bos), ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	86 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1983	Denison, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1983	Blanchard Pwr STN, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1983	Mitchell 2 N, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	52 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

1796 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1983. 1983 had 1,646 records.

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

Records on 03-07 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1807	1
1808	1
1813	1
1818	1
1822	1
1830	1
1834	1
1838	1
1840	1
1845	2
1849	2
1850	1
1858	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	3
1865	1
1868	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1891	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	5
1895	4
1896	4
1897	3
1898	6
1899	5
1900	2
1901	6
1902	2
1903	4
1904	16
1905	5
1906	27
1907	7
1908	13
1909	57
1910	95
1911	26
1912	16
1913	101
1914	20
1915	22
1916	82
1917	54
1918	28
1919	39
1920	273
1921	86
1922	77
1923	91
1924	86
1925	273
1926	175
1927	155
1928	69
1929	103
1930	161
1931	384
1932	737
1933	152
1934	302
1935	274
1936	122
1937	258
1938	72
1939	255
1940	273
1941	333
1942	398
1943	1,024
1944	508
1945	318
1946	643
1947	448
1948	335
1949	452
1950	558
1951	1,098
1952	277
1953	351
1954	330
1955	462
1956	1,169
1957	428
1958	947
1959	238
1960	1,388
1961	614
1962	608
1963	363
1964	837
1965	300
1966	367
1967	998
1968	1,085
1969	650
1970	690
1971	664
1972	949
1973	1,258
1974	1,771
1975	560
1976	355
1977	674
1978	959
1979	837
1980	356
1981	883
1982	727
1983	1,646
1984	669
1985	549
1986	918
1987	2,048
1988	796
1989	2,215
1990	1,399
1991	859
1992	1,063
1993	563
1994	700
1995	2,011
1996	1,912
1997	716
1998	1,535
1999	960
2000	1,880
2001	766
2002	1,201
2003	886
2004	827
2005	1,043
2006	833
2007	1,031
2008	1,204
2009	1,015
2010	1,103
2011	808
2012	743
2013	655
2014	788
2015	1,090
2016	961
2017	773
2018	377
2019	1,245
2020	639
2021	270
2022	1,388
2023	1,130
2024	414
2025	1,046
2026	1,456

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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 100	1,375
100 to 200	15
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1