Weather Records on 9 March 1983

996 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 1983. Highest significance: Cardwell Marine Pde, AU.

Key Facts for 9 March 1983

On 9 March 1983, 996 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
543 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 955 daily.
Cardwell Marine Pde set a daily record precipitation of 368.0 mm (14.5 in) on 9 March 1983.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

996 stations

996 station records on 9 March 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	368.0 mm (14.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	217.9 mm (8.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	237.6 mm (9.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	297.8 mm (11.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bemerside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	343.0 mm (13.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Currie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hillwood (Hillwoodville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.8 C (103.6 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	172.8 mm (6.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston (Distillery Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
City of Melbourne Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoopa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Patricks River (Targa Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Talisman I	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Adak AP	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston (Kings Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	270.6 mm (10.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glengarry (No3)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stone Exelby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.4 mm (7.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Powell River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	453.8 mm (17.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	247.0 mm (9.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hedley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas Caa AP	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	208.8 mm (8.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shawnigan Lake	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hope	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Frontera Hidalgo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chilpancingo (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waukegan	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

996 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 99, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 444, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 308, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 9 March 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	99
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	444
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	308
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 9 March 1983 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 37, daily 955.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

831 broken records

Margins by which the 831 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 March 1983

Top 20 records on 9 March 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 1983	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	daily rain	368.0 mm (14.5 in)	250.1 mm (9.8 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1983	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	217.9 mm (8.6 in)	150.3 mm (5.9 in)	78 years	73 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1983	Port Douglas - Warner St, AU	daily rain	237.6 mm (9.4 in)	130.4 mm (5.1 in)	76 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1983	Macknade Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	297.8 mm (11.7 in)	135.2 mm (5.3 in)	80 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1983	Low Head (Comparison), AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 March 1983	Bemerside, AU	daily rain	343.0 mm (13.5 in)	226.2 mm (8.9 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1983	Lilydale Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1983	Currie Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1983	Hillwood (Hillwoodville), AU	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1983	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	monthly high max	39.8 C (103.6 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	114 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1983	Samnanger, NO	monthly rain	172.8 mm (6.8 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1983	Launceston (Distillery Creek), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1983	City of Melbourne Bay, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1983	Naracoopa, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1983	Fajardo, PR	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1983	St Patricks River (Targa Farm), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1983	Talisman I, MX	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1983	Minocqua, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	66 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1983	Adak AP, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1983	Launceston (Kings Meadows), AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	43 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

1798 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1983. 1983 had 996 records.

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

Records on 03-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1807	1
1808	2
1811	3
1813	2
1814	1
1815	1
1824	1
1834	1
1839	1
1840	1
1845	3
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	2
1855	1
1858	1
1860	1
1862	2
1863	2
1864	3
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	2
1872	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1883	1
1885	1
1886	3
1888	1
1890	9
1891	4
1892	6
1893	6
1895	1
1896	3
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1901	3
1902	9
1903	29
1904	8
1905	7
1906	11
1907	6
1908	36
1909	14
1910	21
1911	35
1912	25
1913	100
1914	66
1915	39
1916	53
1917	52
1918	32
1919	57
1920	23
1921	89
1922	31
1923	148
1924	104
1925	211
1926	133
1927	107
1928	187
1929	210
1930	114
1931	387
1932	1,604
1933	136
1934	266
1935	288
1936	350
1937	172
1938	209
1939	400
1940	263
1941	366
1942	453
1943	679
1944	685
1945	107
1946	249
1947	249
1948	857
1949	436
1950	382
1951	777
1952	266
1953	338
1954	689
1955	629
1956	452
1957	547
1958	534
1959	138
1960	1,155
1961	416
1962	552
1963	349
1964	1,148
1965	305
1966	478
1967	731
1968	771
1969	858
1970	403
1971	457
1972	957
1973	930
1974	1,694
1975	639
1976	635
1977	1,418
1978	952
1979	856
1980	444
1981	1,199
1982	879
1983	996
1984	1,365
1985	710
1986	965
1987	1,043
1988	743
1989	1,504
1990	1,140
1991	447
1992	1,377
1993	658
1994	1,897
1995	1,910
1996	3,236
1997	759
1998	1,710
1999	1,369
2000	2,384
2001	838
2002	1,514
2003	1,120
2004	1,162
2005	937
2006	1,129
2007	634
2008	1,201
2009	1,110
2010	1,409
2011	958
2012	909
2013	1,015
2014	982
2015	655
2016	1,285
2017	678
2018	435
2019	901
2020	759
2021	746
2022	1,209
2023	1,119
2024	536
2025	656
2026	1,050

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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	817
100 to 200	10
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1