Weather Records on 17 March 1983

912 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 1983. Highest significance: Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU.

Key Facts for 17 March 1983

On 17 March 1983, 912 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
161 were record highs and 204 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 885 daily.
Sydney (Observatory Hill) set a daily record precipitation of 109.6 mm (4.3 in) on 17 March 1983.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

912 stations

912 station records on 17 March 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.6 mm (4.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.6 mm (5.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Margaret River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bowling Alley Point (Poplars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.6 mm (4.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Idracowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia UNIV of Sc	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Turramurra (Kissing Point Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.2 mm (4.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mollerin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Toodyay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Chester Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
West Pennant Hills (Oratava A	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Culver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cuttening	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bencubbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Balgowlah (Ethel Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.2 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda (Blackwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wahroonga Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
West Pennant Hills (Cumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sullivans Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Florence Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bajool Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manly Vale (Manly Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wanneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cooranbong (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glenfield (Macquarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ogallala	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tilghman Forest Nurser	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Adak AP	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beacon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Doodarding Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Airport AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pymble (Canisius College)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Berowra (Goodwyn Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dongfang	China	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bailey	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
McColl 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Chittering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lindfield West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

912 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 96, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 137, Heaviest daily rainfall 420, Heaviest daily snowfall 86, Deepest snow cover 41.

Records on 17 March 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	96
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	137
Heaviest daily rainfall	420
Heaviest daily snowfall	86
Deepest snow cover	41

Records on 17 March 1983 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 24, daily 885.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

785 broken records

Margins by which the 785 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 1983

Top 20 records on 17 March 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 1983	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	109.6 mm (4.3 in)	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	111 years	75 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1983	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1983	Mosman (Bapaume Road), AU	daily rain	142.6 mm (5.6 in)	109.1 mm (4.3 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1983	Margaret River Station, AU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1983	Tempe Downs, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	80 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1983	Bowling Alley Point (Poplars), AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	76 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1983	Dwtn Charleston, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	64 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1983	Sydney Botanic Gardens, AU	daily rain	110.6 mm (4.4 in)	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1983	Georgetown 2 E, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1983	Marion, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1983	Idracowra, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1983	Columbia UNIV of Sc, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1983	Culbertson, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	76 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1983	Randwick Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1983	Centennial Park, AU	daily rain	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1983	Turramurra (Kissing Point Road, AU	daily rain	114.2 mm (4.5 in)	96.4 mm (3.8 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1983	Mollerin Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1983	Charleston Intl AP, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1983	Toodyay, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1983	Epping Chester Street, AU	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	28 years	53 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

1825 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1983. 1983 had 912 records.

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

Records on 03-17 in each year
Year	Records
1825	2
1839	1
1845	1
1850	2
1852	1
1853	1
1856	1
1857	1
1863	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	3
1876	1
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	4
1883	1
1884	3
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1892	1
1895	5
1896	2
1897	9
1898	14
1899	5
1900	5
1901	4
1902	16
1903	10
1904	11
1905	10
1906	15
1907	14
1908	20
1909	20
1910	17
1911	7
1912	7
1913	31
1914	28
1915	22
1916	40
1917	52
1918	26
1919	86
1920	50
1921	96
1922	49
1923	130
1924	78
1925	143
1926	185
1927	369
1928	230
1929	85
1930	306
1931	124
1932	484
1933	198
1934	368
1935	259
1936	601
1937	455
1938	394
1939	583
1940	250
1941	689
1942	783
1943	500
1944	288
1945	1,345
1946	810
1947	332
1948	340
1949	178
1950	1,105
1951	489
1952	527
1953	236
1954	365
1955	385
1956	573
1957	327
1958	535
1959	471
1960	814
1961	679
1962	321
1963	738
1964	241
1965	1,115
1966	970
1967	856
1968	849
1969	651
1970	768
1971	361
1972	1,013
1973	943
1974	837
1975	475
1976	534
1977	479
1978	787
1979	507
1980	658
1981	679
1982	1,315
1983	912
1984	599
1985	662
1986	551
1987	1,362
1988	1,325
1989	1,082
1990	1,916
1991	756
1992	740
1993	1,608
1994	822
1995	989
1996	689
1997	895
1998	972
1999	688
2000	792
2001	1,349
2002	1,210
2003	1,244
2004	1,406
2005	1,475
2006	579
2007	1,470
2008	955
2009	717
2010	584
2011	926
2012	2,715
2013	723
2014	1,039
2015	1,145
2016	545
2017	847
2018	891
2019	738
2020	454
2021	502
2022	452
2023	875
2024	668
2025	722
2026	2,522

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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	766
100 to 200	15
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	2