Weather Records on 21 March 1983

1,673 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 March 1983. Highest significance: Hermidale Tank, AU.

Key Facts for 21 March 1983

On 21 March 1983, 1,673 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
213 were record highs and 323 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 1,622 daily.
Hermidale Tank set a monthly record daily precipitation of 146.0 mm (5.7 in) on 21 March 1983.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

1,673 stations

1,673 station records on 21 March 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 March 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hermidale Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Hillston Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Booligal (Belmont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Ivanhoe (Mt Manara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Fords Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cobar (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wise Rvr 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Naradhan (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Eaton Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Winfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.4 mm (8.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Moogerah Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kalpienung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Boona-Choppa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	238.4 mm (9.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.4 mm (5.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke (Yanda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles Lock/Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tarome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Kelvin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bailey	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Mount Darragh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rankins Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nullawil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Haven Fire Dept	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Double Gates)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.4 mm (5.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston (Essex)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Cairn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rosevale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Enngonia (Shearer Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Collerina (Kenebree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bilpin (Fern Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Livingstone	Zambia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nymagee (Kenmure Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lagunillas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dearborn	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,673 records

Records set or tied on 21 March 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 216, Highest daily minimum 160, Lowest daily minimum 107, Heaviest daily rainfall 841, Heaviest daily snowfall 178, Deepest snow cover 118.

Records on 21 March 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	216
Highest daily minimum	160
Lowest daily minimum	107
Heaviest daily rainfall	841
Heaviest daily snowfall	178
Deepest snow cover	118

Records on 21 March 1983 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 51, daily 1,622.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,446 broken records

Margins by which the 1,446 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 March 1983

Top 20 records on 21 March 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 March 1983	Hermidale Tank, AU	monthly rain	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	73 years	78 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1983	Katoomba (Murri St), AU	daily rain	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1983	Hillston Airport, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1983	Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line, AU	daily rain	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	88 years	69 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1983	Booligal (Belmont), AU	monthly rain	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	69 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1983	Montpelier, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	81 years	68 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1983	Ivanhoe (Mt Manara), AU	daily rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	88 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1983	Fords Bridge, AU	monthly rain	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1983	Montague 4 NW, US	monthly snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	79 years	66 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1983	Rantoul, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	70 years	66 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1983	Cobar (the Meadows), AU	monthly rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1983	Menangle Jmai, AU	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1983	Cambridge Galt Moe, CA	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	101 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1983	Wise Rvr 3 WNW, US	monthly rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1983	Washington Wwtp 4W, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1983	Beaudesert Cryna, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	81 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1983	Naradhan (Uralba), AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	88 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1983	Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede, AU	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	76 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1983	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 March 1983	Midland Water Pollution Contro, CA	monthly snowfall	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	74 years	60 of 100 (Major)

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

1797 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1983. 1983 had 1,673 records.

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

Records on 03-21 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1805	1
1806	1
1822	1
1830	1
1836	1
1837	1
1845	1
1846	1
1850	1
1852	2
1857	1
1865	7
1874	1
1877	1
1880	1
1881	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	5
1886	2
1888	1
1890	3
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	9
1902	18
1903	23
1904	17
1905	6
1906	3
1907	14
1908	3
1909	11
1910	10
1911	10
1912	36
1913	97
1914	71
1915	27
1916	44
1917	43
1918	43
1919	29
1920	90
1921	96
1922	50
1923	72
1924	96
1925	141
1926	282
1927	179
1928	293
1929	104
1930	99
1931	638
1932	305
1933	235
1934	114
1935	675
1936	225
1937	172
1938	783
1939	280
1940	366
1941	311
1942	330
1943	217
1944	556
1945	294
1946	570
1947	192
1948	948
1949	330
1950	398
1951	779
1952	689
1953	342
1954	211
1955	1,124
1956	686
1957	373
1958	619
1959	230
1960	892
1961	268
1962	548
1963	298
1964	333
1965	1,961
1966	464
1967	487
1968	798
1969	219
1970	612
1971	358
1972	519
1973	385
1974	1,097
1975	751
1976	710
1977	376
1978	838
1979	656
1980	775
1981	676
1982	850
1983	1,673
1984	835
1985	503
1986	1,170
1987	948
1988	1,155
1989	1,396
1990	1,380
1991	1,446
1992	877
1993	687
1994	684
1995	1,141
1996	1,119
1997	1,670
1998	935
1999	1,044
2000	802
2001	1,342
2002	1,593
2003	1,073
2004	1,511
2005	649
2006	1,417
2007	1,220
2008	734
2009	558
2010	1,134
2011	1,451
2012	2,854
2013	727
2014	639
2015	568
2016	553
2017	1,117
2018	809
2019	649
2020	445
2021	489
2022	615
2023	815
2024	432
2025	845
2026	2,614

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	1,281
50 to 100	115
100 to 150	30
150 to 200	16
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1