Weather Records on 31 March 1983

564 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 1983. Highest significance: Big Piney, US.

Key Facts for 31 March 1983

On 31 March 1983, 564 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
213 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 63 monthly and 498 daily.
Big Piney set an all-time record daily precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 31 March 1983.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

564 stations

564 station records on 31 March 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Big Piney	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Washington Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sturt Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kailiili 436	United States	Record daily precipitation	210.1 mm (8.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wiluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hamel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yandal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelirrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Weebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bailey	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barellan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cromleigh,Ixopo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Miyazaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cold Lake A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount House Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Booylgoo Spring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gijon la Merced	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pinedale	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wonganoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elatma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nambi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mullen 21 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Weld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yarloop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Millrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chamingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Turee Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lagunillas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gold Beach Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.5 mm (7.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lorna Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bryah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Doolgunna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Three Rivers	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yakabindie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Korong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Willowvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cowcowing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nizhne-Tambovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Merredin Research Station	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Im. Poliny Osipenko	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uglegorsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tuweep	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gastonia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crater Lake Nps HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

564 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 95, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 118, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 225, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 31 March 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	95
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	118
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 31 March 1983 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 63, daily 498.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

480 broken records

Margins by which the 480 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 1983

Top 20 records on 31 March 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1983	Big Piney, US	all-time rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	69 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1983	Washington Is, US	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1983	Sturt Meadows, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1983	Kailiili 436, US	daily rain	210.1 mm (8.3 in)	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1983	Wiluna, AU	daily rain	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	70 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1983	Minocqua, US	monthly snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1983	Hamel, AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1983	Yandal, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1983	Yeelirrie, AU	daily rain	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	79.9 mm (3.1 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1983	Onaway 4N, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1983	Weebo, AU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1983	Bailey, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1983	Bloomfield 3 SE, US	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1983	Barellan Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	91 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1983	Cromleigh,Ixopo, ZA	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1983	Miyazaki, JP	monthly rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1983	Cold Lake A, CA	daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1983	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	monthly high max	11.2 C (52.2 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1983	Mount House Station, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1983	Booylgoo Spring, AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	40 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

1808 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1983. 1983 had 564 records.

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

Records on 03-31 in each year
Year	Records
1808	2
1815	2
1843	1
1848	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	3
1856	2
1859	3
1865	2
1869	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1887	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	5
1899	3
1900	9
1901	7
1902	3
1903	14
1904	16
1905	29
1906	10
1907	11
1908	5
1909	4
1910	45
1911	24
1912	18
1913	62
1914	16
1915	57
1916	17
1917	52
1918	42
1919	86
1920	65
1921	238
1922	102
1923	459
1924	160
1925	110
1926	306
1927	198
1928	98
1929	323
1930	137
1931	365
1932	360
1933	311
1934	181
1935	310
1936	1,242
1937	258
1938	649
1939	197
1940	697
1941	250
1942	245
1943	794
1944	327
1945	778
1946	897
1947	658
1948	355
1949	452
1950	579
1951	490
1952	382
1953	302
1954	549
1955	286
1956	767
1957	373
1958	414
1959	622
1960	327
1961	525
1962	547
1963	987
1964	1,345
1965	457
1966	845
1967	1,025
1968	504
1969	1,126
1970	945
1971	516
1972	427
1973	755
1974	852
1975	1,032
1976	519
1977	1,021
1978	1,362
1979	722
1980	640
1981	1,060
1982	926
1983	564
1984	532
1985	1,471
1986	1,507
1987	2,256
1988	850
1989	1,335
1990	842
1991	634
1992	747
1993	668
1994	871
1995	940
1996	743
1997	962
1998	2,587
1999	1,100
2000	581
2001	686
2002	861
2003	1,722
2004	1,055
2005	861
2006	1,088
2007	1,150
2008	1,471
2009	927
2010	984
2011	1,020
2012	942
2013	753
2014	631
2015	861
2016	823
2017	1,423
2018	663
2019	544
2020	534
2021	949
2022	683
2023	1,128
2024	488
2025	942
2026	1,275

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Data for records on 1983-03-31: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	468
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1