Weather Records on 1 April 1983

643 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 April 1983. Highest significance: Versailles, US.

Key Facts for 1 April 1983

On 1 April 1983, 643 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
217 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 632 daily.
Versailles set a daily record precipitation of 39.4 mm (1.6 in) on 1 April 1983.
Across 160 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

643 stations

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

Weather records on 1 April 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Paris 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chichibu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Duranillin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maebashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bannister	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Friedrichsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Owase	Japan	Record daily precipitation	275.0 mm (10.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Medora 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nikko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quedlinburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lagunillas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bailey	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Schwarzburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Darkan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Meteghan River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kumagaya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sakai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Maloya	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Ema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yamagata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Henley Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kawaguchiko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carnarvon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Peoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Maloya	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lorraine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Umbarger	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hamada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pendroy 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cody	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Lambert Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cowichan Lake Forestry	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mito	Japan	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Iwami Airport	Japan	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jaral de Berrios	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ragland 3 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chase City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

643 records

Records set or tied on 1 April 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 126, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 309, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 1 April 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	126
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	309
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 1 April 1983 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 632.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

557 broken records

Margins by which the 557 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 331.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 April 1983

Top 20 records on 1 April 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 April 1983	Versailles, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	87 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1983	Paris 5 S, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1983	Kentville Cda, CA	daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1983	Chichibu, JP	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1983	Brodhead Wwtp, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1983	Duranillin, AU	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1983	Maebashi, JP	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1983	Bannister, AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1983	Friedrichsbrunn, DE	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1983	Owase, JP	daily rain	275.0 mm (10.8 in)	248.2 mm (9.8 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1983	Baia Mare, RO	daily high min	14.3 C (57.7 F)	6.3 C (11.3 F)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1983	Medora 1 S, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1983	Nikko, JP	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1983	Quedlinburg, DE	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1983	Lagunillas, MX	monthly high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1983	Bailey, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	33.1 cm (13.0 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1983	Lichtentanne, DE	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1983	Fulton, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1983	Schwarzburg, DE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1983	Darkan, AU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	39 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

1803 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1983. 1983 had 643 records.

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

Records on 04-01 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1805	1
1808	1
1813	1
1815	3
1819	1
1830	2
1847	2
1848	1
1850	1
1855	3
1856	1
1861	2
1862	2
1865	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	3
1879	2
1881	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1891	5
1892	1
1893	2
1896	4
1897	5
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	4
1902	4
1903	12
1904	29
1905	10
1906	7
1907	24
1908	5
1909	13
1910	26
1911	27
1912	31
1913	35
1914	37
1915	25
1916	35
1917	80
1918	51
1919	165
1920	65
1921	46
1922	98
1923	319
1924	257
1925	111
1926	234
1927	326
1928	194
1929	336
1930	153
1931	846
1932	292
1933	188
1934	153
1935	424
1936	1,248
1937	192
1938	461
1939	226
1940	840
1941	285
1942	209
1943	319
1944	266
1945	880
1946	1,172
1947	390
1948	590
1949	308
1950	455
1951	406
1952	419
1953	249
1954	493
1955	288
1956	744
1957	314
1958	535
1959	821
1960	295
1961	496
1962	652
1963	1,123
1964	951
1965	678
1966	689
1967	928
1968	377
1969	611
1970	894
1971	384
1972	510
1973	680
1974	894
1975	1,806
1976	767
1977	524
1978	1,013
1979	738
1980	797
1981	1,115
1982	884
1983	643
1984	662
1985	826
1986	982
1987	1,762
1988	1,259
1989	1,098
1990	952
1991	693
1992	981
1993	783
1994	739
1995	1,056
1996	996
1997	1,255
1998	1,703
1999	1,341
2000	690
2001	575
2002	985
2003	1,366
2004	926
2005	1,086
2006	929
2007	963
2008	1,457
2009	846
2010	1,022
2011	1,105
2012	1,327
2013	719
2014	657
2015	606
2016	842
2017	792
2018	870
2019	674
2020	719
2021	790
2022	853
2023	1,069
2024	788
2025	779
2026	1,042

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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 50	542
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1