Weather Records on 15 April 1983

1,343 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 April 1983. Highest significance: Greene, US.

Key Facts for 15 April 1983

On 15 April 1983, 1,343 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
135 were record highs and 726 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 1,306 daily.
Greene set a monthly record daily precipitation of 72.9 mm (2.9 in) on 15 April 1983.
Across 159 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

1,343 stations

1,343 station records on 15 April 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 April 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greene	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
New Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Griffiss AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hissar	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vienna	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore-Washington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hickman	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Red Wing	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Reagan Natl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dalecarlia Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hinckley	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Patuxent River NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parkton 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Burnsville Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tanegashima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red Wing	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charleroi Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corry	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Qu Xian	China	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lagunillas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brandonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Wing Dam 3	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Camden	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pt Marion Lock 8	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Utica Oneida Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal/St-Hubert A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,343 records

Records set or tied on 15 April 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 283, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 443, Heaviest daily rainfall 325, Heaviest daily snowfall 61, Deepest snow cover 96.

Records on 15 April 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	283
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	443
Heaviest daily rainfall	325
Heaviest daily snowfall	61
Deepest snow cover	96

Records on 15 April 1983 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 35, daily 1,306.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,097 broken records

Margins by which the 1,097 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 889.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 April 1983

Top 20 records on 15 April 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 April 1983	Greene, US	monthly rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	68 of 100 (Major)
15 April 1983	New Berlin, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 April 1983	Griffiss AFB, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	89 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 April 1983	Hamburg, US	monthly rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 April 1983	Hissar, IN	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1983	York 3 SSW Pump STN, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1983	Vienna, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1983	Palmerton, US	monthly rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1983	Unionville, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1983	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Intl AP, US	monthly rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1983	Storm Lake, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	89 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1983	Albert Lea 3SE, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1983	Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1983	Greer, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1983	Louisa, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1983	Baldwin, US	daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1983	Ephrata, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1983	Binghamton, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1983	Baltimore-Washington Intl AP, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1983	Hickman, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	81 years	47 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

1801 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1983. 1983 had 1,343 records.

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

Records on 04-15 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1817	1
1820	1
1844	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	1
1853	2
1855	2
1858	1
1862	3
1865	3
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	3
1891	2
1892	8
1893	2
1894	1
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	9
1901	2
1902	4
1903	8
1904	39
1905	11
1906	20
1907	18
1908	15
1909	18
1910	16
1911	20
1912	24
1913	39
1914	17
1915	13
1916	15
1917	35
1918	40
1919	22
1920	50
1921	59
1922	94
1923	178
1924	172
1925	168
1926	453
1927	321
1928	631
1929	91
1930	289
1931	388
1932	150
1933	300
1934	339
1935	515
1936	439
1937	277
1938	596
1939	789
1940	581
1941	628
1942	525
1943	1,037
1944	313
1945	783
1946	245
1947	532
1948	306
1949	419
1950	568
1951	504
1952	357
1953	475
1954	896
1955	484
1956	750
1957	378
1958	458
1959	314
1960	319
1961	877
1962	733
1963	714
1964	382
1965	504
1966	464
1967	599
1968	476
1969	555
1970	841
1971	640
1972	896
1973	667
1974	385
1975	780
1976	1,566
1977	649
1978	426
1979	370
1980	1,066
1981	724
1982	955
1983	1,343
1984	612
1985	788
1986	1,140
1987	579
1988	839
1989	836
1990	837
1991	769
1992	783
1993	1,156
1994	835
1995	805
1996	1,173
1997	1,031
1998	1,752
1999	1,249
2000	1,163
2001	1,043
2002	1,866
2003	1,760
2004	761
2005	583
2006	1,637
2007	1,776
2008	1,157
2009	853
2010	804
2011	1,162
2012	1,007
2013	1,146
2014	1,721
2015	739
2016	602
2017	474
2018	1,913
2019	610
2020	1,068
2021	494
2022	1,145
2023	912
2024	1,096
2025	860
2026	1,118

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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 200	1,089
200 to 400	7
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1