Weather Records on 22 April 1983

938 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 April 1983. Highest significance: Vang I Valdres, NO.

Key Facts for 22 April 1983

On 22 April 1983, 938 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
248 were record highs and 224 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 903 daily.
Vang I Valdres set a daily record precipitation of 25.0 mm (1.0 in) on 22 April 1983.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

938 stations

938 station records on 22 April 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 April 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vang I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Fowler 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bailey	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aldeia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cortland	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Inukjuak Ua	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cacapava	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nazare Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marechal Floriano (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Piracaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro Barros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Agua Soca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barrocada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Itabera	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Represa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moyale	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	102.8 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ordway 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka WFO Woodley Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Engordador	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Susquehanna	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bethel AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Perus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gouldsboro	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Francisco Xavier	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Domingos Martins (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cardoso Moreira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Do Barreiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Itatiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Conceicao da Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Storbron	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Overang	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Mauricio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pindamonhangaba (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Freeville 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sherburne	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sodus 1W	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Skiatook	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Panhandle	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rita Do Massaim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Paulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

938 records

Records set or tied on 22 April 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 118, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 388, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 61.

Records on 22 April 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	118
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	388
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	61

Records on 22 April 1983 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 28, daily 903.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

783 broken records

Margins by which the 783 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 458.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 April 1983

Top 20 records on 22 April 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 April 1983	Vang I Valdres, NO	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 April 1983	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	82 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 April 1983	Fowler 1 SE, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1983	Delhi 2 SE, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1983	Beito, NO	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1983	Bailey, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	45.8 cm (18.0 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1983	Aldeia, BR	daily rain	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1983	Cortland, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	83 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1983	Inukjuak Ua, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1983	Skaneateles, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1983	Elk Mtn, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1983	Cacapava, BR	daily rain	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1983	Nazare Paulista, BR	daily rain	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1983	Marechal Floriano (Dnos), BR	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1983	Piracaia, BR	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1983	Farmville, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1983	Pedro Barros, BR	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1983	Agua Soca, BR	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1983	Barrocada, BR	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1983	Itabera, BR	daily rain	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	43 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

1800 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1983. 1983 had 938 records.

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

Records on 04-22 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1815	1
1817	1
1838	1
1842	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	2
1855	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	2
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	3
1885	3
1888	4
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	1
1898	4
1899	3
1900	4
1901	26
1902	13
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	11
1907	12
1908	14
1909	25
1910	27
1911	29
1912	35
1913	22
1914	79
1915	14
1916	56
1917	29
1918	63
1919	45
1920	55
1921	75
1922	81
1923	119
1924	132
1925	421
1926	148
1927	547
1928	380
1929	194
1930	207
1931	561
1932	266
1933	189
1934	340
1935	298
1936	543
1937	368
1938	243
1939	210
1940	434
1941	287
1942	286
1943	519
1944	565
1945	250
1946	555
1947	552
1948	454
1949	377
1950	584
1951	556
1952	636
1953	384
1954	545
1955	783
1956	249
1957	705
1958	411
1959	412
1960	1,107
1961	492
1962	329
1963	887
1964	1,109
1965	512
1966	534
1967	1,227
1968	870
1969	500
1970	1,048
1971	420
1972	780
1973	850
1974	647
1975	390
1976	363
1977	818
1978	765
1979	430
1980	1,632
1981	959
1982	1,073
1983	938
1984	1,128
1985	1,426
1986	1,381
1987	1,054
1988	971
1989	1,467
1990	815
1991	1,272
1992	1,155
1993	1,327
1994	812
1995	1,129
1996	1,051
1997	975
1998	1,174
1999	941
2000	1,202
2001	1,325
2002	1,406
2003	529
2004	647
2005	666
2006	797
2007	650
2008	844
2009	959
2010	902
2011	1,017
2012	1,212
2013	985
2014	437
2015	529
2016	593
2017	470
2018	688
2019	498
2020	598
2021	1,320
2022	505
2023	539
2024	663
2025	403
2026	727

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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	752
100 to 200	22
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1