Weather Records on 1 May 1983

1,423 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 May 1983. Highest significance: Rushville, US.

Key Facts for 1 May 1983

On 1 May 1983, 1,423 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
543 were record highs and 160 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 94 monthly and 1,318 daily.
Rushville set a daily record precipitation of 68.6 mm (2.7 in) on 1 May 1983.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

1,423 stations

1,423 station records on 1 May 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 May 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Clare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cape Don	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.7 mm (4.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Shirbourne Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	260.8 mm (10.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Eaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Barakula Forest STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sheaville 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Purdue UNIV AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yacamunda Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Zehdenick	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Madowla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Piqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stover	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bordertown (Berangwee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Tempelhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bordertown (Kangaringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Rocher 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manila	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine Miller Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kurrowah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,423 records

Records set or tied on 1 May 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 153, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 390, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 695, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 1 May 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	153
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	390
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	695
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 1 May 1983 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 94, daily 1,318.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,240 broken records

Margins by which the 1,240 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 May 1983

Top 20 records on 1 May 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 May 1983	Rushville, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	80 years	68 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1983	1 WSW Princeton, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	89 years	68 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1983	Cottbus, DE	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	95 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1983	Reid River Railway Station, AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	73 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1983	Clare, AU	daily rain	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	73 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1983	Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	90 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1983	Cape Don, AU	monthly rain	115.7 mm (4.6 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1983	Shirbourne Park, AU	monthly rain	260.8 mm (10.3 in)	127.4 mm (5.0 in)	27 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1983	Eaton, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	65 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1983	Bucyrus, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1983	Mineral, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1983	Sheffield, GB	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1983	Lindenberg, DE	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1983	Leyburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1983	Elgin Downs, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1983	Spencer 6 SSE, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	87 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1983	Barakula Forest STN, AU	monthly rain	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	5 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1983	Maryland, AU	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1983	Columbus, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1983	The Valley, AU	daily rain	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	110.9 mm (4.4 in)	29 years	54 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

1795 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1983. 1983 had 1,423 records.

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

Records on 05-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1804	1
1814	1
1818	1
1835	1
1836	1
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1850	1
1851	1
1857	1
1860	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	1
1868	2
1872	1
1875	4
1878	2
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	6
1893	2
1894	5
1896	1
1897	4
1898	1
1899	8
1900	1
1901	5
1902	7
1903	9
1904	9
1905	13
1906	12
1907	31
1908	20
1909	49
1910	13
1911	22
1912	18
1913	54
1914	23
1915	27
1916	27
1917	37
1918	34
1919	150
1920	186
1921	41
1922	92
1923	64
1924	63
1925	118
1926	500
1927	125
1928	190
1929	142
1930	263
1931	537
1932	220
1933	706
1934	305
1935	276
1936	368
1937	218
1938	304
1939	227
1940	731
1941	333
1942	1,036
1943	526
1944	229
1945	350
1946	415
1947	655
1948	774
1949	405
1950	439
1951	894
1952	557
1953	917
1954	1,506
1955	772
1956	1,106
1957	359
1958	448
1959	764
1960	737
1961	588
1962	615
1963	704
1964	312
1965	360
1966	707
1967	948
1968	426
1969	429
1970	1,075
1971	444
1972	562
1973	841
1974	589
1975	286
1976	673
1977	545
1978	1,202
1979	612
1980	507
1981	1,265
1982	508
1983	1,423
1984	640
1985	789
1986	512
1987	1,098
1988	1,058
1989	949
1990	922
1991	633
1992	1,201
1993	1,101
1994	1,210
1995	1,365
1996	1,439
1997	804
1998	951
1999	932
2000	809
2001	1,106
2002	1,221
2003	964
2004	887
2005	1,320
2006	734
2007	857
2008	979
2009	679
2010	1,151
2011	716
2012	796
2013	976
2014	941
2015	550
2016	844
2017	1,163
2018	519
2019	788
2020	1,099
2021	834
2022	319
2023	912
2024	458
2025	430
2026	623

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Data for records on 1983-05-01: 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 50	1,216
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1