Weather Records on 9 May 1983

872 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 May 1983. Highest significance: McKenzie Rvr Rs, US.

Key Facts for 9 May 1983

On 9 May 1983, 872 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
143 were record highs and 408 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 820 daily.
McKenzie Rvr Rs set a daily record precipitation of 49.5 mm (1.9 in) on 9 May 1983.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

872 stations

872 station records on 9 May 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 May 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Klintonel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Millaa Millaa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chinook	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Harlem	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Aneroid	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Klintonel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Malye Derbety	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dundurn	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Volshskiy Gmo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Davidson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Roadene	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.4 mm (5.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnyj Kut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Drummond Aviation	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Swift Current A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Val-Marie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roadene	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sun Rvr 4 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kincaid	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Creek North	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pennant	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bosbokrand (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Helena AP ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kairi Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Strongfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sun Rvr 4 S	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Peeramon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beechy	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Troy 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lagunillas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fordyce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adin Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln Rs	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barron Upper 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Strongfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dundurn	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Val de Palmas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.9 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tejupa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

872 records

Records set or tied on 9 May 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 219, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 189, Heaviest daily rainfall 235, Heaviest daily snowfall 53, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 9 May 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	219
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	189
Heaviest daily rainfall	235
Heaviest daily snowfall	53
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 9 May 1983 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 48, daily 820.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

670 broken records

Margins by which the 670 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 558.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 May 1983

Top 20 records on 9 May 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 May 1983	McKenzie Rvr Rs, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1983	Klintonel, CA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1983	Holter Dam, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1983	Holter Dam, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1983	Millaa Millaa Post Office, AU	daily rain	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1983	Chinook, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	86 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1983	Harlem, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1983	Aneroid, CA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1983	Klintonel, CA	daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1983	Malye Derbety, RU	daily rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1983	Dundurn, CA	daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1983	Volshskiy Gmo, RU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1983	Lincoln Rs, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1983	Davidson, CA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1983	Roadene, CA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1983	Conrad, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	63 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1983	Brome, CA	monthly snowfall	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	2.4 cm (0.9 in)	83 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1983	Cascade 5 S, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1983	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	143.4 mm (5.6 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	74 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1983	Krasnyj Kut, RU	monthly rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	40 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

1793 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1983. 1983 had 872 records.

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

Records on 05-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1806	1
1810	1
1823	1
1834	1
1838	1
1843	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1850	2
1855	2
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1867	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1879	4
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1895	2
1896	4
1897	3
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	9
1902	8
1903	9
1904	14
1905	34
1906	41
1907	11
1908	16
1909	34
1910	45
1911	23
1912	23
1913	15
1914	43
1915	27
1916	26
1917	50
1918	49
1919	47
1920	56
1921	102
1922	45
1923	461
1924	262
1925	123
1926	196
1927	343
1928	302
1929	166
1930	526
1931	411
1932	132
1933	482
1934	750
1935	111
1936	622
1937	128
1938	171
1939	345
1940	237
1941	335
1942	180
1943	524
1944	412
1945	538
1946	278
1947	1,145
1948	379
1949	417
1950	660
1951	188
1952	348
1953	507
1954	489
1955	288
1956	722
1957	505
1958	355
1959	252
1960	748
1961	516
1962	435
1963	1,103
1964	503
1965	730
1966	994
1967	681
1968	545
1969	653
1970	372
1971	338
1972	587
1973	386
1974	699
1975	465
1976	714
1977	931
1978	649
1979	1,605
1980	1,030
1981	639
1982	523
1983	872
1984	892
1985	829
1986	1,253
1987	1,481
1988	594
1989	1,347
1990	850
1991	759
1992	1,476
1993	967
1994	573
1995	960
1996	1,260
1997	1,088
1998	1,182
1999	970
2000	1,114
2001	969
2002	1,489
2003	1,802
2004	926
2005	851
2006	738
2007	765
2008	693
2009	816
2010	764
2011	1,104
2012	686
2013	684
2014	754
2015	689
2016	917
2017	539
2018	879
2019	1,043
2020	1,673
2021	501
2022	1,308
2023	474
2024	792
2025	622
2026	309

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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	645
100 to 200	15
200 to 300	8
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1