Weather Records on 21 May 1983

1,106 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 May 1983. Highest significance: Capella Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 21 May 1983

On 21 May 1983, 1,106 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
340 were record highs and 210 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 1,069 daily.
Capella Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 128.8 mm (5.1 in) on 21 May 1983.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

1,106 stations

1,106 station records on 21 May 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 May 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mount Wilkin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Angledool (Angledool Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barshatas	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sealy	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blair Athol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Enngonia (Shearer Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gleneagle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barringun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lightning Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kenilworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fords Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yantabulla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Bungara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Jukes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia Drexel Un	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bulverde	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tinnenburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ziryanovsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haleyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carinda (Boorooma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Angledool Telephone Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga (Mogila)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Cane Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Senatobia	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Farm Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Finch Hatton Cook St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glentana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,106 records

Records set or tied on 21 May 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 169, Lowest daily maximum 111, Highest daily minimum 171, Lowest daily minimum 99, Heaviest daily rainfall 543, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 21 May 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	169
Lowest daily maximum	111
Highest daily minimum	171
Lowest daily minimum	99
Heaviest daily rainfall	543
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 21 May 1983 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 31, daily 1,069.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

938 broken records

Margins by which the 938 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 711.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 May 1983

Top 20 records on 21 May 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 May 1983	Capella Post Office, AU	monthly rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 years	68 of 100 (Major)
21 May 1983	Collarenebri (Goondoobluie), AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	86 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 May 1983	Mount Wilkin, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 May 1983	Nicosia, CY	monthly rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1983	Zmeinogorsk, RU	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1983	Clermont Sirius St, AU	monthly rain	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1983	Mulga Downs, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1983	Durham, US	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1983	Walgett (Dungalear), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	86 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1983	Goodooga Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1983	Angledool (Angledool Station), AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1983	Barshatas, KZ	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1983	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	69 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1983	Sealy, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	66 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1983	Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv, ZA	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1983	Grand Lake 1 NW, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1983	Te Kowai Exp STN, AU	daily rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	1 year	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1983	Blair Athol, AU	monthly rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1983	Enngonia (Shearer Street), AU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1983	Abbeville, US	monthly rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	48 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 1,106 records.

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

Records on 05-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1811	1
1837	2
1842	1
1847	2
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1865	1
1866	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	1
1880	2
1882	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	4
1896	5
1897	2
1898	1
1899	5
1900	1
1901	3
1902	4
1903	26
1904	8
1905	7
1906	12
1907	36
1908	13
1909	13
1910	14
1911	87
1912	24
1913	13
1914	26
1915	24
1916	13
1917	76
1918	51
1919	170
1920	39
1921	158
1922	39
1923	125
1924	148
1925	250
1926	221
1927	207
1928	173
1929	247
1930	133
1931	488
1932	343
1933	290
1934	590
1935	190
1936	328
1937	227
1938	348
1939	355
1940	456
1941	525
1942	482
1943	463
1944	310
1945	515
1946	324
1947	485
1948	312
1949	593
1950	403
1951	271
1952	385
1953	501
1954	961
1955	507
1956	409
1957	709
1958	511
1959	684
1960	615
1961	306
1962	553
1963	598
1964	788
1965	238
1966	296
1967	1,022
1968	549
1969	832
1970	449
1971	536
1972	557
1973	493
1974	847
1975	1,160
1976	393
1977	756
1978	575
1979	787
1980	857
1981	1,550
1982	599
1983	1,106
1984	950
1985	610
1986	908
1987	1,242
1988	819
1989	671
1990	947
1991	1,065
1992	1,143
1993	1,197
1994	656
1995	749
1996	1,461
1997	953
1998	1,200
1999	544
2000	897
2001	1,187
2002	2,048
2003	807
2004	898
2005	1,020
2006	810
2007	894
2008	740
2009	1,315
2010	962
2011	959
2012	848
2013	884
2014	522
2015	956
2016	567
2017	780
2018	525
2019	1,668
2020	707
2021	1,131
2022	1,512
2023	794
2024	751
2025	776
2026	356

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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	931
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1
700 to 800	1