Weather Records on 15 July 1983

1,241 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 July 1983. Highest significance: Mercedes 6 SSE, US.

Key Facts for 15 July 1983

On 15 July 1983, 1,241 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
604 were record highs and 456 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 1,198 daily.
Mercedes 6 SSE set a monthly record daily precipitation of 151.4 mm (6.0 in) on 15 July 1983.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

1,241 stations

1,241 station records on 15 July 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 July 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Harlingen	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Richland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palacios Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tepuxtepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alert	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kagoshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	134.5 mm (5.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gen. Santos	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sealy	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yoakum	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Makurazaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Refugio	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rest Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Council	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
West Yellowstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,241 records

Records set or tied on 15 July 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 313, Lowest daily maximum 319, Highest daily minimum 291, Lowest daily minimum 137, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 15 July 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	313
Lowest daily maximum	319
Highest daily minimum	291
Lowest daily minimum	137
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 July 1983 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 33, daily 1,198.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,011 broken records

Margins by which the 1,011 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 July 1983

Top 20 records on 15 July 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 July 1983	Mercedes 6 SSE, US	monthly rain	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 years	72 of 100 (Major)
15 July 1983	Harlingen, US	monthly rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	66 of 100 (Major)
15 July 1983	Richland, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1983	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1983	Sugar Land, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1983	Cedar Lake, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1983	Oxford, GB	daily high min	19.1 C (66.4 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	164 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1983	Weslaco, US	monthly rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1983	Brownsville, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1983	Coupeville 1 S, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	86 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1983	Palacios Muni AP, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1983	Briksdal, NO	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1983	Livingston, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1983	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	77 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1983	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1983	Tepuxtepec, MX	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1983	Hamilton, US	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	78 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1983	Marquette, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1983	Vale, US	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1983	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	42 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 1,241 records.

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

Records on 07-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1802	1
1808	1
1824	2
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1838	1
1839	1
1840	2
1866	1
1868	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	10
1899	1
1900	1
1901	7
1902	4
1903	24
1904	9
1905	1
1906	10
1907	8
1908	7
1909	7
1910	14
1911	11
1912	44
1913	19
1914	35
1915	34
1916	27
1917	134
1918	33
1919	59
1920	78
1921	55
1922	111
1923	120
1924	126
1925	137
1926	487
1927	151
1928	367
1929	213
1930	503
1931	591
1932	649
1933	205
1934	554
1935	208
1936	905
1937	279
1938	227
1939	394
1940	320
1941	444
1942	275
1943	338
1944	228
1945	693
1946	421
1947	373
1948	397
1949	455
1950	503
1951	606
1952	825
1953	398
1954	784
1955	612
1956	351
1957	304
1958	859
1959	411
1960	576
1961	386
1962	724
1963	291
1964	670
1965	282
1966	494
1967	1,419
1968	661
1969	670
1970	542
1971	552
1972	681
1973	800
1974	692
1975	869
1976	790
1977	766
1978	815
1979	585
1980	1,168
1981	646
1982	938
1983	1,241
1984	841
1985	793
1986	773
1987	968
1988	1,157
1989	827
1990	1,202
1991	589
1992	904
1993	1,198
1994	1,027
1995	1,347
1996	1,076
1997	688
1998	1,170
1999	1,428
2000	1,276
2001	1,004
2002	1,177
2003	1,256
2004	714
2005	932
2006	1,535
2007	1,171
2008	532
2009	816
2010	941
2011	989
2012	927
2013	761
2014	1,016
2015	547
2016	672
2017	467
2018	645
2019	561
2020	614
2021	674
2022	621
2023	1,157
2024	823
2025	720
2026	961

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Data for records on 1983-07-15: 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 20	975
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2