Weather Records on 16 July 1983

1,362 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 July 1983. Highest significance: Siliguri, IN.

Key Facts for 16 July 1983

On 16 July 1983, 1,362 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
625 were record highs and 530 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 1,328 daily.
Siliguri set a daily record precipitation of 213.1 mm (8.4 in) on 16 July 1983.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

1,362 stations

1,362 station records on 16 July 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 July 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Siliguri	India	Record daily precipitation	213.1 mm (8.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
New Gulf	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Corinne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Acambaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sutur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pelican Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fukuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	233.0 mm (9.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goliad 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waller	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Purepero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Barker	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Churumuco (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chanthaburi	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	126.9 mm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 1NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quemado	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thompsons 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pineview Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pavillion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Calderones	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ocotlan de Morelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calpulalpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Riverdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,362 records

Records set or tied on 16 July 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 285, Lowest daily maximum 258, Highest daily minimum 340, Lowest daily minimum 272, Heaviest daily rainfall 207.

Records on 16 July 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	285
Lowest daily maximum	258
Highest daily minimum	340
Lowest daily minimum	272
Heaviest daily rainfall	207
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 July 1983 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 28, daily 1,328.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,033 broken records

Margins by which the 1,033 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 129.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 July 1983

Top 20 records on 16 July 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 July 1983	Siliguri, IN	daily rain	213.1 mm (8.4 in)	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	72 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1983	New Gulf, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1983	Corinne, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	80 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1983	Howard, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1983	Acambaro, MX	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1983	Fergus Falls, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1983	Richmond, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1983	Springview 2NW, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1983	Oxford, GB	daily high min	19.0 C (66.2 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	114 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1983	Welland, CA	daily high max	34.5 C (94.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1983	Sutur, RU	daily rain	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1983	Pelican Rapids, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1983	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1983	Sugar Land, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1983	Fukuoka, JP	monthly rain	233.0 mm (9.2 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1983	Campbell, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1983	Belleville, CA	daily high max	34.5 C (94.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	105 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1983	Belleville, CA	daily high min	23.5 C (74.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	110 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1983	Wahpeton 3 N, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1983	Ibapah, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	80 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

1798 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1983. 1983 had 1,362 records.

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

Records on 07-16 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1808	1
1819	1
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1840	2
1845	1
1852	2
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	1
1875	2
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1890	5
1891	2
1892	5
1894	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	9
1902	2
1903	18
1904	20
1905	4
1906	23
1907	7
1908	21
1909	17
1910	9
1911	24
1912	28
1913	23
1914	53
1915	41
1916	39
1917	90
1918	18
1919	56
1920	46
1921	66
1922	303
1923	180
1924	75
1925	179
1926	295
1927	170
1928	405
1929	192
1930	402
1931	527
1932	446
1933	224
1934	432
1935	284
1936	715
1937	307
1938	213
1939	599
1940	255
1941	363
1942	321
1943	297
1944	193
1945	702
1946	454
1947	568
1948	259
1949	417
1950	542
1951	537
1952	560
1953	366
1954	592
1955	548
1956	417
1957	221
1958	1,270
1959	341
1960	329
1961	402
1962	538
1963	251
1964	341
1965	437
1966	415
1967	1,067
1968	788
1969	702
1970	674
1971	766
1972	641
1973	880
1974	666
1975	742
1976	840
1977	829
1978	1,095
1979	543
1980	1,457
1981	569
1982	985
1983	1,362
1984	937
1985	528
1986	845
1987	916
1988	1,306
1989	1,074
1990	955
1991	627
1992	943
1993	1,053
1994	730
1995	929
1996	739
1997	707
1998	1,051
1999	998
2000	1,207
2001	1,073
2002	1,029
2003	1,492
2004	724
2005	1,023
2006	1,527
2007	1,186
2008	669
2009	839
2010	927
2011	1,221
2012	829
2013	853
2014	1,448
2015	605
2016	706
2017	419
2018	694
2019	476
2020	464
2021	661
2022	538
2023	1,150
2024	938
2025	764
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 20	978
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1