Weather Records on 27 July 1983

1,455 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 July 1983. Highest significance: Wentworth (Burtundy), AU.

Key Facts for 27 July 1983

On 27 July 1983, 1,455 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
680 were record highs and 196 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 86 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 1,344 daily.
Wentworth (Burtundy) set a daily record precipitation of 26.6 mm (1.0 in) on 27 July 1983.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

1,455 stations

1,455 station records on 27 July 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 July 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wentworth (Burtundy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Rainbow (Pigick)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Wallabadah (Woodton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Antwerp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Glen Roy	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ntsubane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	275.0 mm (10.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	61 of 100 (Major)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Oaklands General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rupanyup (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yanac North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pyramid	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cumikan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tuapse	Russia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Longerenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco Regulator	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Springhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cape St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Korana "Xorana"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Taldra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Natimuk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Struishoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Drung Drung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ngqeleni (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore 23 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra (Olive Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Earlstan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Big Swamp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill (Woorak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rockford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goroke (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Toliman (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Maloya	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,455 records

Records set or tied on 27 July 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 317, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 363, Lowest daily minimum 90, Heaviest daily rainfall 579.

Records on 27 July 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	317
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	363
Lowest daily minimum	90
Heaviest daily rainfall	579
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 July 1983 by timescale: all-time 86, monthly 25, daily 1,344.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,227 broken records

Margins by which the 1,227 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 249.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 July 1983

Top 20 records on 27 July 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 July 1983	Wentworth (Burtundy), AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1983	Pine Bluff, US	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	91 years	73 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1983	Rainbow (Pigick), AU	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1983	Wallabadah (Woodton), AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	64 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1983	Dimboola, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1983	Antwerp, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1983	Willowvale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	81 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1983	Cobar (Lerida), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1983	Glen Roy, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1983	Ntsubane (Bos), ZA	daily rain	275.0 mm (10.8 in)	249.6 mm (9.8 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1983	Murtoa, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1983	Alicia 2 NNE, US	all-time high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	78 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1983	Saentis, CH	all-time high max	20.8 C (69.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	97 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1983	Oaklands General Store, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1983	Rupanyup (Post Office), AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1983	Salzburg, AT	all-time high max	37.5 C (99.5 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	90 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1983	Yanac North, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1983	Pyramid, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1983	Glenlee, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1983	Cumikan, RU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	56 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

1805 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1983. 1983 had 1,455 records.

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

Records on 07-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	2
1820	1
1832	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	2
1857	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	2
1868	4
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	5
1884	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	3
1889	4
1890	5
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	4
1900	5
1901	11
1902	4
1903	13
1904	13
1905	7
1906	16
1907	14
1908	17
1909	18
1910	7
1911	51
1912	89
1913	43
1914	44
1915	31
1916	143
1917	46
1918	103
1919	86
1920	67
1921	123
1922	95
1923	142
1924	71
1925	234
1926	131
1927	69
1928	222
1929	177
1930	786
1931	429
1932	172
1933	414
1934	471
1935	289
1936	971
1937	407
1938	287
1939	284
1940	632
1941	457
1942	258
1943	326
1944	398
1945	337
1946	680
1947	389
1948	485
1949	418
1950	797
1951	207
1952	476
1953	248
1954	294
1955	521
1956	325
1957	372
1958	491
1959	395
1960	385
1961	277
1962	1,009
1963	584
1964	335
1965	434
1966	594
1967	559
1968	391
1969	588
1970	379
1971	1,083
1972	790
1973	751
1974	403
1975	588
1976	426
1977	878
1978	583
1979	749
1980	760
1981	1,233
1982	584
1983	1,455
1984	1,613
1985	571
1986	836
1987	1,108
1988	936
1989	1,103
1990	846
1991	763
1992	791
1993	1,317
1994	1,851
1995	1,192
1996	950
1997	1,173
1998	1,363
1999	820
2000	1,019
2001	1,265
2002	816
2003	1,064
2004	1,552
2005	1,743
2006	1,321
2007	904
2008	784
2009	829
2010	1,330
2011	1,007
2012	823
2013	1,110
2014	591
2015	744
2016	564
2017	460
2018	737
2019	597
2020	842
2021	1,131
2022	855
2023	826
2024	646
2025	853
2026	1,170

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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 50	1,217
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1