Weather Records on 14 August 1983

775 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 1983. Highest significance: Linxi, CN.

Key Facts for 14 August 1983

On 14 August 1983, 775 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
346 were record highs and 283 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 755 daily.
Linxi set an all-time record daily precipitation of 140.7 mm (5.5 in) on 14 August 1983.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

775 stations

775 station records on 14 August 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Linxi	China	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Minersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Veraval	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Van Horn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	118.5 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valle de Las Palmas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jerecuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Hermanos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cottage Grove 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brohovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uakit	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz Juventino Rosas (S	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gweru	Zimbabwe	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Abag Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Peon Blanco (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karaby-Yala	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Wx	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sorel	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Paz (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cuimato	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Placerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Upton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
E Wareham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

775 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 210, Lowest daily minimum 170, Heaviest daily rainfall 146.

Records on 14 August 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	210
Lowest daily minimum	170
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 1983 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 16, daily 755.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

575 broken records

Margins by which the 575 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 1983

Top 20 records on 14 August 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 1983	Linxi, CN	all-time rain	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	70 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1983	Minersville, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1983	Veraval, IN	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1983	Van Horn, US	daily high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1983	Phuket, TH	daily rain	118.5 mm (4.7 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1983	Podor, SN	daily high min	28.0 C (82.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	124 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1983	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	27.3 C (81.1 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	115 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1983	Teriberka, RU	daily high max	36.8 C (98.2 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	62 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1983	Tacambaro, MX	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1983	Halmstad, SE	daily low min	3.7 C (38.7 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1983	Valle de Las Palmas, MX	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1983	Jerecuaro, MX	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1983	Wray, US	monthly high max	42.8 C (109.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1983	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	93 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1983	Orenburg, RU	daily high min	23.8 C (74.8 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	83 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1983	Richland, US	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1983	Tres Hermanos, MX	monthly low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1983	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	89 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1983	Cottage Grove 2E, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	64 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1983	Buffalo, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	78 years	37 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 775 records.

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

Records on 08-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1807	1
1815	1
1818	1
1825	1
1833	2
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	2
1856	2
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1900	1
1901	1
1902	8
1903	8
1904	3
1905	10
1906	8
1907	6
1908	28
1909	35
1910	10
1911	30
1912	56
1913	24
1914	16
1915	17
1916	109
1917	38
1918	60
1919	103
1920	56
1921	61
1922	54
1923	92
1924	319
1925	128
1926	182
1927	147
1928	233
1929	449
1930	627
1931	410
1932	314
1933	349
1934	470
1935	314
1936	612
1937	354
1938	519
1939	376
1940	489
1941	467
1942	364
1943	583
1944	709
1945	572
1946	511
1947	658
1948	373
1949	374
1950	402
1951	458
1952	560
1953	312
1954	457
1955	535
1956	426
1957	281
1958	421
1959	495
1960	414
1961	663
1962	885
1963	811
1964	1,394
1965	451
1966	388
1967	902
1968	1,315
1969	482
1970	398
1971	677
1972	552
1973	489
1974	542
1975	461
1976	1,060
1977	562
1978	834
1979	1,115
1980	544
1981	719
1982	539
1983	775
1984	598
1985	1,095
1986	775
1987	1,157
1988	1,301
1989	728
1990	737
1991	856
1992	1,709
1993	887
1994	1,149
1995	1,444
1996	954
1997	922
1998	1,100
1999	1,329
2000	1,117
2001	806
2002	1,576
2003	1,913
2004	1,936
2005	1,340
2006	1,073
2007	1,340
2008	798
2009	818
2010	1,704
2011	772
2012	758
2013	612
2014	651
2015	931
2016	824
2017	559
2018	397
2019	578
2020	1,009
2021	932
2022	771
2023	1,116
2024	1,045
2025	798
2026	1,211

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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	565
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1