Weather Records on 21 August 1983

1,407 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 August 1983. Highest significance: Green Bay, US.

Key Facts for 21 August 1983

On 21 August 1983, 1,407 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,077 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 29 were all-time records, 94 monthly and 1,284 daily.
Green Bay set a daily record precipitation of 65.3 mm (2.6 in) on 21 August 1983.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

1,407 stations

1,407 station records on 21 August 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 August 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fyodorov Sovkhoz	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Helena AP ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vorogovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Thorhult	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Latham East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
High Landing 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Union City 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hat Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tsalka	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albemarle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shizuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waddington	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haleyville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,407 records

Records set or tied on 21 August 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 718, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 359, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 232, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 21 August 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	718
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	359
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	232
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 August 1983 by timescale: all-time 29, monthly 94, daily 1,284.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,042 broken records

Margins by which the 1,042 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 125.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 August 1983

Top 20 records on 21 August 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 August 1983	Green Bay, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1983	Fyodorov Sovkhoz, KZ	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1983	Helena AP ASOS, US	monthly rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1983	Vorogovo, RU	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1983	Manchester 4 W, US	all-time high min	32.2 C (90.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1983	Thorhult, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1983	Latham East, AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1983	Elberton 2 N, US	monthly high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	81 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1983	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	73 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1983	Red Lake Indian Agcy, US	monthly rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1983	Valley Head, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1983	Newark Ag Farm, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	83 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1983	Frederick Police Brks, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	83 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1983	High Landing 2 NW, US	daily rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1983	Miller, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1983	Laketown, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	74 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1983	Vevay, US	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	82 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1983	Union City 3 SE, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1983	Hat Creek, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1983	Bartow 1SE, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 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

1800 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1983. 1983 had 1,407 records.

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

Records on 08-21 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1802	1
1804	1
1807	1
1816	1
1818	1
1832	1
1834	1
1839	3
1843	1
1847	1
1849	3
1850	1
1851	2
1863	1
1866	1
1867	2
1870	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	5
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1893	4
1894	8
1895	3
1896	2
1897	4
1898	4
1899	7
1900	4
1901	9
1902	8
1903	6
1904	8
1905	4
1906	22
1907	20
1908	13
1909	17
1910	33
1911	19
1912	50
1913	37
1914	24
1915	21
1916	106
1917	101
1918	202
1919	19
1920	59
1921	34
1922	58
1923	111
1924	135
1925	220
1926	227
1927	228
1928	110
1929	234
1930	297
1931	277
1932	264
1933	328
1934	320
1935	318
1936	807
1937	762
1938	239
1939	630
1940	683
1941	180
1942	415
1943	438
1944	346
1945	544
1946	390
1947	954
1948	305
1949	508
1950	958
1951	699
1952	368
1953	331
1954	497
1955	885
1956	701
1957	490
1958	389
1959	704
1960	490
1961	644
1962	469
1963	338
1964	794
1965	455
1966	661
1967	541
1968	1,014
1969	650
1970	373
1971	660
1972	441
1973	438
1974	564
1975	545
1976	756
1977	764
1978	445
1979	778
1980	904
1981	1,015
1982	769
1983	1,407
1984	975
1985	623
1986	1,166
1987	740
1988	889
1989	828
1990	910
1991	828
1992	957
1993	698
1994	968
1995	962
1996	950
1997	1,291
1998	948
1999	717
2000	861
2001	797
2002	965
2003	1,241
2004	1,585
2005	1,071
2006	797
2007	1,829
2008	1,012
2009	1,319
2010	1,155
2011	1,022
2012	990
2013	513
2014	624
2015	651
2016	890
2017	347
2018	816
2019	631
2020	1,147
2021	767
2022	917
2023	1,826
2024	777
2025	1,230
2026	1,289

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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 20	1,021
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1