Weather Records on 22 August 1983

1,366 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 1983. Highest significance: Killdeer 8 NW, US.

Key Facts for 22 August 1983

On 22 August 1983, 1,366 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
930 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 21 were all-time records, 68 monthly and 1,277 daily.
Killdeer 8 NW set a daily record precipitation of 59.2 mm (2.3 in) on 22 August 1983.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

1,366 stations

1,366 station records on 22 August 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 August 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Killdeer 8 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Groblersplaas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sibasa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
New Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beloreck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tintinara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Phitsanulok/Sarit	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kamensk-Uralskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sarlyk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Scobey	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kamyslov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mirnii	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Axe	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Lambert Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wasta	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tamala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atotonilco El Alto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Butka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forsyth 6 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Magnitogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Illinois City Dam 16	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cadillac	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Natoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,366 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 574, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 356, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 326.

Records on 22 August 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	574
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	356
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	326
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 1983 by timescale: all-time 21, monthly 68, daily 1,277.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,055 broken records

Margins by which the 1,055 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 115.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 1983

Top 20 records on 22 August 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 1983	Killdeer 8 NW, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	76 years	69 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1983	Groblersplaas, ZA	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1983	Sibasa, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	74 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1983	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	74 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1983	Humacao 2 SSE, PR	daily rain	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	115.4 mm (4.5 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1983	New Forest, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1983	Beloreck, RU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1983	Tintinara, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1983	Phitsanulok/Sarit, TH	daily rain	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1983	Kamensk-Uralskij, RU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1983	Kilauea 1134, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1983	Cape Leeuwin, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1983	Sarlyk, RU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1983	Chestnut Hill, US	monthly low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	74 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1983	Scobey, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1983	Teriberka, RU	daily high min	19.1 C (66.4 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	88 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1983	Kamyslov, RU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1983	Mirnii, RU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1983	Vevay, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	86 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1983	Bad Axe, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	45 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

1802 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1983. 1983 had 1,366 records.

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

Records on 08-22 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1812	1
1816	1
1835	1
1839	2
1843	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	4
1872	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	3
1878	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	3
1894	7
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	3
1904	8
1905	7
1906	24
1907	7
1908	29
1909	5
1910	19
1911	20
1912	39
1913	30
1914	18
1915	31
1916	75
1917	47
1918	85
1919	18
1920	60
1921	64
1922	44
1923	279
1924	148
1925	219
1926	144
1927	154
1928	134
1929	240
1930	276
1931	388
1932	222
1933	367
1934	234
1935	337
1936	954
1937	421
1938	501
1939	517
1940	503
1941	249
1942	500
1943	517
1944	526
1945	475
1946	410
1947	1,034
1948	297
1949	570
1950	460
1951	452
1952	372
1953	348
1954	466
1955	553
1956	785
1957	371
1958	511
1959	547
1960	612
1961	562
1962	329
1963	419
1964	686
1965	423
1966	830
1967	404
1968	1,091
1969	727
1970	368
1971	1,021
1972	436
1973	611
1974	628
1975	597
1976	722
1977	655
1978	529
1979	547
1980	640
1981	795
1982	912
1983	1,366
1984	739
1985	793
1986	1,073
1987	801
1988	1,133
1989	753
1990	808
1991	808
1992	994
1993	845
1994	803
1995	1,002
1996	942
1997	1,381
1998	1,016
1999	756
2000	867
2001	940
2002	1,385
2003	1,550
2004	1,029
2005	887
2006	832
2007	1,801
2008	869
2009	1,347
2010	1,397
2011	1,255
2012	831
2013	450
2014	911
2015	529
2016	730
2017	537
2018	752
2019	558
2020	1,041
2021	683
2022	781
2023	1,525
2024	803
2025	1,359
2026	992

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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	1,018
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1