Weather Records on 27 August 1983

823 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1983. Highest significance: Delegate (Weewalla), AU.

Key Facts for 27 August 1983

On 27 August 1983, 823 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
420 were record highs and 103 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 800 daily.
Delegate (Weewalla) set a daily record precipitation of 34.4 mm (1.4 in) on 27 August 1983.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

823 stations

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

Weather records on 27 August 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wantabadgery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bemm River (Sydenham Inlet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Warroo (Geeron)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marrar (Centenary Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wyalong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tulun	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jaen (Instituto)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Van Horn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Glenfalloch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dungowan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Junee Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz Juventino Rosas (S	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ardurad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Swifts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Luroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	163.7 mm (6.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Bungara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bethungra (Retreat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Niagara Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia	Spain	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bredbo (Bredbo Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tongio (Brooklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cootamundra (Landgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavus	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Euabalong (Booberoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Topper State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wombat (Tumbleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cootamundra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Old Junee (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gelantipy East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Campbellford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lansing	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paupong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Alley Point (Poplars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Caragabal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wallendbeen (Corang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quandialla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Isit	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Black Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

823 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 181, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 239, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 300.

Records on 27 August 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	181
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	239
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	300
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1983 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 800.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

613 broken records

Margins by which the 613 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 48.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1983

Top 20 records on 27 August 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1983	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1983	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1983	Mundarlo (Yabtree), AU	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1983	Wantabadgery, AU	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1983	Bemm River (Sydenham Inlet), AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1983	Warroo (Geeron), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1983	Marrar (Centenary Drive), AU	daily rain	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1983	Wyalong Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1983	Tulun, RU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1983	Jaen (Instituto), ES	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1983	Pella 1S, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1983	Van Horn, US	daily high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	8.8 C (15.8 F)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1983	Holbrook (Glenfalloch), AU	monthly rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	59 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1983	Santander Centro, ES	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1983	Rantoul, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1983	Dungowan Station, AU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1983	Junee Treatment Works, AU	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1983	Santa Cruz Juventino Rosas (S, MX	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1983	Ardurad, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1983	Barraba (Mount Lindsay), AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	44 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

1807 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1983. 1983 had 823 records.

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

Records on 08-27 in each year
Year	Records
1807	3
1810	1
1811	1
1813	1
1816	1
1827	1
1829	1
1834	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	1
1864	3
1865	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1876	1
1877	4
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1889	1
1890	10
1891	4
1892	1
1894	7
1895	1
1896	4
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	2
1903	22
1904	4
1905	16
1906	27
1907	9
1908	10
1909	10
1910	6
1911	16
1912	40
1913	10
1914	31
1915	37
1916	106
1917	57
1918	18
1919	78
1920	36
1921	27
1922	52
1923	63
1924	245
1925	102
1926	143
1927	395
1928	197
1929	80
1930	247
1931	205
1932	355
1933	368
1934	249
1935	348
1936	806
1937	679
1938	374
1939	191
1940	468
1941	504
1942	476
1943	581
1944	811
1945	414
1946	345
1947	291
1948	987
1949	475
1950	380
1951	415
1952	402
1953	712
1954	594
1955	485
1956	387
1957	615
1958	213
1959	522
1960	365
1961	365
1962	577
1963	335
1964	400
1965	440
1966	406
1967	887
1968	517
1969	780
1970	1,361
1971	640
1972	722
1973	1,519
1974	722
1975	506
1976	565
1977	793
1978	671
1979	917
1980	478
1981	998
1982	828
1983	823
1984	683
1985	660
1986	1,072
1987	1,356
1988	601
1989	854
1990	761
1991	813
1992	1,657
1993	1,087
1994	696
1995	1,143
1996	968
1997	1,189
1998	1,387
1999	1,258
2000	865
2001	1,304
2002	1,027
2003	916
2004	1,037
2005	733
2006	1,090
2007	958
2008	885
2009	701
2010	1,045
2011	1,518
2012	626
2013	629
2014	582
2015	832
2016	968
2017	838
2018	933
2019	1,013
2020	777
2021	635
2022	470
2023	953
2024	600
2025	1,218
2026	815

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 27 August 1983
Margin	Records
0 to 10	512
10 to 20	73
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	5