Weather Records on 9 September 1983

958 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 September 1983. Highest significance: Hull, GB.

Key Facts for 9 September 1983

On 9 September 1983, 958 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
501 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 930 daily.
Hull set a daily record precipitation of 28.4 mm (1.1 in) on 9 September 1983.
Across 162 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

958 stations

958 station records on 9 September 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 September 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hull	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrendarra (Ellangowan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tver	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Svappavaara	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Borovici	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brucken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Malmberget	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kerrabee (Murrumbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saltillo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kettering (Saddle Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winton Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
North Battleford A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Klin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket Airport	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morjarv	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grace	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lustre 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sibbald	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kelliher	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Adin Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pontal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Metapa de Dominguez	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jimenez (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmouth Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ventnor (Oaklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moutajup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cameo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shoreham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Towson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

958 records

Records set or tied on 9 September 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 150, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 351, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 354, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 9 September 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	150
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	351
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	354
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 9 September 1983 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 27, daily 930.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

736 broken records

Margins by which the 736 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 September 1983

Top 20 records on 9 September 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 September 1983	Hull, GB	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1983	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1983	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1983	Tyrendarra (Ellangowan), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1983	Tver, RU	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1983	Svappavaara, SE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1983	Borovici, RU	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1983	Haparanda, SE	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	106 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1983	Brucken, DE	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1983	Malmberget, SE	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1983	Kerrabee (Murrumbo), AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1983	Saltillo (Dge), MX	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1983	Sheffield, GB	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	90 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1983	Kettering (Saddle Road), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1983	Winton Pwr Plt, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1983	North Battleford A, CA	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1983	Klin, RU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1983	Phuket Airport, TH	daily rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1983	Greenfield, US	monthly high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	70 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1983	Riverton, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	43 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

1806 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1983. 1983 had 958 records.

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

Records on 09-09 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1812	1
1813	1
1814	2
1834	1
1836	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1850	1
1854	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	3
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1883	3
1884	4
1886	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	4
1893	4
1894	3
1895	7
1897	3
1898	5
1899	6
1900	1
1901	4
1902	5
1903	14
1904	9
1905	8
1906	24
1907	9
1908	5
1909	9
1910	17
1911	27
1912	48
1913	12
1914	69
1915	48
1916	16
1917	44
1918	40
1919	74
1920	145
1921	92
1922	115
1923	58
1924	232
1925	248
1926	168
1927	246
1928	108
1929	362
1930	211
1931	558
1932	302
1933	433
1934	256
1935	461
1936	297
1937	242
1938	416
1939	429
1940	294
1941	763
1942	357
1943	596
1944	719
1945	355
1946	366
1947	465
1948	307
1949	1,407
1950	426
1951	338
1952	511
1953	344
1954	283
1955	608
1956	742
1957	390
1958	419
1959	736
1960	492
1961	383
1962	847
1963	400
1964	488
1965	326
1966	366
1967	367
1968	440
1969	603
1970	584
1971	498
1972	464
1973	517
1974	689
1975	555
1976	773
1977	410
1978	702
1979	878
1980	829
1981	1,011
1982	814
1983	958
1984	1,304
1985	1,269
1986	1,026
1987	676
1988	836
1989	983
1990	762
1991	882
1992	620
1993	886
1994	892
1995	937
1996	809
1997	837
1998	1,667
1999	1,013
2000	811
2001	1,647
2002	1,355
2003	786
2004	1,603
2005	1,068
2006	917
2007	948
2008	1,161
2009	792
2010	1,049
2011	1,328
2012	681
2013	974
2014	590
2015	806
2016	1,210
2017	661
2018	876
2019	953
2020	2,579
2021	1,458
2022	1,094
2023	1,222
2024	1,146
2025	520
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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	715
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1