Weather Records on 14 September 1983

623 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 September 1983. Highest significance: Seaspray (Burong), AU.

Key Facts for 14 September 1983

On 14 September 1983, 623 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
209 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 617 daily.
Seaspray (Burong) set a daily record precipitation of 34.4 mm (1.4 in) on 14 September 1983.
Across 159 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

623 stations

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

Weather records on 14 September 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Deloraine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Narracan East (Lynnsmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cosamaloapan de Carpio (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cross City 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Morwell (Mail Centre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tilghman Forest Nurser	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waskada	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Iguala (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aguila	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kurrowah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnaja_Gora	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poona	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maffra Forestry Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
East Sale Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Honaunau 27	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Darriman (Tarralangi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dodge City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Callignee South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bushnell 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vinnytsia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria Public AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glenmaggie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Downieville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Miahuatlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dzhikimda	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

623 records

Records set or tied on 14 September 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 146, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 291, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 14 September 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	146
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	291
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 14 September 1983 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 617.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

479 broken records

Margins by which the 479 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 117.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 September 1983

Top 20 records on 14 September 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 September 1983	Seaspray (Burong), AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	82 years	67 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1983	Little River (Mount Rothwell), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	90 years	67 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1983	Deloraine, CA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	82 years	67 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1983	Elephant Butte Dam, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1983	Narracan East (Lynnsmere), AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1983	Cosamaloapan de Carpio (Smn), MX	daily rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	117.4 mm (4.6 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1983	Cross City 1 E, US	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	102.3 mm (4.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1983	Morwell (Mail Centre), AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1983	Gorki, BY	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1983	Olekminsk, RU	daily high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1983	Union Springs 9 S, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1983	Clydebank, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	91 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1983	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	90 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1983	Tilghman Forest Nurser, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1983	Clarksville, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1983	Waskada, CA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1983	Iguala (Dge), MX	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1983	Vasilevici, BY	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1983	Yarram, AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1983	Rosedale, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	52 years	40 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

1814 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1983. 1983 had 623 records.

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

Records on 09-14 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1828	1
1830	1
1831	1
1833	1
1835	1
1837	3
1848	1
1854	1
1861	1
1867	2
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1886	5
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	2
1900	2
1901	11
1902	12
1903	34
1904	13
1905	12
1906	14
1907	7
1908	16
1909	31
1910	9
1911	61
1912	50
1913	36
1914	31
1915	116
1916	13
1917	30
1918	35
1919	166
1920	108
1921	38
1922	77
1923	279
1924	95
1925	206
1926	49
1927	455
1928	116
1929	185
1930	197
1931	652
1932	211
1933	365
1934	181
1935	636
1936	609
1937	406
1938	335
1939	1,007
1940	415
1941	227
1942	186
1943	281
1944	293
1945	691
1946	379
1947	718
1948	504
1949	640
1950	327
1951	422
1952	469
1953	680
1954	275
1955	469
1956	479
1957	490
1958	254
1959	702
1960	599
1961	956
1962	339
1963	592
1964	658
1965	640
1966	888
1967	355
1968	369
1969	429
1970	1,351
1971	549
1972	409
1973	854
1974	622
1975	880
1976	547
1977	572
1978	663
1979	957
1980	543
1981	486
1982	1,012
1983	623
1984	855
1985	736
1986	716
1987	856
1988	781
1989	1,127
1990	1,088
1991	999
1992	677
1993	2,279
1994	1,143
1995	904
1996	1,091
1997	786
1998	2,049
1999	854
2000	997
2001	813
2002	899
2003	821
2004	762
2005	878
2006	1,009
2007	672
2008	1,437
2009	843
2010	938
2011	1,132
2012	634
2013	760
2014	758
2015	888
2016	1,387
2017	677
2018	632
2019	524
2020	671
2021	419
2022	612
2023	507
2024	838
2025	527
2026	783

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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	447
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2