Weather Records on 15 September 1983

756 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 September 1983. Highest significance: Red Lake Falls, US.

Key Facts for 15 September 1983

On 15 September 1983, 756 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
164 were record highs and 173 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 738 daily.
Red Lake Falls set a daily record precipitation of 41.9 mm (1.6 in) on 15 September 1983.
Across 170 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 411 records.

Record Map

756 stations

756 station records on 15 September 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 September 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Haidarakan	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Uzgen	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Colgate	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Belcourt Keya Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Satenas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Partizansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Schallstadt-Mengen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anucino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Adams 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gernsheim-Allmendfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lednik Phedchenko (Im. Gorbuno	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Courtenay 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maddock	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
High Landing 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Park River	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Chester Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ruppertsecken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alcozauca (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dzhergital	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hannah 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lawson (Wilson Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg Im Breisgau-Herdern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Escarcega (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sonoita	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Penrith Ladbury Avenue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spassk Dalniy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Andrews	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

756 records

Records set or tied on 15 September 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 94, Heaviest daily rainfall 417, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 15 September 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	94
Heaviest daily rainfall	417
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 15 September 1983 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 738.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

632 broken records

Margins by which the 632 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 September 1983

Top 20 records on 15 September 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 September 1983	Red Lake Falls, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1983	Willow City, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1983	Haidarakan, KG	monthly rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1983	Scott City, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	85 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1983	Mc Henry 3W, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1983	Freiburg, DE	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1983	Uzgen, KG	monthly rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1983	Bottineau, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1983	Aleksandrovskoe, RU	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1983	Colgate, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1983	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	86 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1983	Belcourt Keya Radio, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1983	Petersburg 2 N, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1983	Robe Comparison, AU	daily low min	2.3 C (36.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	97 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1983	Podor, SN	daily high min	28.0 C (82.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	125 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1983	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	82 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1983	Leeds, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1983	Mayville, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1983	San Haven, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1983	Virginia, BR	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	4 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

1797 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1983. 1983 had 756 records.

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

Records on 09-15 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1803	1
1806	2
1810	1
1816	1
1818	1
1823	2
1833	1
1836	1
1837	2
1839	1
1841	1
1848	1
1850	1
1851	1
1854	2
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1877	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	6
1884	3
1885	4
1886	2
1887	3
1888	1
1889	5
1890	1
1894	4
1895	1
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	12
1902	7
1903	31
1904	30
1905	16
1906	6
1907	7
1908	16
1909	16
1910	2
1911	40
1912	64
1913	43
1914	18
1915	94
1916	44
1917	50
1918	50
1919	52
1920	164
1921	122
1922	53
1923	193
1924	103
1925	112
1926	134
1927	539
1928	86
1929	99
1930	235
1931	422
1932	295
1933	322
1934	351
1935	463
1936	460
1937	337
1938	247
1939	1,098
1940	181
1941	276
1942	278
1943	360
1944	396
1945	418
1946	411
1947	621
1948	557
1949	523
1950	750
1951	283
1952	455
1953	400
1954	518
1955	532
1956	646
1957	449
1958	294
1959	844
1960	410
1961	586
1962	557
1963	455
1964	839
1965	614
1966	534
1967	578
1968	429
1969	362
1970	1,157
1971	598
1972	356
1973	774
1974	386
1975	739
1976	667
1977	400
1978	628
1979	1,022
1980	563
1981	613
1982	1,315
1983	756
1984	766
1985	764
1986	928
1987	719
1988	818
1989	955
1990	911
1991	1,165
1992	919
1993	2,227
1994	1,363
1995	723
1996	1,212
1997	1,177
1998	1,768
1999	858
2000	1,175
2001	837
2002	1,212
2003	855
2004	893
2005	1,123
2006	1,042
2007	946
2008	1,153
2009	773
2010	913
2011	1,170
2012	568
2013	854
2014	443
2015	997
2016	988
2017	825
2018	874
2019	538
2020	785
2021	467
2022	392
2023	507
2024	681
2025	503
2026	779

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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).