Weather Records on 16 September 1983

814 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1983. Highest significance: Nordby (Fano), DK.

Key Facts for 16 September 1983

On 16 September 1983, 814 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
199 were record highs and 132 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 803 daily.
Nordby (Fano) set a daily record precipitation of 40.1 mm (1.6 in) on 16 September 1983.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

814 stations

814 station records on 16 September 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kramfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Luminarias	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bybera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Den Burg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ze da Rosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Joanopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Metapa de Dominguez	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cadzand	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
De Haukes	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nimbin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hefei	China	Record daily precipitation	84.7 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zaandam (Hembrug)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Svobodnyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Mendes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middelburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Natividade da Serra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nanjing	China	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Miahuatlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
De Cocksdorps	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Paulowna	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Amsterdam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schagen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tulun	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Joinville (Rvpsc)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
'S Heerenhoek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Overveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Corndale (Willow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Sobradinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tveitsund	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blaikliden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crivitz High Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.4 C (101.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
South West Rocks (Smoky Cape L	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
L F Wade Intl AP Kindley Fld	Bermuda [United Kingdom]	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eugenio Lefevre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

814 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 124, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 479, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 September 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	124
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	479
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 September 1983 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 803.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

687 broken records

Margins by which the 687 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1983

Top 20 records on 16 September 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1983	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1983	Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm), AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1983	Federal Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1983	Kramfors, SE	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1983	Luminarias, BR	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1983	Lifjell, NO	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1983	West Terschelling, NL	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1983	Bybera, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1983	Den Burg, NL	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1983	Ze da Rosa, BR	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1983	Joanopolis, BR	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1983	Metapa de Dominguez, MX	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1983	Cadzand, NL	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1983	De Haukes, NL	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1983	Vinton, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1983	Chilton, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	86 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1983	Nimbin Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1983	Hefei, CN	daily rain	84.7 mm (3.3 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1983	Hoofddorp, NL	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1983	Zaandam (Hembrug), NL	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 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

1793 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1983. 1983 had 814 records.

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

Records on 09-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1809	1
1823	2
1828	1
1829	1
1833	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1877	4
1879	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	9
1890	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	3
1903	18
1904	5
1905	9
1906	12
1907	14
1908	15
1909	18
1910	26
1911	18
1912	58
1913	43
1914	35
1915	50
1916	60
1917	180
1918	125
1919	26
1920	164
1921	62
1922	147
1923	151
1924	77
1925	212
1926	116
1927	382
1928	62
1929	121
1930	235
1931	568
1932	533
1933	321
1934	519
1935	303
1936	442
1937	536
1938	296
1939	666
1940	188
1941	319
1942	504
1943	270
1944	284
1945	390
1946	610
1947	763
1948	541
1949	486
1950	506
1951	290
1952	378
1953	317
1954	554
1955	490
1956	605
1957	500
1958	538
1959	983
1960	235
1961	833
1962	479
1963	491
1964	859
1965	1,159
1966	838
1967	427
1968	496
1969	360
1970	627
1971	617
1972	451
1973	608
1974	385
1975	836
1976	878
1977	577
1978	421
1979	1,025
1980	568
1981	765
1982	863
1983	814
1984	898
1985	539
1986	862
1987	783
1988	786
1989	854
1990	593
1991	1,367
1992	1,073
1993	1,542
1994	1,008
1995	976
1996	1,403
1997	1,028
1998	1,466
1999	879
2000	1,315
2001	819
2002	1,117
2003	627
2004	746
2005	1,112
2006	1,274
2007	895
2008	1,000
2009	754
2010	880
2011	1,265
2012	572
2013	673
2014	490
2015	926
2016	767
2017	583
2018	921
2019	742
2020	674
2021	454
2022	521
2023	568
2024	885
2025	578
2026	920

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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 10	525
10 to 20	109
20 to 30	36
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	4