Weather Records on 9 October 1983

548 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 October 1983. Highest significance: Falfurrias, US.

Key Facts for 9 October 1983

On 9 October 1983, 548 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
228 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 536 daily.
Falfurrias set a daily record precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 9 October 1983.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

548 stations

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

Weather records on 9 October 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tynda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port-Gentil	Gabon	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Refugio	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Metapa de Dominguez	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Konigstuhl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bonny Dam 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ahmadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Iliamna AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cangucu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jourdanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Slavsko	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bloemhof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lop Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fada N'Gourma	Burkina Faso	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Turbine	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Camperdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Corpus Christi NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Palizada	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burkett	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lorenzo	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Munday	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Post	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barra Do Funchal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gold	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Khlong Yai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oxnard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alameda NAS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Shache	China	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Owase	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

548 records

Records set or tied on 9 October 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 172, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 243, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 9 October 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	172
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 9 October 1983 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 536.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

432 broken records

Margins by which the 432 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 113.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 October 1983

Top 20 records on 9 October 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 October 1983	Falfurrias, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1983	Tynda, RU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1983	Port-Gentil, GA	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1983	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1983	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1983	Brackettville, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1983	Refugio, US	daily rain	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1983	Metapa de Dominguez, MX	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1983	Konigstuhl, DE	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1983	Bonny Dam 2NE, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1983	Roanoke, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	1 year	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1983	Ahmadabad, IN	monthly rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	66 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1983	Ida, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	72 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1983	Blakely, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	90 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1983	Lampasas, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1983	Iliamna AP, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1983	Cangucu, BR	daily rain	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	5 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1983	Boerne, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1983	Jourdanton, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1983	Slavsko, UA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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 548 records.

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

Records on 10-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1834	1
1837	1
1846	2
1847	1
1854	2
1858	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1893	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	1
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	2
1902	3
1903	15
1904	8
1905	14
1906	29
1907	6
1908	19
1909	34
1910	20
1911	16
1912	23
1913	57
1914	22
1915	25
1916	126
1917	65
1918	16
1919	68
1920	36
1921	217
1922	40
1923	72
1924	95
1925	272
1926	123
1927	107
1928	290
1929	196
1930	276
1931	298
1932	271
1933	187
1934	298
1935	208
1936	569
1937	405
1938	462
1939	877
1940	119
1941	570
1942	330
1943	442
1944	144
1945	539
1946	317
1947	277
1948	438
1949	1,531
1950	618
1951	347
1952	658
1953	343
1954	341
1955	643
1956	468
1957	256
1958	639
1959	1,432
1960	397
1961	622
1962	508
1963	474
1964	841
1965	349
1966	489
1967	347
1968	538
1969	389
1970	1,805
1971	423
1972	371
1973	1,454
1974	513
1975	552
1976	1,448
1977	586
1978	589
1979	914
1980	627
1981	653
1982	1,579
1983	548
1984	579
1985	1,724
1986	556
1987	850
1988	1,060
1989	679
1990	1,714
1991	707
1992	1,050
1993	1,043
1994	772
1995	1,139
1996	1,047
1997	2,113
1998	622
1999	1,017
2000	3,177
2001	855
2002	701
2003	1,386
2004	665
2005	807
2006	640
2007	1,450
2008	473
2009	1,772
2010	1,311
2011	1,046
2012	706
2013	562
2014	652
2015	780
2016	463
2017	1,457
2018	1,290
2019	964
2020	738
2021	751
2022	696
2023	643
2024	963
2025	503
2026	691

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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	398
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1