Weather Records on 7 November 1983

835 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 November 1983. Highest significance: Dunderlandsdalen, NO.

Key Facts for 7 November 1983

On 7 November 1983, 835 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
457 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 799 daily.
Dunderlandsdalen set a daily record precipitation of 87.2 mm (3.4 in) on 7 November 1983.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

835 stations

835 station records on 7 November 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 November 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Ankenes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lusikisiki (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	137.6 mm (5.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Leon (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Krakmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	109.9 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	32.4 cm (12.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bardufoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dolisie	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	211.1 mm (8.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Geluk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lander AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greylingstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pericos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rietvallei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tezontepec (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tromso	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Alphen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salgadalia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Los Castillos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Skjomen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heritage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buckland Downs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Northcliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Itaete (Iguacu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grassmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Klimpfjall	Sweden	Record snow depth	62.0 cm (24.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hiawatha	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walpole North Old	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nueva Italia (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tunka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsrus (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Villiers (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moorleah (Preolenna Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record snow depth	62.0 cm (24.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lanquedoc	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

835 records

Records set or tied on 7 November 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 178, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 279, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 319, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 7 November 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	178
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	279
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	319
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 7 November 1983 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 36, daily 799.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

690 broken records

Margins by which the 690 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 260.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 November 1983

Top 20 records on 7 November 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 November 1983	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	daily rain	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
7 November 1983	Ankenes, NO	monthly rain	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 November 1983	Lusikisiki (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 November 1983	Glomfjord, NO	monthly rain	137.6 mm (5.4 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1983	Steigen, NO	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1983	Celaya (Smn), MX	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1983	Leon (Dge), MX	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1983	Krakmo, NO	daily rain	109.9 mm (4.3 in)	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	10 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1983	Clyde A, CA	daily snowfall	32.4 cm (12.8 in)	24.8 cm (9.8 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1983	Bardufoss, NO	monthly rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1983	Dolisie, CG	daily rain	211.1 mm (8.3 in)	170.8 mm (6.7 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1983	Geluk, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1983	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1983	Lander AP, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1983	Greylingstad (Sar), ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1983	Iguala (Smn), MX	monthly high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1983	Pericos, MX	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1983	Sulitjelma, NO	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	80 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1983	Brackettville, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1983	Nord-Rana, NO	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	62 years	39 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

1794 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1983. 1983 had 835 records.

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

Records on 11-07 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1796	1
1805	1
1811	2
1828	1
1834	1
1835	1
1842	1
1845	2
1847	1
1851	1
1852	2
1856	2
1858	2
1859	3
1864	3
1868	2
1871	1
1873	1
1876	1
1878	1
1885	4
1887	3
1888	2
1889	3
1890	5
1891	3
1893	4
1894	1
1895	9
1896	2
1899	14
1900	3
1901	2
1902	9
1903	16
1904	4
1905	4
1906	14
1907	12
1908	18
1909	11
1910	44
1911	19
1912	68
1913	25
1914	35
1915	26
1916	94
1917	34
1918	41
1919	59
1920	18
1921	112
1922	72
1923	90
1924	858
1925	438
1926	79
1927	398
1928	104
1929	104
1930	476
1931	500
1932	320
1933	449
1934	714
1935	302
1936	649
1937	209
1938	1,381
1939	214
1940	198
1941	344
1942	467
1943	550
1944	612
1945	846
1946	471
1947	313
1948	516
1949	554
1950	212
1951	1,356
1952	249
1953	1,170
1954	297
1955	487
1956	295
1957	314
1958	206
1959	1,315
1960	374
1961	347
1962	337
1963	694
1964	277
1965	241
1966	657
1967	780
1968	534
1969	624
1970	483
1971	1,487
1972	565
1973	912
1974	511
1975	1,233
1976	493
1977	1,030
1978	622
1979	513
1980	1,522
1981	616
1982	482
1983	835
1984	460
1985	489
1986	1,198
1987	760
1988	746
1989	980
1990	1,501
1991	3,082
1992	1,084
1993	1,211
1994	910
1995	1,165
1996	2,102
1997	1,053
1998	921
1999	1,535
2000	2,129
2001	1,024
2002	711
2003	1,424
2004	766
2005	1,443
2006	1,556
2007	557
2008	875
2009	798
2010	1,271
2011	1,039
2012	852
2013	809
2014	368
2015	1,676
2016	1,048
2017	848
2018	514
2019	594
2020	1,508
2021	490
2022	1,293
2023	684
2024	1,293
2025	319

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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 50	674
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1