Weather Records on 27 November 1983

2,097 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 November 1983. Highest significance: Sterling, US.

Key Facts for 27 November 1983

On 27 November 1983, 2,097 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
580 were record highs and 213 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 119 monthly and 1,964 daily.
Sterling set an all-time record daily snowfall of 45.7 cm (18.0 in) on 27 November 1983.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 27 November 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 November 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sterling	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Dalton	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Idalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Limon	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Morbylanga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sterling	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hartington	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Stanton	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Uitsig	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gregory	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ely AP	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Reddersburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Palisade	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wymore	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg 12WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ferron	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cardston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nooitgedag	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nymagee (Kenmure Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fleming	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Stockville	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Macwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsmouth 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Osmond	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wymore	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Muddy Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,097 records

Records set or tied on 27 November 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 355, Lowest daily maximum 133, Highest daily minimum 225, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 870, Heaviest daily snowfall 240, Deepest snow cover 194.

Records on 27 November 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	355
Lowest daily maximum	133
Highest daily minimum	225
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	870
Heaviest daily snowfall	240
Deepest snow cover	194

Records on 27 November 1983 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 119, daily 1,964.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,871 broken records

Margins by which the 1,871 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 November 1983

Top 20 records on 27 November 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 November 1983	Sterling, US	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 years	78 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1983	Walthill 1E, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	74 years	78 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1983	Dalton, US	monthly snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	67 years	74 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1983	Lebanon, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	84 years	73 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1983	White Hall 1 E, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1983	Carlinville, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	89 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1983	Benkelman 1N, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1983	Idalia, US	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1983	Sioux Ctr 2 SE, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1983	Bridgeport, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	84 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1983	Weeping Water, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1983	Limon, US	all-time snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	9 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1983	Morbylanga, SE	monthly rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1983	Sterling, US	monthly snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1983	Benkelman 1N, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1983	Hartington, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1983	Stanton, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1983	Brocken, DE	daily rain	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1983	Uitsig, ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1983	Gregory, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)

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 2,097 records.

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

Records on 11-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1796	1
1815	1
1829	2
1838	2
1846	1
1849	3
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1856	4
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	7
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1887	2
1890	10
1891	2
1892	1
1894	5
1895	3
1896	5
1897	3
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	3
1902	1
1903	28
1904	5
1905	5
1906	13
1907	14
1908	32
1909	36
1910	12
1911	22
1912	9
1913	18
1914	13
1915	34
1916	78
1917	94
1918	32
1919	55
1920	98
1921	108
1922	31
1923	48
1924	30
1925	93
1926	152
1927	375
1928	71
1929	118
1930	596
1931	181
1932	361
1933	331
1934	259
1935	272
1936	300
1937	258
1938	773
1939	310
1940	560
1941	173
1942	334
1943	127
1944	268
1945	265
1946	489
1947	255
1948	696
1949	1,141
1950	534
1951	685
1952	1,351
1953	521
1954	220
1955	690
1956	335
1957	159
1958	585
1959	476
1960	896
1961	348
1962	692
1963	388
1964	527
1965	864
1966	639
1967	360
1968	458
1969	450
1970	670
1971	450
1972	499
1973	1,453
1974	556
1975	1,222
1976	1,389
1977	1,190
1978	1,031
1979	851
1980	941
1981	769
1982	952
1983	2,097
1984	1,264
1985	2,808
1986	687
1987	786
1988	821
1989	927
1990	1,626
1991	742
1992	951
1993	1,674
1994	1,355
1995	832
1996	1,155
1997	980
1998	1,433
1999	954
2000	642
2001	1,247
2002	1,029
2003	641
2004	556
2005	853
2006	1,304
2007	472
2008	884
2009	726
2010	1,199
2011	1,213
2012	392
2013	1,165
2014	1,136
2015	1,183
2016	388
2017	1,136
2018	628
2019	997
2020	287
2021	565
2022	420
2023	623
2024	736
2025	296

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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	1,646
50 to 100	103
100 to 150	62
150 to 200	34
200 to 250	16
250 to 300	7
300 to 350	2
350 to 400	1