Weather Records on 12 December 1983

816 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 December 1983. Highest significance: Federal Pt, US.

Key Facts for 12 December 1983

On 12 December 1983, 816 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
110 were record highs and 140 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 783 daily.
Federal Pt set a daily record precipitation of 65.0 mm (2.6 in) on 12 December 1983.
Across 153 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

816 stations

816 station records on 12 December 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 December 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Winnebago	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greene	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Farnham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Venice	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsmouth 1E	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Patuxent River NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisburg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laingsnek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Pirajibu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Drum	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lynchburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baixo Guandu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warroad	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Langley AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mathias	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cristina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Val-D'Or A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.6 cm (6.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Patterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Allentown Lehigh Vly Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.2 cm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Granby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Firth	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

816 records

Records set or tied on 12 December 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 340, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 179.

Records on 12 December 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	340
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	179

Records on 12 December 1983 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 33, daily 783.

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 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 December 1983

Top 20 records on 12 December 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 December 1983	Federal Pt, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	81 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 December 1983	Winnebago, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1983	Greenville, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1983	Lockport 2SE, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1983	Pipestone, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1983	Greene, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1983	Kurilsk, RU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1983	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Intl AP, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1983	Scottsburg, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1983	Albion, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1983	Farnham, CA	monthly rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	62 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1983	Saint Leo, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1983	Venice, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1983	Plattsmouth 1E, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1983	Deland 1 SSE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1983	Columbus 3 NE, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	73 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1983	Patuxent River NAS, US	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1983	Mt Carroll, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1983	Flandreau, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1983	Aberdeen Phillips Fld, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	42 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

1796 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1983. 1983 had 816 records.

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

Records on 12-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1846	1
1855	2
1861	1
1863	3
1870	2
1871	5
1873	2
1879	2
1882	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	8
1894	3
1895	1
1896	4
1897	3
1898	20
1899	11
1900	5
1901	4
1902	7
1903	18
1904	20
1905	10
1906	14
1907	8
1908	25
1909	20
1910	39
1911	104
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	46
1916	115
1917	246
1918	33
1919	23
1920	41
1921	63
1922	61
1923	91
1924	130
1925	75
1926	143
1927	335
1928	234
1929	405
1930	45
1931	522
1932	813
1933	358
1934	430
1935	266
1936	142
1937	468
1938	103
1939	418
1940	621
1941	260
1942	257
1943	165
1944	688
1945	212
1946	761
1947	295
1948	282
1949	789
1950	364
1951	175
1952	501
1953	288
1954	696
1955	381
1956	441
1957	1,118
1958	884
1959	464
1960	710
1961	1,481
1962	1,495
1963	439
1964	459
1965	1,045
1966	369
1967	565
1968	727
1969	499
1970	366
1971	585
1972	1,669
1973	397
1974	191
1975	492
1976	319
1977	907
1978	382
1979	1,016
1980	583
1981	734
1982	867
1983	816
1984	808
1985	1,384
1986	408
1987	468
1988	1,030
1989	930
1990	676
1991	1,980
1992	818
1993	887
1994	1,172
1995	2,030
1996	1,391
1997	869
1998	1,103
1999	952
2000	2,510
2001	700
2002	683
2003	537
2004	727
2005	769
2006	886
2007	1,315
2008	1,424
2009	818
2010	1,501
2011	621
2012	684
2013	646
2014	1,040
2015	1,496
2016	530
2017	808
2018	256
2019	418
2020	507
2021	441
2022	767
2023	544
2024	328
2025	1,485

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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	590
50 to 100	41
100 to 150	34
150 to 200	15
200 to 250	6
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	2