Weather Records on 15 December 1983

1,229 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 December 1983. Highest significance: Vermillion 2 SE, US.

Key Facts for 15 December 1983

On 15 December 1983, 1,229 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
363 were record highs and 124 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 1,178 daily.
Vermillion 2 SE set a daily record snow depth of 43.2 cm (17.0 in) on 15 December 1983.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

1,229 stations

1,229 station records on 15 December 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 December 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Clover Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Manila	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Big Piney	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Antlers	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Taio (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mellen 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Platte	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Firth	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	44.5 cm (17.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Madeline Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hart Mtn Refuge	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wausaukee	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hico	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yalwal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caconde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ibitinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marinette	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ouray 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Long Lake Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,229 records

Records set or tied on 15 December 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 283, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 216, Heaviest daily snowfall 253, Deepest snow cover 273.

Records on 15 December 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	283
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	216
Heaviest daily snowfall	253
Deepest snow cover	273

Records on 15 December 1983 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 48, daily 1,178.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

986 broken records

Margins by which the 986 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 December 1983

Top 20 records on 15 December 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 December 1983	Vermillion 2 SE, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 December 1983	Clover Valley, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 December 1983	Storm Lake, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1983	Manila, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1983	Big Piney, US	monthly rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1983	Tracy, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1983	Eureka, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1983	Antlers, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1983	Taio (Pcd), BR	daily rain	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1983	Gyshgy, TM	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1983	Mellen 4 NE, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1983	Platte, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1983	Firth, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1983	Arecibo 3 ESE, PR	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1983	Brule Rs, US	daily snowfall	44.5 cm (17.5 in)	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1983	Madeline Is, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1983	Kemmerer 2N, US	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1983	Hart Mtn Refuge, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1983	Snake Creek Powerhouse, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1983	Stevens Pt, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	80 years	45 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 1,229 records.

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

Records on 12-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1810	1
1814	3
1815	1
1825	1
1831	1
1840	2
1844	2
1846	3
1847	1
1854	3
1859	2
1863	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	1
1885	1
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	5
1897	2
1899	12
1900	5
1901	21
1902	3
1903	7
1904	9
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	5
1909	5
1910	4
1911	23
1912	42
1913	13
1914	239
1915	180
1916	40
1917	40
1918	54
1919	28
1920	35
1921	26
1922	65
1923	132
1924	358
1925	187
1926	226
1927	235
1928	388
1929	500
1930	160
1931	284
1932	385
1933	796
1934	199
1935	140
1936	286
1937	310
1938	100
1939	637
1940	464
1941	373
1942	385
1943	486
1944	281
1945	420
1946	521
1947	634
1948	1,239
1949	135
1950	292
1951	962
1952	367
1953	270
1954	413
1955	371
1956	531
1957	304
1958	531
1959	560
1960	313
1961	883
1962	979
1963	670
1964	371
1965	759
1966	275
1967	948
1968	510
1969	352
1970	215
1971	1,739
1972	1,159
1973	615
1974	511
1975	1,230
1976	349
1977	963
1978	499
1979	560
1980	1,085
1981	1,243
1982	831
1983	1,229
1984	1,397
1985	1,077
1986	502
1987	1,740
1988	519
1989	2,753
1990	846
1991	636
1992	1,263
1993	734
1994	676
1995	848
1996	727
1997	1,521
1998	1,216
1999	621
2000	1,154
2001	1,026
2002	831
2003	846
2004	795
2005	953
2006	1,491
2007	973
2008	1,789
2009	930
2010	1,705
2011	780
2012	1,058
2013	701
2014	1,045
2015	1,398
2016	1,024
2017	332
2018	539
2019	547
2020	400
2021	1,182
2022	1,057
2023	794
2024	369
2025	2,115

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 15 December 1983
Margin	Records
0 to 100	896
100 to 200	69
200 to 300	15
300 to 400	5
400 to 500	1