Weather Records on 15 February 1973

531 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 February 1973. Highest significance: Newton, US.

Key Facts for 15 February 1973

On 15 February 1973, 531 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 528 daily.
Newton set a daily record precipitation of 27.7 mm (1.1 in) on 15 February 1973.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

531 stations

531 station records on 15 February 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 February 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Murwillumbah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	275.1 mm (10.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wanaaring (Thurloo Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mbarara	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kendall 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Amcor - Petrie Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Freguesia da Escada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.7 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mayo A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gary	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Avondale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coolangatta Bowls Comp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Bay A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Poza Grande	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bushnell 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Rose du Degelis	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Rose du Degelis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Indooroopilly Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gowrie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Run (River)	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sete Barras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zillmere Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chillingham (Limpinwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Meleiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manly Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ghanzi	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Avon	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Galeton	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mantuan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Skuitklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Narada Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Noonbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Springbrook Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Numinbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

531 records

Records set or tied on 15 February 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 290, Heaviest daily snowfall 106, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 15 February 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	290
Heaviest daily snowfall	106
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 15 February 1973 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 528.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

456 broken records

Margins by which the 456 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 247.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 February 1973

Top 20 records on 15 February 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 February 1973	Newton, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	70 of 100 (Major)
15 February 1973	Tweed Heads Golf Club, AU	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	116.9 mm (4.6 in)	68 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 February 1973	Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa, AU	daily rain	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	72 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1973	Lismore (Centre Street), AU	daily rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1973	Murwillumbah Post Office, AU	daily rain	275.1 mm (10.8 in)	247.2 mm (9.7 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1973	Wanaaring (Thurloo Downs), AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1973	Tomewin (Border Gate), AU	daily rain	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1973	Waterloo 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1973	Coraki Post Office, AU	daily rain	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1973	Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm), AU	daily rain	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1973	Mbarara, UG	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1973	Kendall 2 E, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1973	Canton 4 SE, US	daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1973	Amcor - Petrie Mill, AU	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	79 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1973	Freguesia da Escada, BR	daily rain	99.7 mm (3.9 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1973	Enoggera Reservoir, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1973	Mayo A, CA	daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1973	Walnut Grove, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	79 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1973	Oxenford (Oberon Way), AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1973	Eldorado, BR	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	36 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 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1973. 1973 had 531 records.

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

Records on 02-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	1
1803	1
1806	1
1828	1
1829	1
1830	2
1838	1
1849	1
1855	3
1856	3
1858	3
1859	1
1865	2
1867	3
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	5
1876	2
1877	2
1880	1
1882	4
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	2
1897	2
1898	11
1899	7
1900	8
1901	9
1902	2
1903	25
1904	14
1905	16
1906	4
1907	22
1908	50
1909	16
1910	4
1911	33
1912	12
1913	163
1914	82
1915	47
1916	60
1917	82
1918	57
1919	46
1920	29
1921	99
1922	36
1923	68
1924	204
1925	102
1926	61
1927	112
1928	359
1929	286
1930	130
1931	189
1932	230
1933	108
1934	198
1935	523
1936	1,058
1937	219
1938	429
1939	495
1940	230
1941	109
1942	461
1943	1,126
1944	314
1945	700
1946	306
1947	613
1948	376
1949	1,255
1950	489
1951	380
1952	186
1953	385
1954	1,850
1955	722
1956	710
1957	444
1958	714
1959	541
1960	555
1961	480
1962	718
1963	270
1964	405
1965	305
1966	467
1967	632
1968	321
1969	844
1970	589
1971	551
1972	444
1973	531
1974	375
1975	587
1976	754
1977	544
1978	1,271
1979	1,599
1980	1,007
1981	1,111
1982	1,014
1983	574
1984	928
1985	866
1986	1,273
1987	882
1988	481
1989	1,765
1990	2,706
1991	1,120
1992	887
1993	1,327
1994	676
1995	1,916
1996	955
1997	1,030
1998	1,483
1999	913
2000	962
2001	1,224
2002	525
2003	1,029
2004	1,093
2005	695
2006	872
2007	2,115
2008	491
2009	910
2010	1,424
2011	861
2012	562
2013	257
2014	1,549
2015	1,173
2016	1,209
2017	575
2018	754
2019	979
2020	583
2021	3,289
2022	468
2023	1,064
2024	967
2025	506
2026	690

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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	417
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1