Weather Records on 28 February 1973

516 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 February 1973. Highest significance: Johanna Glen, AU.

Key Facts for 28 February 1973

On 28 February 1973, 516 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
151 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 514 daily.
Johanna Glen set a daily record precipitation of 52.1 mm (2.1 in) on 28 February 1973.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

516 stations

516 station records on 28 February 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 February 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Johanna Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Torquay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greenethorpe (Iandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Smythesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington (Ware Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shannon River (Hermitage)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newark	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hmas Cerberus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Steppes (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Agnes River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high maximum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Werribee Research Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Pardee	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Big Delta AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Apollo Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Terang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wanless	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record snow depth	172.0 cm (67.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elliott	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
E Tawas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kallista Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Liffey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Queenscliff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caveside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shannon Hec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dunnigan	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Merced	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Narracan East (Lynnsmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eastern View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ear Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Drieputs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hugoton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alberton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mardan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Timboon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mole Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Kent	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yalwal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

516 records

Records set or tied on 28 February 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 250, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 28 February 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	250
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 28 February 1973 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 514.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

439 broken records

Margins by which the 439 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 220.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 February 1973

Top 20 records on 28 February 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 February 1973	Johanna Glen, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1973	Portarlington, AU	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1973	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	89 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1973	Torquay, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1973	Greenethorpe (Iandra), AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1973	Budgeree East (Claremont), AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1973	Smythesdale, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1973	Cobden (Post Office), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1973	Buchan, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1973	Darlington (Ware Street), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1973	Kempsey (Wide Street), AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1973	Shannon River (Hermitage), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1973	Los Alamos, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1973	Newark, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1973	Hmas Cerberus, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1973	Baddeck, CA	daily low max	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	89 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1973	Steppes (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1973	Port Hastings, CA	daily low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1973	Agnes River, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1973	Clydebank, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	62 years	35 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 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1973. 1973 had 516 records.

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

Records on 02-28 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1799	1
1814	1
1836	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	2
1849	1
1858	3
1860	1
1866	1
1868	1
1870	2
1873	1
1875	3
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	3
1882	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	7
1889	1
1890	1
1893	5
1894	4
1895	3
1896	1
1897	3
1898	1
1899	1
1900	6
1901	4
1902	22
1903	49
1904	10
1905	7
1906	30
1907	17
1908	34
1909	10
1910	39
1911	43
1912	29
1913	21
1914	66
1915	15
1916	44
1917	26
1918	13
1919	52
1920	45
1921	136
1922	102
1923	58
1924	98
1925	91
1926	140
1927	73
1928	72
1929	211
1930	132
1931	197
1932	649
1933	139
1934	821
1935	375
1936	311
1937	315
1938	275
1939	1,084
1940	602
1941	404
1942	291
1943	275
1944	468
1945	298
1946	336
1947	431
1948	1,017
1949	593
1950	480
1951	684
1952	239
1953	304
1954	519
1955	881
1956	336
1957	234
1958	622
1959	360
1960	1,068
1961	311
1962	2,575
1963	564
1964	265
1965	413
1966	604
1967	611
1968	640
1969	384
1970	545
1971	811
1972	1,325
1973	516
1974	568
1975	429
1976	1,155
1977	419
1978	1,057
1979	563
1980	926
1981	1,035
1982	797
1983	950
1984	1,175
1985	596
1986	1,293
1987	1,820
1988	810
1989	1,083
1990	1,394
1991	594
1992	1,154
1993	1,303
1994	1,320
1995	1,205
1996	1,555
1997	1,441
1998	1,055
1999	809
2000	1,239
2001	1,187
2002	1,619
2003	744
2004	896
2005	1,011
2006	1,257
2007	1,196
2008	897
2009	1,016
2010	900
2011	1,423
2012	820
2013	732
2014	1,279
2015	1,686
2016	1,000
2017	869
2018	1,502
2019	998
2020	583
2021	855
2022	748
2023	1,083
2024	1,108
2025	729
2026	1,477

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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	433
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1