Weather Records on 4 March 1973

569 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 March 1973. Highest significance: Mt Hope, US.

Key Facts for 4 March 1973

On 4 March 1973, 569 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
333 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 560 daily.
Mt Hope set a daily record precipitation of 56.9 mm (2.2 in) on 4 March 1973.
Across 167 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

569 stations

569 station records on 4 March 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 March 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Patos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Camocim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Inman 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Atoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coalgate 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Amaro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bristow	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Herington	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Iola 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gabriels	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crosby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hatteras	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Miguel Arcanjo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Platt Nat'l Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pilot Point Isl du Boi	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ninette	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

569 records

Records set or tied on 4 March 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 95, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 238, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 220, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 4 March 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	95
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	238
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	220
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 4 March 1973 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 560.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

449 broken records

Margins by which the 449 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 410.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 March 1973

Top 20 records on 4 March 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 March 1973	Mt Hope, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1973	Augusta, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1973	Austin #2, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	78 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1973	Cottonwood Falls, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1973	Newton, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1973	McPherson, US	monthly rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	77 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1973	Madison, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1973	Norwich, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1973	Sedgwick, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1973	Florence, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1973	Kingman, US	monthly rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1973	Jasper, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	3 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1973	Lincoln 1 SE, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1973	Eureka 1E, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1973	Austin #2, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1973	Patos, BR	daily rain	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1973	Le Roy, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1973	Camocim, BR	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1973	Cambridge Galt Moe, CA	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	92 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1973	Inman 5SW, US	monthly rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	36 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

1801 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1973. 1973 had 569 records.

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

Records on 03-04 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1804	1
1810	1
1814	1
1816	1
1817	1
1837	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	5
1846	1
1851	1
1852	2
1853	1
1857	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	6
1881	5
1882	2
1884	1
1886	3
1888	4
1889	3
1890	7
1891	3
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	11
1897	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	18
1904	8
1905	8
1906	14
1907	13
1908	15
1909	23
1910	7
1911	6
1912	46
1913	23
1914	27
1915	27
1916	37
1917	51
1918	79
1919	162
1920	76
1921	99
1922	59
1923	206
1924	139
1925	272
1926	144
1927	132
1928	100
1929	252
1930	148
1931	295
1932	341
1933	357
1934	402
1935	528
1936	171
1937	336
1938	628
1939	278
1940	242
1941	278
1942	266
1943	1,123
1944	564
1945	465
1946	679
1947	407
1948	698
1949	299
1950	638
1951	740
1952	747
1953	540
1954	528
1955	1,317
1956	504
1957	294
1958	414
1959	743
1960	2,289
1961	773
1962	536
1963	502
1964	677
1965	855
1966	1,050
1967	359
1968	1,100
1969	252
1970	332
1971	1,217
1972	632
1973	569
1974	1,456
1975	514
1976	1,696
1977	1,240
1978	1,905
1979	1,100
1980	742
1981	742
1982	758
1983	2,210
1984	671
1985	1,118
1986	1,113
1987	1,577
1988	924
1989	1,369
1990	738
1991	1,343
1992	1,283
1993	749
1994	959
1995	1,062
1996	727
1997	1,013
1998	1,720
1999	990
2000	878
2001	762
2002	2,015
2003	861
2004	1,092
2005	782
2006	711
2007	779
2008	919
2009	1,460
2010	517
2011	682
2012	755
2013	708
2014	1,792
2015	577
2016	748
2017	571
2018	645
2019	2,178
2020	873
2021	492
2022	516
2023	807
2024	1,328
2025	695
2026	747

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Data for records on 1973-03-04: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 100	447
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1