Weather Records on 14 March 1973

1,537 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 March 1973. Highest significance: Lusk 2 SW, US.

Key Facts for 14 March 1973

On 14 March 1973, 1,537 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
787 were record highs and 112 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 60 monthly and 1,473 daily.
Lusk 2 SW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 14 March 1973.
Across 156 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

1,537 stations

1,537 station records on 14 March 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 March 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Pollock	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hermosa 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bison	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hilland 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Vivian	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dupree	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record daily snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Amenia	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Archer	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wyola 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Agate 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Petrolina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winside	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Martin	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Archer	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
McNary 2N	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Colgate	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hermosa 3 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Timber Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Agate 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,537 records

Records set or tied on 14 March 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 281, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 506, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 559, Heaviest daily snowfall 62, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 14 March 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	281
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	506
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	559
Heaviest daily snowfall	62
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 14 March 1973 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 60, daily 1,473.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,321 broken records

Margins by which the 1,321 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 572.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 March 1973

Top 20 records on 14 March 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 March 1973	Lusk 2 SW, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	77 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 March 1973	Lead, US	all-time snowfall	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	57.2 cm (22.5 in)	17 years	71 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1973	Pipestone, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	73 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1973	Pollock, US	monthly rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1973	Hermosa 3 SSW, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1973	Spearfish, US	daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	73 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1973	Sterling, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1973	Bison, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1973	Hilland 2 NW, US	monthly rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1973	Leo 6 SW, US	all-time snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1973	Vivian, US	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1973	Forman 5 SSE, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1973	Harrison, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1973	Dupree, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1973	Ft Meade, US	all-time snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1973	Amenia, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1973	Archer, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1973	Pathfinder Dam, US	monthly rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	2 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1973	Lemmon, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1973	Vale, US	monthly rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	55 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

1810 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1973. 1973 had 1,537 records.

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

Records on 03-14 in each year
Year	Records
1810	2
1817	1
1827	1
1828	1
1845	4
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	2
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	3
1900	1
1901	5
1902	3
1903	16
1904	9
1905	16
1906	24
1907	16
1908	16
1909	4
1910	29
1911	67
1912	14
1913	109
1914	37
1915	14
1916	17
1917	147
1918	244
1919	21
1920	30
1921	66
1922	79
1923	50
1924	169
1925	140
1926	448
1927	224
1928	156
1929	310
1930	170
1931	258
1932	440
1933	383
1934	227
1935	498
1936	178
1937	427
1938	317
1939	267
1940	393
1941	296
1942	470
1943	414
1944	705
1945	590
1946	893
1947	368
1948	319
1949	302
1950	372
1951	524
1952	345
1953	416
1954	598
1955	288
1956	820
1957	873
1958	514
1959	211
1960	968
1961	501
1962	633
1963	332
1964	322
1965	235
1966	436
1967	914
1968	645
1969	742
1970	489
1971	658
1972	763
1973	1,537
1974	378
1975	1,073
1976	291
1977	827
1978	669
1979	668
1980	780
1981	1,068
1982	860
1983	803
1984	1,060
1985	580
1986	580
1987	631
1988	1,098
1989	1,468
1990	2,475
1991	844
1992	1,109
1993	4,380
1994	1,207
1995	1,436
1996	615
1997	1,490
1998	627
1999	1,187
2000	558
2001	745
2002	1,087
2003	1,534
2004	678
2005	980
2006	1,179
2007	1,565
2008	845
2009	971
2010	691
2011	888
2012	1,565
2013	1,014
2014	892
2015	1,224
2016	911
2017	1,179
2018	646
2019	1,219
2020	934
2021	1,037
2022	507
2023	700
2024	938
2025	1,386
2026	793

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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 100	1,300
100 to 200	14
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1