Weather Records on 23 March 1973

537 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1973. Highest significance: Cuero, US.

Key Facts for 23 March 1973

On 23 March 1973, 537 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
146 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 525 daily.
Cuero set a daily record precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 23 March 1973.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

537 stations

537 station records on 23 March 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	67.3 cm (26.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
El Rito	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yoakum	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsmouth 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canadian	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gruver	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Perus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Natoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yeeda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zamenkomst	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madre de Deus de Minas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
El Campo	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Juiz de Fora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nixon	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Santo Antonio de Russas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Visconde de Rio Claro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vergemont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barao de Antonina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yorktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bom Jesus Do Galho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tascosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan Fld STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vargem Do Engenho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Red Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Desterro Do Melo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Skarda	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Meade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Black Lake	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gran Quivira Natl Mon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barroso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morretes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Washakie 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Tiradentes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

537 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 106, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 258, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 23 March 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	106
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	258
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 23 March 1973 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 525.

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 317.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 1973

Top 20 records on 23 March 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1973	Cuero, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1973	Chiricahua Nm, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1973	Red Lodge, US	daily snowfall	67.3 cm (26.5 in)	31.7 cm (12.5 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1973	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	72 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1973	Beaver, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1973	El Rito, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1973	Barkestad, NO	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1973	Yoakum, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1973	Lamar, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1973	Plattsmouth 1E, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1973	Lyons, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1973	Cimarron 4 SW, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1973	Canadian, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1973	Gruver, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1973	Perus, BR	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1973	Natoma, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1973	Yeeda, AU	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1973	Zamenkomst, ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1973	Beloit, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1973	Norris Madison Pwr House, US	monthly snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 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

1796 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1973. 1973 had 537 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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Data for records on 1973-03-23: 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 50	424
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1