Weather Records on 23 April 1973

518 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 1973. Highest significance: Sari-Ozek, KZ.

Key Facts for 23 April 1973

On 23 April 1973, 518 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
262 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 487 daily.
Sari-Ozek set a monthly record daily precipitation of 43.4 mm (1.7 in) on 23 April 1973.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

518 stations

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

Weather records on 23 April 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sari-Ozek	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Itajobi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Poteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Inukjuak Ua	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Merweville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Des Arc	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Abbott	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Darradup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gabriels	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monte Verde Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beauceville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Conquista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record snow depth	85.0 cm (33.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bakanas	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carlisle 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dannemora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

518 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 177, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 196, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 23 April 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	177
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	196
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 23 April 1973 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 30, daily 487.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

415 broken records

Margins by which the 415 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 April 1973

Top 20 records on 23 April 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 1973	Sari-Ozek, KZ	monthly rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1973	Corozal Substn, PR	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1973	Itajobi, BR	daily rain	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1973	Poteau, US	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	77.9 mm (3.1 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1973	Kaycee, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	72 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1973	Ozark, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1973	Inukjuak Ua, CA	daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1973	Merweville, ZA	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1973	Dos Bocas, PR	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1973	Des Arc, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1973	Tasiilaq, GL	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1973	Batesville L&D 1, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1973	Union City, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1973	Clinton, US	monthly high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1973	Storrs, US	monthly high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1973	Golconda River, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1973	Black Rock, US	monthly rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1973	Doniphan, US	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1973	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	87 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1973	Alicia 2 NNE, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 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

1800 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1973. 1973 had 518 records.

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

Records on 04-23 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1809	1
1812	1
1817	3
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	1
1855	5
1857	2
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	4
1886	4
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	9
1902	12
1903	20
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	12
1908	14
1909	28
1910	35
1911	21
1912	29
1913	40
1914	71
1915	41
1916	35
1917	37
1918	92
1919	66
1920	75
1921	81
1922	45
1923	132
1924	111
1925	506
1926	124
1927	562
1928	302
1929	103
1930	487
1931	506
1932	231
1933	361
1934	272
1935	152
1936	342
1937	321
1938	177
1939	339
1940	319
1941	277
1942	473
1943	819
1944	678
1945	364
1946	649
1947	242
1948	401
1949	401
1950	577
1951	426
1952	500
1953	300
1954	548
1955	654
1956	581
1957	623
1958	649
1959	442
1960	1,648
1961	884
1962	389
1963	801
1964	958
1965	660
1966	386
1967	1,183
1968	816
1969	705
1970	1,209
1971	508
1972	332
1973	518
1974	486
1975	411
1976	386
1977	979
1978	523
1979	554
1980	1,460
1981	1,124
1982	1,191
1983	1,031
1984	971
1985	1,011
1986	1,541
1987	676
1988	1,051
1989	1,469
1990	1,077
1991	638
1992	592
1993	1,256
1994	666
1995	1,464
1996	1,520
1997	1,024
1998	1,446
1999	1,198
2000	1,003
2001	1,435
2002	971
2003	557
2004	610
2005	940
2006	839
2007	847
2008	775
2009	920
2010	1,040
2011	1,190
2012	1,796
2013	1,655
2014	362
2015	511
2016	542
2017	474
2018	684
2019	668
2020	564
2021	562
2022	692
2023	980
2024	583
2025	410
2026	503

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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 25	384
25 to 50	21
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1