Weather Records on 25 April 1973

434 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 April 1973. Highest significance: Lumpkin 2 SE, US.

Key Facts for 25 April 1973

On 25 April 1973, 434 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 427 daily.
Lumpkin 2 SE set a daily record precipitation of 108.0 mm (4.3 in) on 25 April 1973.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

434 stations

434 station records on 25 April 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 April 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Circle Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ibiapaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Glen Lyon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Victor	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woomargama Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Loksak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cacequi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grong Grong (Berembed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Neran	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cedartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Areia (Ufpb)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pyramid	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mundaring Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carrathool (Uardry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Daysdale (Dennison Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guarabira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Idalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shubuta	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hay (Pevensey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Big Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Galiwinku	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Meade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belfast	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hobson	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record snow depth	72.0 cm (28.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dadeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Laramie 11 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waterdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Adairsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

434 records

Records set or tied on 25 April 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 283, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 25 April 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	283
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 25 April 1973 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 427.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

372 broken records

Margins by which the 372 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 360.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 April 1973

Top 20 records on 25 April 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 April 1973	Lumpkin 2 SE, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	86.7 mm (3.4 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 April 1973	Circle Hot Springs, US	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 April 1973	Ibiapaba, BR	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1973	Broken Hill (Glen Lyon), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1973	Dayton 1 N, US	daily rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1973	Victor, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1973	Morgan 1 W, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1973	Rosedale, US	all-time rain	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1973	Cook, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1973	Woomargama Estate, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1973	Loksak, RU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1973	Cacequi, BR	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1973	Grong Grong (Berembed), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1973	Neran, RU	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1973	Rome, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1973	Clarksdale, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1973	Cheesman, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1973	Cedartown, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1973	Areia (Ufpb), BR	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1973	Pyramid, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	37 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

1794 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1973. 1973 had 434 records.

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

Records on 04-25 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1796	1
1805	1
1807	1
1808	1
1812	1
1813	1
1817	2
1841	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	1
1854	7
1856	1
1857	3
1861	1
1862	1
1865	2
1867	2
1873	3
1874	4
1875	2
1882	2
1883	5
1884	1
1885	2
1887	2
1888	3
1889	3
1890	9
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1895	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	2
1901	6
1902	3
1903	29
1904	10
1905	8
1906	20
1907	22
1908	26
1909	47
1910	42
1911	14
1912	16
1913	53
1914	14
1915	82
1916	54
1917	28
1918	136
1919	103
1920	41
1921	83
1922	66
1923	95
1924	142
1925	231
1926	439
1927	175
1928	143
1929	288
1930	280
1931	269
1932	362
1933	133
1934	360
1935	248
1936	175
1937	494
1938	375
1939	371
1940	534
1941	223
1942	644
1943	340
1944	294
1945	638
1946	379
1947	324
1948	599
1949	572
1950	647
1951	370
1952	636
1953	369
1954	767
1955	644
1956	607
1957	442
1958	569
1959	385
1960	992
1961	563
1962	1,116
1963	437
1964	538
1965	526
1966	541
1967	837
1968	1,011
1969	419
1970	462
1971	629
1972	508
1973	434
1974	919
1975	764
1976	561
1977	812
1978	696
1979	622
1980	784
1981	900
1982	628
1983	1,860
1984	874
1985	649
1986	1,031
1987	1,009
1988	736
1989	1,382
1990	1,553
1991	1,003
1992	1,032
1993	862
1994	1,200
1995	1,128
1996	866
1997	1,348
1998	777
1999	986
2000	1,026
2001	1,170
2002	1,194
2003	859
2004	801
2005	1,435
2006	791
2007	1,149
2008	998
2009	1,366
2010	862
2011	1,166
2012	1,676
2013	1,193
2014	469
2015	743
2016	692
2017	705
2018	660
2019	660
2020	477
2021	386
2022	588
2023	540
2024	485
2025	493
2026	581

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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	358
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1