Weather Records on 4 May 1973

313 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 1973. Highest significance: Mariyna Gorka, BY.

Key Facts for 4 May 1973

On 4 May 1973, 313 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
105 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 306 daily.
Mariyna Gorka set a daily record precipitation of 30.6 mm (1.2 in) on 4 May 1973.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

313 stations

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

Weather records on 4 May 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mariyna Gorka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pereque	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Haileybury	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yajlju	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Presa la Angostura	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Webster Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ponte Alta 1	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ilhabela	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Munising	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bemidji	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Jose Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ochoco Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carabost Forest Headquarters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Umari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Roseau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hemlock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lankeys Creek (Woodridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ochoco Rs	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
P-Ranch South Place	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ascencion (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Verkhneuralsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kotlas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ninette	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boissevain	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mikhailovka	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tiraspol	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dzhikimda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zharyk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

313 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 115, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 4 May 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	115
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 4 May 1973 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 306.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

247 broken records

Margins by which the 247 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 1973

Top 20 records on 4 May 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 1973	Mariyna Gorka, BY	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 May 1973	Minsk, BY	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	79 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 May 1973	Mistassini Post, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1973	Pereque, BR	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1973	Haileybury, CA	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	72 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1973	Bairro Alto, BR	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1973	Salzburg, AT	daily high max	28.8 C (83.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	90 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1973	Regensburg, DE	daily high max	27.3 C (81.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	90 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1973	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily high max	27.7 C (81.9 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	90 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1973	Sonnblick, AT	daily high max	2.9 C (37.2 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	81 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1973	Caete, BR	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1973	Yajlju, RU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1973	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high max	27.1 C (80.8 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	70 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1973	Presa la Angostura, MX	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1973	Beulah, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	76 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1973	Webster Springs, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	63 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1973	Ponte Alta 1, BR	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1973	Ilhabela, BR	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1973	Munising, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1973	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	72 years	29 of 100 (Routine)

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

1795 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1973. 1973 had 313 records.

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

Records on 05-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1820	1
1836	2
1840	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	2
1852	1
1856	3
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	1
1864	3
1865	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1902	5
1903	8
1904	8
1905	19
1906	5
1907	37
1908	18
1909	13
1910	14
1911	37
1912	12
1913	63
1914	21
1915	75
1916	57
1917	60
1918	30
1919	69
1920	43
1921	62
1922	283
1923	82
1924	88
1925	80
1926	230
1927	112
1928	205
1929	177
1930	269
1931	169
1932	104
1933	274
1934	456
1935	518
1936	313
1937	230
1938	445
1939	295
1940	602
1941	436
1942	820
1943	358
1944	872
1945	654
1946	463
1947	649
1948	578
1949	1,130
1950	953
1951	292
1952	698
1953	389
1954	1,045
1955	471
1956	433
1957	433
1958	414
1959	613
1960	443
1961	466
1962	265
1963	313
1964	570
1965	433
1966	1,113
1967	928
1968	304
1969	377
1970	454
1971	810
1972	364
1973	313
1974	367
1975	683
1976	554
1977	736
1978	1,016
1979	1,529
1980	511
1981	667
1982	591
1983	539
1984	885
1985	821
1986	1,128
1987	1,004
1988	591
1989	743
1990	1,461
1991	1,088
1992	933
1993	791
1994	821
1995	974
1996	1,298
1997	962
1998	898
1999	1,167
2000	1,398
2001	1,345
2002	1,343
2003	1,158
2004	1,341
2005	1,152
2006	650
2007	699
2008	624
2009	727
2010	999
2011	1,023
2012	1,343
2013	1,447
2014	602
2015	622
2016	463
2017	669
2018	972
2019	574
2020	504
2021	616
2022	470
2023	681
2024	885
2025	456
2026	554

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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 10	216
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1