Weather Records on 5 May 1973

542 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 1973. Highest significance: Kirrama Station, AU.

Key Facts for 5 May 1973

On 5 May 1973, 542 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
128 were record highs and 200 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 521 daily.
Kirrama Station set a daily record precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 5 May 1973.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

542 stations

542 station records on 5 May 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kirrama Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ayton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Koolatah Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Peeramon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stone Exelby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dunbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
South Johnstone Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tully Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	192.8 mm (7.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
South Johnstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	194.6 mm (7.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rita Do Jacutinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stephenville A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boca	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aguai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Do Braco (Efic)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Strasbourg-Entzheim	France	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Evelyn State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Bergzabern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fladungen-Heufurt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sandberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Forsyth 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warrawagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yungaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shiprock	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Apsley (Parki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ilhabela	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg Im Breisgau-Herdern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vevay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eugenio Lefevre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mulyie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Francisco da Corredeira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Meringa Sugar Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

542 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 123, Heaviest daily rainfall 204, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 May 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	123
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 May 1973 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 521.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

437 broken records

Margins by which the 437 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 157.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 1973

Top 20 records on 5 May 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 1973	Kirrama Station, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1973	Snowflake, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1973	Ayton, AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1973	Koolatah Station, AU	monthly rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1973	Iguape, BR	monthly rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1973	Peeramon, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1973	Upper Stone Exelby, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1973	Dunbar Station, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1973	South Johnstone Exp STN, AU	daily rain	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1973	Tully Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	192.8 mm (7.6 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1973	Eureka, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	83 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1973	South Johnstone Post Office, AU	daily rain	194.6 mm (7.7 in)	157.3 mm (6.2 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1973	Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1973	Mt Garnet Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1973	Port Aux Basques, CA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1973	Greer, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1973	Santa Rita Do Jacutinga, BR	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1973	Stephenville A, CA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1973	Boca, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	67 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1973	Aguai, BR	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	42 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

1795 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1973. 1973 had 542 records.

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

Records on 05-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1836	1
1837	1
1840	1
1850	4
1852	1
1855	1
1856	2
1859	2
1861	5
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1875	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1888	3
1889	5
1890	2
1891	3
1892	5
1894	3
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	3
1901	2
1902	5
1903	9
1904	14
1905	17
1906	4
1907	16
1908	14
1909	17
1910	19
1911	17
1912	17
1913	46
1914	39
1915	73
1916	98
1917	70
1918	24
1919	77
1920	41
1921	63
1922	98
1923	139
1924	132
1925	143
1926	220
1927	115
1928	149
1929	256
1930	469
1931	250
1932	166
1933	339
1934	448
1935	417
1936	377
1937	159
1938	362
1939	222
1940	446
1941	415
1942	529
1943	427
1944	1,237
1945	355
1946	306
1947	528
1948	671
1949	1,099
1950	893
1951	174
1952	723
1953	659
1954	607
1955	382
1956	363
1957	561
1958	404
1959	587
1960	773
1961	644
1962	261
1963	249
1964	643
1965	724
1966	1,413
1967	613
1968	434
1969	530
1970	386
1971	444
1972	292
1973	542
1974	716
1975	711
1976	402
1977	708
1978	1,033
1979	1,534
1980	562
1981	524
1982	659
1983	475
1984	767
1985	463
1986	968
1987	895
1988	820
1989	941
1990	1,511
1991	1,176
1992	1,004
1993	725
1994	743
1995	888
1996	1,368
1997	1,220
1998	1,707
1999	1,301
2000	1,442
2001	963
2002	883
2003	1,792
2004	1,401
2005	1,009
2006	657
2007	850
2008	453
2009	751
2010	1,053
2011	857
2012	1,281
2013	1,265
2014	680
2015	783
2016	554
2017	849
2018	481
2019	538
2020	403
2021	733
2022	514
2023	579
2024	961
2025	717
2026	538

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Data for records on 1973-05-05: 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 20	401
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1