Weather Records on 7 May 1973

447 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 1973. Highest significance: Akron 4 E, US.

Key Facts for 7 May 1973

On 7 May 1973, 447 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 435 daily.
Akron 4 E set an all-time record daily precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 7 May 1973.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

447 stations

447 station records on 7 May 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Akron 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gander Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkio	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Agua Branca (Imoroti)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Big Delta AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wasola 5N	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Judal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark Beach 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koonmarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McCulloch	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rossarden (Aberfoyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Otis 11 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cachoeira Escura	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caiana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Joao Do Cariri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gilbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oelwein 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burdette	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bristow	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Maloya	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pachena Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paragould	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coongan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Round Spring 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cullculli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

447 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 314, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 7 May 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	314
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 7 May 1973 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 9, daily 435.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

399 broken records

Margins by which the 399 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 1973

Top 20 records on 7 May 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 1973	Akron 4 E, US	all-time rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1973	Mansfield, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	19 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1973	Harlan, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1973	Long Prairie, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1973	Gander Int'l A, CA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1973	Tarkio, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1973	Agua Branca (Imoroti), BR	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1973	Ft Ripley, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1973	Big Delta AP, US	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1973	Jewell, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1973	Willow Sprg Radio Kuku, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1973	Glenwood, CA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1973	Wasola 5N, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1973	Tecumseh 1S, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1973	Gordon Downs, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1973	Fall Rvr Lake, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1973	Rolla Missouri S&T, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1973	Judal Station, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1973	Calico Rock 2 WSW, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1973	Jerome, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	63 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

1795 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1973. 1973 had 447 records.

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

Records on 05-07 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1816	1
1825	2
1837	1
1838	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	2
1850	2
1852	1
1853	1
1856	3
1857	1
1861	3
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	2
1876	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	4
1891	4
1892	2
1894	4
1895	2
1897	5
1898	7
1899	3
1900	10
1901	1
1902	6
1903	13
1904	19
1905	21
1906	15
1907	14
1908	29
1909	15
1910	16
1911	14
1912	14
1913	30
1914	37
1915	40
1916	34
1917	188
1918	60
1919	263
1920	59
1921	41
1922	40
1923	119
1924	141
1925	207
1926	227
1927	191
1928	204
1929	224
1930	637
1931	473
1932	288
1933	291
1934	698
1935	298
1936	466
1937	121
1938	467
1939	194
1940	317
1941	317
1942	270
1943	416
1944	476
1945	751
1946	339
1947	727
1948	338
1949	439
1950	526
1951	226
1952	485
1953	541
1954	481
1955	393
1956	665
1957	546
1958	585
1959	335
1960	899
1961	442
1962	381
1963	825
1964	687
1965	671
1966	762
1967	973
1968	756
1969	678
1970	822
1971	364
1972	515
1973	447
1974	743
1975	784
1976	782
1977	662
1978	925
1979	888
1980	593
1981	710
1982	802
1983	724
1984	1,300
1985	557
1986	1,163
1987	1,115
1988	752
1989	1,880
1990	1,024
1991	599
1992	1,830
1993	831
1994	621
1995	997
1996	880
1997	1,359
1998	1,166
1999	1,008
2000	1,693
2001	743
2002	1,344
2003	1,138
2004	1,397
2005	645
2006	833
2007	1,047
2008	526
2009	735
2010	1,123
2011	558
2012	709
2013	633
2014	646
2015	569
2016	677
2017	543
2018	542
2019	522
2020	577
2021	484
2022	784
2023	667
2024	858
2025	635
2026	715

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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 20	352
20 to 40	39
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1