Weather Records on 3 June 1973

511 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 June 1973. Highest significance: Spavinaw, US.

Key Facts for 3 June 1973

On 3 June 1973, 511 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
105 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 497 daily.
Spavinaw set a daily record precipitation of 110.0 mm (4.3 in) on 3 June 1973.
Across 165 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 425 records.

Record Map

511 stations

511 station records on 3 June 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 June 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Spavinaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	79.1 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Caron	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grand River Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Poteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Strasbourg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Whitesand Dam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jay	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nokomis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lost River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wasola 5N	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Davidson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tugaske	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Serra Caiada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Foam Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Semans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton 10 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Albert A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rathdowney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nalcik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walters	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wooleen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ibiapina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gravelly	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wilburton 9 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Island Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eden	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waco Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dallas FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thurber 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Janesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Platt Nat'l Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waialua 847	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Billabalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Biloela Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

511 records

Records set or tied on 3 June 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 304, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 3 June 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	304
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 June 1973 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 497.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

419 broken records

Margins by which the 419 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 June 1973

Top 20 records on 3 June 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 June 1973	Spavinaw, US	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1973	Menard, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1973	Graz, AT	daily rain	79.1 mm (3.1 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1973	Caron, CA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1973	Debrecen Airport, HU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1973	Humboldt, CA	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1973	Schreiber, CA	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1973	Grand River Dam, US	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1973	Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A, CA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1973	Mohall, US	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	10 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1973	Poteau, US	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1973	Strasbourg, CA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1973	Hebron, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1973	Whitesand Dam, CA	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1973	Jay, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1973	Fredericktown, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1973	Grove, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1973	Sandy Creek, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1973	Nokomis, CA	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1973	Lost River, CA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	43 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

1796 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1973. 1973 had 511 records.

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

Records on 06-03 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1810	3
1822	1
1825	1
1843	1
1844	1
1846	1
1849	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1861	1
1863	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	8
1873	1
1875	1
1877	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	2
1884	2
1886	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	1
1891	3
1892	1
1893	3
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	1
1898	12
1899	2
1900	2
1901	4
1902	6
1903	10
1904	4
1905	5
1906	15
1907	31
1908	15
1909	35
1910	31
1911	15
1912	22
1913	13
1914	30
1915	32
1916	189
1917	18
1918	45
1919	84
1920	53
1921	42
1922	41
1923	340
1924	220
1925	264
1926	208
1927	186
1928	314
1929	466
1930	246
1931	209
1932	266
1933	433
1934	457
1935	157
1936	500
1937	256
1938	270
1939	329
1940	253
1941	328
1942	366
1943	897
1944	434
1945	997
1946	563
1947	502
1948	502
1949	403
1950	513
1951	634
1952	469
1953	444
1954	494
1955	421
1956	946
1957	553
1958	446
1959	411
1960	509
1961	863
1962	528
1963	520
1964	290
1965	296
1966	534
1967	579
1968	581
1969	703
1970	1,067
1971	505
1972	428
1973	511
1974	398
1975	415
1976	546
1977	574
1978	737
1979	779
1980	886
1981	1,169
1982	944
1983	648
1984	680
1985	1,074
1986	1,302
1987	796
1988	933
1989	816
1990	1,080
1991	1,350
1992	1,065
1993	994
1994	666
1995	891
1996	837
1997	753
1998	2,115
1999	1,012
2000	1,042
2001	879
2002	1,134
2003	1,167
2004	1,014
2005	1,054
2006	1,109
2007	867
2008	1,241
2009	691
2010	876
2011	1,167
2012	883
2013	678
2014	618
2015	532
2016	584
2017	465
2018	798
2019	525
2020	790
2021	1,588
2022	471
2023	764
2024	703
2025	586
2026	451

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Data for records on 1973-06-03: 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	358
20 to 40	45
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3