Weather Records on 4 June 1973

467 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 June 1973. Highest significance: Catita, BR.

Key Facts for 4 June 1973

On 4 June 1973, 467 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
108 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 451 daily.
Catita set an all-time record daily precipitation of 166.0 mm (6.5 in) on 4 June 1973.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

467 stations

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

Weather records on 4 June 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Catita	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	166.0 mm (6.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tamala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Afonso Bezerra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Edom	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Joao Do Jaguaribe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Currais Novos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gilmer 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rosser	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Klaipeda	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia	Spain	Record daily precipitation	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bakanas	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dolores	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coongan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Limoeiro Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ouray	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aspen	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Terrell	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Sao Vicente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winter Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Portal	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Linden	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Russas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Campina Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Poranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Antonio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Camargo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karnack	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Naples 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carnaubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Carbon R Ent	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Recanto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ripley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

467 records

Records set or tied on 4 June 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 257, Heaviest daily snowfall 9.

Records on 4 June 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	257
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 June 1973 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 13, daily 451.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

383 broken records

Margins by which the 383 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 June 1973

Top 20 records on 4 June 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 June 1973	Catita, BR	all-time rain	166.0 mm (6.5 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 June 1973	Tamala, AU	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	108.9 mm (4.3 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 June 1973	Afonso Bezerra, BR	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 June 1973	Kaufman 3 SE, US	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 June 1973	Georgetown, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1973	Barkestad, NO	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1973	Palestine 2 NE, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1973	Wills Pt, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	63 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1973	Telluride 4WNW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1973	Edom, US	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1973	Sao Joao Do Jaguaribe, BR	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1973	Currais Novos, BR	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1973	Gilmer 4 WNW, US	daily rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1973	Rosser, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1973	Klaipeda, LT	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1973	Valencia, ES	daily rain	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1973	Bakanas, KZ	monthly rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1973	Breckenridge, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	73 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1973	Dolores, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1973	Coongan Station, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	64 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

1796 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1973. 1973 had 467 records.

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

Records on 06-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1804	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	4
1822	1
1834	1
1840	1
1845	1
1849	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1866	2
1868	1
1869	1
1871	7
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	4
1887	1
1888	6
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	5
1897	1
1898	4
1899	2
1900	6
1901	3
1903	13
1904	4
1905	17
1906	6
1907	18
1908	26
1909	21
1910	45
1911	15
1912	20
1913	18
1914	36
1915	15
1916	33
1917	31
1918	27
1919	122
1920	74
1921	68
1922	106
1923	827
1924	140
1925	388
1926	269
1927	352
1928	391
1929	610
1930	175
1931	100
1932	164
1933	343
1934	435
1935	250
1936	216
1937	231
1938	226
1939	315
1940	260
1941	371
1942	320
1943	778
1944	482
1945	1,330
1946	457
1947	456
1948	369
1949	553
1950	518
1951	553
1952	382
1953	304
1954	549
1955	293
1956	698
1957	567
1958	346
1959	309
1960	385
1961	609
1962	592
1963	562
1964	452
1965	246
1966	465
1967	477
1968	516
1969	870
1970	722
1971	453
1972	580
1973	467
1974	501
1975	436
1976	522
1977	809
1978	756
1979	843
1980	884
1981	1,020
1982	1,245
1983	896
1984	700
1985	1,546
1986	896
1987	941
1988	1,468
1989	1,244
1990	997
1991	1,197
1992	947
1993	974
1994	627
1995	736
1996	991
1997	1,054
1998	2,389
1999	859
2000	986
2001	1,222
2002	1,217
2003	1,352
2004	1,007
2005	939
2006	957
2007	867
2008	1,285
2009	796
2010	984
2011	1,208
2012	862
2013	419
2014	657
2015	588
2016	1,099
2017	484
2018	539
2019	496
2020	662
2021	1,604
2022	488
2023	630
2024	756
2025	566
2026	518

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Data for records on 1973-06-04: 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	321
20 to 40	39
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1