Weather Records on 27 June 1973

763 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 June 1973. Highest significance: Oxford, GB.

Key Facts for 27 June 1973

On 27 June 1973, 763 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
386 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 735 daily.
Oxford set a daily record precipitation of 67.3 mm (2.6 in) on 27 June 1973.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

763 stations

763 station records on 27 June 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 June 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bay City	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Romeo 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhny-Chir	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Druzina	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Put-In-Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Frolovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Keithsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cabralia Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Duartina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kapuskasing A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zinapecuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Knightstown 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
N Vernon 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lamounier	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chapulco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
C.A.E. Llera	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenup 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winchester Airport 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Millerstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tobias Barreto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dryden	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record high maximum temperature	47.2 C (117.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

763 records

Records set or tied on 27 June 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 179, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 207, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 281.

Records on 27 June 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	179
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	207
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	281
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 June 1973 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 22, daily 735.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

594 broken records

Margins by which the 594 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 52.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 June 1973

Top 20 records on 27 June 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 June 1973	Oxford, GB	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	122 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 June 1973	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 June 1973	Urjupinsk, RU	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 June 1973	Bay City, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1973	Romeo 1 N, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1973	Nizhny-Chir, RU	daily rain	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1973	Druzina, RU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1973	Pana, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	71 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1973	Williamstown, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1973	Put-In-Bay, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1973	Charleston, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1973	Clinton 2, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1973	Alpine, US	all-time high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	54 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1973	Frolovo, RU	all-time rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1973	Carlinville, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1973	Madison Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1973	Marion 2 N, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1973	Keithsburg, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1973	Olney 2S, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1973	Vevay, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	86 years	39 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

1799 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1973. 1973 had 763 records.

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

Records on 06-27 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1808	1
1811	1
1815	1
1830	2
1840	1
1841	2
1843	1
1849	1
1856	1
1857	1
1860	1
1863	2
1864	1
1868	2
1870	2
1871	2
1874	2
1875	1
1878	3
1880	2
1881	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1886	2
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1898	6
1899	1
1900	4
1901	11
1902	8
1903	4
1904	7
1905	23
1906	12
1907	5
1908	10
1909	39
1910	33
1911	23
1912	24
1913	47
1914	38
1915	52
1916	259
1917	13
1918	35
1919	62
1920	34
1921	66
1922	92
1923	161
1924	81
1925	164
1926	281
1927	272
1928	219
1929	145
1930	245
1931	723
1932	287
1933	479
1934	587
1935	327
1936	555
1937	336
1938	552
1939	289
1940	337
1941	452
1942	497
1943	510
1944	586
1945	603
1946	317
1947	771
1948	403
1949	456
1950	433
1951	472
1952	988
1953	358
1954	495
1955	417
1956	503
1957	617
1958	836
1959	537
1960	344
1961	601
1962	291
1963	520
1964	258
1965	732
1966	401
1967	487
1968	1,359
1969	1,101
1970	1,059
1971	526
1972	446
1973	763
1974	1,078
1975	591
1976	679
1977	356
1978	918
1979	673
1980	1,242
1981	794
1982	778
1983	950
1984	475
1985	1,031
1986	656
1987	757
1988	1,130
1989	617
1990	1,248
1991	1,113
1992	1,063
1993	722
1994	1,382
1995	722
1996	997
1997	833
1998	1,312
1999	1,061
2000	1,125
2001	758
2002	989
2003	1,010
2004	855
2005	801
2006	1,177
2007	1,287
2008	570
2009	1,015
2010	1,006
2011	965
2012	1,334
2013	743
2014	632
2015	1,136
2016	494
2017	527
2018	652
2019	761
2020	592
2021	1,248
2022	1,003
2023	565
2024	921
2025	466
2026	1,656

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Data for records on 1973-06-27: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 27 June 1973
Margin	Records
0 to 10	491
10 to 20	61
20 to 30	24
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	1