Weather Records on 5 July 1973

766 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 July 1973. Highest significance: Ebor (Kotupna), AU.

Key Facts for 5 July 1973

On 5 July 1973, 766 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
378 were record highs and 90 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 754 daily.
Ebor (Kotupna) set a daily record precipitation of 129.5 mm (5.1 in) on 5 July 1973.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

766 stations

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

Weather records on 5 July 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Orara (Aurania)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Moosehead	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Urara (the Knoll)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kalang Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rockhampton Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rexton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mont Louis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (McPherson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne (Lorne Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Royles	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Megan (the Mount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Norwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Island Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cekunda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	83.9 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Loa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rewan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yabba Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lolworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Geham State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
South Egremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeport 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Ringo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woleebee Nevasa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coramba (Glenfiddich)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chichester Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

766 records

Records set or tied on 5 July 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 219, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 159, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 298.

Records on 5 July 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	219
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	159
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	298
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 July 1973 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 754.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

620 broken records

Margins by which the 620 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 147.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 July 1973

Top 20 records on 5 July 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 July 1973	Ebor (Kotupna), AU	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	42 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1973	McAdam, CA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	100 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1973	Sussex, CA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1973	Pacific Heights, AU	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1973	Upper Orara (Aurania), AU	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1973	Moosehead, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1973	Comboyne Post Office, AU	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1973	Balmoral Station, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1973	Upper Urara (the Knoll), AU	daily rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1973	Kalang Road, AU	daily rain	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1973	Crossett 2 SSE, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1973	Rockhampton Aero, AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1973	Rexton, CA	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1973	Orono, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1973	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1973	Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road), AU	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1973	Emu Park Hill St, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1973	Mont Louis, CA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1973	Annapolis Royal, CA	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1973	Columbus 4 ESE, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 years	44 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 766 records.

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

Records on 07-05 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1816	1
1819	2
1822	1
1828	2
1835	1
1839	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	1
1852	1
1856	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	6
1891	2
1892	2
1893	4
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	8
1901	8
1902	11
1903	6
1904	4
1905	9
1906	25
1907	12
1908	10
1909	22
1910	33
1911	46
1912	12
1913	23
1914	56
1915	75
1916	37
1917	32
1918	30
1919	40
1920	206
1921	75
1922	66
1923	67
1924	112
1925	108
1926	183
1927	206
1928	185
1929	224
1930	233
1931	395
1932	344
1933	335
1934	505
1935	242
1936	714
1937	340
1938	328
1939	398
1940	352
1941	309
1942	443
1943	418
1944	438
1945	244
1946	273
1947	815
1948	655
1949	444
1950	480
1951	635
1952	341
1953	532
1954	417
1955	437
1956	499
1957	491
1958	634
1959	318
1960	515
1961	604
1962	324
1963	642
1964	421
1965	298
1966	305
1967	923
1968	828
1969	822
1970	552
1971	431
1972	1,580
1973	766
1974	488
1975	806
1976	639
1977	740
1978	804
1979	919
1980	557
1981	914
1982	981
1983	841
1984	832
1985	695
1986	1,155
1987	665
1988	1,828
1989	930
1990	1,103
1991	936
1992	937
1993	1,383
1994	1,137
1995	1,243
1996	1,130
1997	962
1998	957
1999	1,838
2000	729
2001	1,153
2002	892
2003	646
2004	853
2005	797
2006	974
2007	1,206
2008	779
2009	946
2010	1,085
2011	696
2012	1,356
2013	768
2014	420
2015	1,303
2016	932
2017	619
2018	754
2019	742
2020	416
2021	639
2022	855
2023	688
2024	1,030
2025	632
2026	505

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Data for records on 1973-07-05: 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	540
20 to 40	55
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1