Weather Records on 14 July 1973

652 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 July 1973. Highest significance: Harlan Co Lake, US.

Key Facts for 14 July 1973

On 14 July 1973, 652 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 215 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 630 daily.
Harlan Co Lake set an all-time record daily precipitation of 181.6 mm (7.1 in) on 14 July 1973.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

652 stations

652 station records on 14 July 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 July 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Snowtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Tarlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Parilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Yanac North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Purnong (Claypans)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pinnaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cambrai (Kongolia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eudunda (Brownlow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Manoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Point Pass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moskovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kapunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sutherlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Naponee	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Karoonda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carrarang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Perponda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Diapur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ellis	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carwarp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Juarez (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
El Paso Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan (Sandleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stonefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Copeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Galga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Scandia	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Reach	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ungarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blanchetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brooker)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Farrell Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Strelka Chunja	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Estes Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deerfield 10 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

652 records

Records set or tied on 14 July 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 137, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 367.

Records on 14 July 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	137
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	367
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 July 1973 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 19, daily 630.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

550 broken records

Margins by which the 550 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 July 1973

Top 20 records on 14 July 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 July 1973	Harlan Co Lake, US	all-time rain	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	72 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1973	Snowtown, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	69 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1973	Tarlee, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1973	Genoa, IT	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	132 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1973	Alton 1 W, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	64 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1973	Parilla, AU	monthly rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1973	Coldwater, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1973	Yanac North, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	79 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1973	Eudunda, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1973	Purnong (Claypans), AU	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1973	Pinnaroo, AU	monthly rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1973	Cambrai (Kongolia), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1973	Eudunda (Brownlow), AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1973	Upland 2NE, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1973	Montello 2NE, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1973	Manoora, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	55 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1973	Marrabel, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	77 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1973	Point Pass, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1973	Moskovo, RU	daily rain	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1973	Kapunda, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	52 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

1802 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1973. 1973 had 652 records.

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

Records on 07-14 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1808	1
1824	1
1832	1
1840	2
1845	1
1856	1
1860	2
1864	2
1866	1
1875	1
1876	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1883	3
1884	3
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	3
1894	4
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	10
1899	6
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	21
1904	18
1905	11
1906	18
1907	13
1908	15
1909	7
1910	23
1911	28
1912	116
1913	21
1914	43
1915	17
1916	18
1917	55
1918	72
1919	44
1920	44
1921	105
1922	31
1923	127
1924	156
1925	138
1926	500
1927	212
1928	221
1929	87
1930	497
1931	430
1932	623
1933	378
1934	413
1935	278
1936	1,019
1937	282
1938	202
1939	367
1940	536
1941	548
1942	278
1943	364
1944	240
1945	466
1946	229
1947	379
1948	422
1949	436
1950	726
1951	335
1952	995
1953	518
1954	1,141
1955	1,058
1956	360
1957	368
1958	455
1959	349
1960	554
1961	441
1962	922
1963	535
1964	618
1965	256
1966	668
1967	1,124
1968	553
1969	595
1970	477
1971	436
1972	588
1973	652
1974	654
1975	1,054
1976	693
1977	544
1978	495
1979	559
1980	1,178
1981	708
1982	809
1983	930
1984	862
1985	720
1986	722
1987	1,035
1988	806
1989	640
1990	1,748
1991	860
1992	999
1993	1,432
1994	1,250
1995	1,459
1996	1,038
1997	723
1998	1,350
1999	1,536
2000	999
2001	870
2002	1,401
2003	1,037
2004	638
2005	758
2006	998
2007	862
2008	683
2009	920
2010	1,678
2011	1,093
2012	1,114
2013	539
2014	711
2015	622
2016	682
2017	674
2018	475
2019	415
2020	635
2021	788
2022	575
2023	724
2024	784
2025	756
2026	1,037

Download the Data

Data for records on 1973-07-14: 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 10	433
10 to 20	77
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2