Weather Records on 23 July 1973

798 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 1973. Highest significance: Mocambo, BR.

Key Facts for 23 July 1973

On 23 July 1973, 798 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 446 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 773 daily.
Mocambo set a monthly record daily precipitation of 64.2 mm (2.5 in) on 23 July 1973.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

798 stations

798 station records on 23 July 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 July 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mocambo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Acude Sobral	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Santa Quiteria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Meruoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Araquem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Box Butte Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aracati	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bunker 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Uchur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Snowville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Langeoog	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Macksville 8 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winter Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Inkerman Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Frecheirinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Globe Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nogales	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Utuado	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sacaton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quemado	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wilhelmshaven	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tierra Amarilla 4 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Campina Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Angamacutiro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

798 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 235, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 211, Heaviest daily rainfall 274.

Records on 23 July 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	235
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	211
Heaviest daily rainfall	274
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 July 1973 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 22, daily 773.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

634 broken records

Margins by which the 634 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 1973

Top 20 records on 23 July 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 1973	Mocambo, BR	monthly rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1973	Bartow 1SE, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	71 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1973	Milan 1NW, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1973	Acude Sobral, BR	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1973	Santa Quiteria, BR	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1973	Meruoca, BR	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1973	Araquem, BR	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1973	Box Butte Exp STN, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1973	Clare, AU	monthly rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1973	Aracati, BR	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1973	Bunker 4N, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1973	Socorro, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1973	Uchur, RU	daily rain	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1973	Snowville, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1973	Aztec Ruins Nm, US	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1973	Galway, IE	daily low max	14.0 C (57.2 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	89 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1973	Langeoog, DE	monthly rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1973	Duncan, US	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1973	Macksville 8 NNE, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1973	Wangerooge, DE	all-time rain	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	30 years	41 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

1794 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1973. 1973 had 798 records.

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

Records on 07-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1804	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	1
1835	1
1836	2
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1851	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	5
1890	4
1894	3
1895	7
1896	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	8
1901	10
1902	6
1903	4
1904	18
1905	11
1906	19
1907	9
1908	15
1909	27
1910	54
1911	37
1912	43
1913	36
1914	59
1915	35
1916	34
1917	42
1918	96
1919	26
1920	40
1921	221
1922	113
1923	104
1924	158
1925	173
1926	266
1927	308
1928	146
1929	174
1930	214
1931	334
1932	232
1933	432
1934	898
1935	329
1936	403
1937	319
1938	354
1939	277
1940	494
1941	292
1942	265
1943	245
1944	350
1945	239
1946	531
1947	1,240
1948	610
1949	453
1950	500
1951	422
1952	788
1953	660
1954	545
1955	585
1956	402
1957	513
1958	633
1959	606
1960	568
1961	937
1962	465
1963	490
1964	373
1965	368
1966	368
1967	347
1968	480
1969	436
1970	935
1971	648
1972	640
1973	798
1974	578
1975	359
1976	425
1977	570
1978	1,064
1979	648
1980	703
1981	1,030
1982	594
1983	1,324
1984	980
1985	711
1986	1,239
1987	1,164
1988	1,124
1989	868
1990	1,033
1991	1,050
1992	1,469
1993	1,466
1994	1,215
1995	827
1996	1,227
1997	1,088
1998	885
1999	846
2000	1,225
2001	1,242
2002	875
2003	1,649
2004	1,148
2005	997
2006	1,757
2007	1,262
2008	1,057
2009	1,069
2010	1,627
2011	1,907
2012	822
2013	648
2014	783
2015	559
2016	760
2017	517
2018	873
2019	786
2020	514
2021	506
2022	707
2023	629
2024	798
2025	917
2026	788

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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	544
10 to 20	51
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	14
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1