Weather Records on 24 July 1973

743 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 July 1973. Highest significance: Carius, BR.

Key Facts for 24 July 1973

On 24 July 1973, 743 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 329 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 730 daily.
Carius set a monthly record daily precipitation of 90.0 mm (3.5 in) on 24 July 1973.
Across 158 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

743 stations

743 station records on 24 July 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 July 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carius	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Curaca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Teresina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Phillip	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pettibone	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Crane Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Reynolds	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Athens 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wagoner	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ungowa Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fessenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eudamullah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Biddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walker	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Globe Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bauple	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Troickoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

743 records

Records set or tied on 24 July 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 133, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 196, Heaviest daily rainfall 352.

Records on 24 July 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	133
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	196
Heaviest daily rainfall	352
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 July 1973 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 730.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

597 broken records

Margins by which the 597 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 July 1973

Top 20 records on 24 July 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 July 1973	Carius, BR	monthly rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1973	Curaca, BR	monthly rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1973	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1973	Kenton, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1973	Teresina, BR	monthly rain	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1973	Winter, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1973	Anthony, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1973	Elgin 2SSW, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1973	Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1973	Winnebago, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	73 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1973	Mount Phillip, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1973	Algona, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1973	Greenville, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1973	Pettibone, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1973	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	6 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1973	Henderson 8 SSW, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	77 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1973	Zumbrota, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1973	Crane Mtn, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1973	Brandon Cda, CA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1973	Rock Rapids, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	46 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 743 records.

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

Records on 07-24 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1813	1
1817	1
1832	1
1836	1
1838	2
1843	2
1844	1
1846	1
1849	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1867	1
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	3
1874	1
1875	2
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1885	3
1889	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	5
1895	2
1896	5
1897	4
1899	3
1900	7
1901	6
1902	5
1903	8
1904	19
1905	19
1906	18
1907	8
1908	11
1909	21
1910	36
1911	51
1912	84
1913	30
1914	22
1915	35
1916	32
1917	40
1918	70
1919	19
1920	46
1921	67
1922	186
1923	87
1924	193
1925	154
1926	186
1927	251
1928	237
1929	187
1930	195
1931	364
1932	249
1933	356
1934	994
1935	342
1936	498
1937	327
1938	545
1939	225
1940	568
1941	335
1942	331
1943	278
1944	315
1945	252
1946	407
1947	852
1948	385
1949	408
1950	384
1951	333
1952	534
1953	403
1954	447
1955	445
1956	379
1957	428
1958	372
1959	522
1960	466
1961	612
1962	996
1963	521
1964	517
1965	333
1966	401
1967	344
1968	430
1969	585
1970	553
1971	678
1972	528
1973	743
1974	670
1975	521
1976	521
1977	829
1978	673
1979	652
1980	487
1981	1,025
1982	689
1983	1,425
1984	789
1985	829
1986	1,227
1987	1,220
1988	1,130
1989	896
1990	944
1991	1,092
1992	1,271
1993	1,705
1994	1,153
1995	927
1996	1,145
1997	1,097
1998	990
1999	1,201
2000	1,236
2001	1,186
2002	796
2003	2,254
2004	1,604
2005	1,158
2006	1,694
2007	1,310
2008	1,363
2009	856
2010	1,859
2011	1,514
2012	827
2013	572
2014	922
2015	483
2016	637
2017	559
2018	953
2019	1,221
2020	432
2021	541
2022	681
2023	804
2024	986
2025	879
2026	924

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Data for records on 1973-07-24: 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	463
10 to 20	76
20 to 30	25
30 to 40	18
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	2