Weather Records on 27 July 1973

751 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 July 1973. Highest significance: Srinagar, IN.

Key Facts for 27 July 1973

On 27 July 1973, 751 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
120 were record highs and 188 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 741 daily.
Srinagar set an all-time record daily precipitation of 199.9 mm (7.9 in) on 27 July 1973.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

751 stations

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

Weather records on 27 July 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Acude Sobral	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Meruoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Temora Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fortaleza (Escola Regional)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Humula (Rylands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chornomorske	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Horeb (Marathorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mundau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carabost State Forest 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pecos Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Acarape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Parral	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bearbung (Aller)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbadah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri West Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fortaleza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mandurama (Gallymont (Homeleig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bellata Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mullion Creek (Mullion Range F	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cobbora (Ellismayne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuautla (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arcade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pembina	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta (Bullioh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lowmead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

751 records

Records set or tied on 27 July 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 112, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 443.

Records on 27 July 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	112
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	443
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 July 1973 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 741.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

640 broken records

Margins by which the 640 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 July 1973

Top 20 records on 27 July 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 July 1973	Srinagar, IN	all-time rain	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 July 1973	Acude Sobral, BR	monthly rain	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1973	Meruoca, BR	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1973	Baldwinsville, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1973	Temora Research Station, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1973	Alpine, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1973	Springer, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1973	Fortaleza (Escola Regional), BR	daily rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1973	Mundarlo (Yabtree), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1973	Humula (Rylands), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1973	Chornomorske, UA	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1973	Cleveland 3S, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1973	Wellsboro 4 SW, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1973	Mount Horeb (Marathorn), AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1973	Mundau, BR	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1973	Carabost State Forest 2, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1973	Monticello 3 NE, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1973	Pecos Nm, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1973	Plattsburgh AFB, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1973	Bustard Head Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	6 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

1805 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1973. 1973 had 751 records.

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

Records on 07-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	2
1820	1
1832	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	2
1857	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	2
1868	4
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	5
1884	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	3
1889	4
1890	5
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	4
1900	5
1901	11
1902	4
1903	13
1904	13
1905	7
1906	16
1907	14
1908	17
1909	18
1910	7
1911	51
1912	89
1913	43
1914	44
1915	31
1916	143
1917	46
1918	103
1919	86
1920	67
1921	123
1922	95
1923	142
1924	71
1925	234
1926	131
1927	69
1928	222
1929	177
1930	786
1931	429
1932	172
1933	414
1934	471
1935	289
1936	971
1937	407
1938	287
1939	284
1940	632
1941	457
1942	258
1943	326
1944	398
1945	337
1946	680
1947	389
1948	485
1949	418
1950	797
1951	207
1952	476
1953	248
1954	294
1955	521
1956	325
1957	372
1958	491
1959	395
1960	385
1961	277
1962	1,009
1963	584
1964	335
1965	434
1966	594
1967	559
1968	391
1969	588
1970	379
1971	1,083
1972	790
1973	751
1974	403
1975	588
1976	426
1977	878
1978	583
1979	749
1980	760
1981	1,233
1982	584
1983	1,455
1984	1,613
1985	571
1986	836
1987	1,108
1988	936
1989	1,103
1990	846
1991	763
1992	791
1993	1,317
1994	1,851
1995	1,192
1996	950
1997	1,173
1998	1,363
1999	820
2000	1,019
2001	1,265
2002	816
2003	1,064
2004	1,552
2005	1,743
2006	1,321
2007	904
2008	784
2009	829
2010	1,330
2011	1,007
2012	823
2013	1,110
2014	591
2015	744
2016	564
2017	460
2018	737
2019	597
2020	842
2021	1,131
2022	855
2023	826
2024	646
2025	853
2026	1,170

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Data for records on 1973-07-27: 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	523
10 to 20	75
20 to 30	27
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1