Weather Records on 1 August 1973

766 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 1973. Highest significance: Rogersville 1 NE, US.

Key Facts for 1 August 1973

On 1 August 1973, 766 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
158 were record highs and 203 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 754 daily.
Rogersville 1 NE set a daily record precipitation of 87.6 mm (3.4 in) on 1 August 1973.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

766 stations

766 station records on 1 August 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Coppermine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sebewaing	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Britstown (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barmah East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Evap	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bge C Lac Chateauvert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yale 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Janaul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Molka (Lowana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Den Haag	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Shand Dam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Steuben	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Normandin Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan de Los Lagos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Campsie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nagambie (Goulburn Weir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maniwaki 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sisseton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Long Lake Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kemptville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minocqua	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Gouin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zaragoza (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arcade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hondo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wetaskiwin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Viesca (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

766 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 116, Highest daily minimum 77, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 405.

Records on 1 August 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	116
Highest daily minimum	77
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	405
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

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

How Much Records Were Beaten By

625 broken records

Margins by which the 625 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 73.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 1973

Top 20 records on 1 August 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 1973	Rogersville 1 NE, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 August 1973	Madras/Minambakkam, IN	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	67 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 August 1973	Coppermine, CA	all-time rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1973	Morgantown Muni AP, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1973	Collingwood, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1973	Sebewaing, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1973	Britstown (Pol), ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1973	Alpena Co Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1973	Barmah East, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1973	Jefferson City Evap, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1973	Bge C Lac Chateauvert, CA	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1973	Gaylord, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1973	Tatura Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1973	Moncton, CA	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	91 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1973	Yale 1 NNW, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1973	Ashland, US	monthly high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1973	Amity, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1973	Lordsburg 4 SE, US	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1973	Murchison, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1973	Janaul, RU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	39 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

1797 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1973. 1973 had 766 records.

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

Records on 08-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1816	2
1829	1
1833	1
1834	2
1836	1
1838	1
1842	1
1851	1
1856	1
1858	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1886	2
1887	1
1890	1
1891	7
1892	4
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	1
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	19
1904	10
1905	12
1906	18
1907	13
1908	18
1909	15
1910	30
1911	46
1912	49
1913	25
1914	17
1915	49
1916	16
1917	108
1918	55
1919	32
1920	101
1921	87
1922	44
1923	203
1924	93
1925	281
1926	252
1927	266
1928	132
1929	161
1930	252
1931	362
1932	408
1933	487
1934	448
1935	547
1936	636
1937	492
1938	523
1939	335
1940	333
1941	341
1942	388
1943	398
1944	410
1945	975
1946	336
1947	401
1948	354
1949	324
1950	552
1951	420
1952	391
1953	565
1954	462
1955	796
1956	441
1957	270
1958	389
1959	352
1960	677
1961	404
1962	602
1963	270
1964	883
1965	669
1966	383
1967	250
1968	625
1969	453
1970	482
1971	1,135
1972	609
1973	766
1974	526
1975	915
1976	886
1977	636
1978	706
1979	580
1980	906
1981	668
1982	742
1983	931
1984	532
1985	987
1986	846
1987	999
1988	880
1989	1,301
1990	927
1991	740
1992	1,024
1993	907
1994	1,217
1995	1,513
1996	1,118
1997	904
1998	1,281
1999	1,707
2000	1,020
2001	1,079
2002	1,249
2003	1,155
2004	740
2005	878
2006	1,655
2007	746
2008	795
2009	932
2010	1,182
2011	1,191
2012	850
2013	542
2014	853
2015	864
2016	499
2017	758
2018	987
2019	479
2020	838
2021	1,009
2022	915
2023	627
2024	879
2025	785
2026	1,085

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Data for records on 1973-08-01: 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	516
10 to 20	82
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1