Weather Records on 7 August 1973

568 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1973. Highest significance: Clarens (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 7 August 1973

On 7 August 1973, 568 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
121 were record highs and 137 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 561 daily.
Clarens (Pol) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 86.0 mm (3.4 in) on 7 August 1973.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

568 stations

568 station records on 7 August 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clarens (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ulverstone (Knights Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Elliott Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Latrobe (Coal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Railton (Cement Australia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Loskop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moorleah (Preolenna Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zinapecuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Devonport Harbour Master	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Tule (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valga	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Krakmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmot (Back Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Van Reenen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Patterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kungur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke City	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Henry 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moltema (Craythorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chasm Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pioneer (Main Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Eildon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yolla (Sea View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Northdown (Hamley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lovell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hampshire (Neena Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bol'soe-Almaatinskoe-Ozero	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elk City 1NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

568 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 310.

Records on 7 August 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	310
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1973 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 561.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

468 broken records

Margins by which the 468 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1973

Top 20 records on 7 August 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1973	Clarens (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1973	Ulverstone (Knights Road), AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1973	Sparta, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1973	Elliott Research Station, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1973	Latrobe (Coal Road), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1973	Railton (Cement Australia), AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1973	Ridgley, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1973	Drevja, NO	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1973	Loskop, ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1973	Moorleah (Preolenna Road), AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1973	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily high max	26.5 C (79.7 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	95 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1973	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily high min	14.5 C (58.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	83 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1973	Zinapecuaro, MX	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1973	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily high max	31.0 C (87.8 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1973	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	74 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1973	Deloraine (Athol), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1973	Devonport Harbour Master, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1973	Port Hastings, CA	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1973	El Tule (Smn), MX	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1973	Steigen, NO	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	38 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

1808 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1973. 1973 had 568 records.

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

Records on 08-07 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1812	1
1815	1
1816	1
1817	1
1833	2
1844	1
1845	1
1848	1
1857	3
1858	1
1859	2
1861	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1870	2
1875	1
1876	5
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1889	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	6
1901	3
1902	5
1903	17
1904	8
1905	8
1906	9
1907	10
1908	13
1909	11
1910	1
1911	36
1912	31
1913	39
1914	24
1915	40
1916	50
1917	21
1918	108
1919	36
1920	36
1921	55
1922	61
1923	101
1924	128
1925	81
1926	115
1927	109
1928	188
1929	181
1930	486
1931	357
1932	249
1933	310
1934	608
1935	507
1936	286
1937	446
1938	568
1939	561
1940	271
1941	305
1942	340
1943	601
1944	332
1945	882
1946	500
1947	461
1948	756
1949	587
1950	541
1951	562
1952	556
1953	378
1954	589
1955	536
1956	321
1957	868
1958	571
1959	356
1960	344
1961	356
1962	718
1963	522
1964	446
1965	552
1966	400
1967	701
1968	600
1969	523
1970	652
1971	969
1972	1,172
1973	568
1974	746
1975	1,177
1976	1,168
1977	617
1978	1,210
1979	559
1980	871
1981	855
1982	727
1983	1,207
1984	840
1985	1,088
1986	544
1987	1,146
1988	897
1989	1,472
1990	1,625
1991	1,217
1992	1,236
1993	1,040
1994	1,262
1995	1,521
1996	1,107
1997	1,460
1998	1,183
1999	950
2000	871
2001	1,386
2002	907
2003	1,244
2004	1,400
2005	882
2006	923
2007	1,309
2008	918
2009	1,121
2010	1,098
2011	1,282
2012	688
2013	665
2014	501
2015	1,027
2016	505
2017	954
2018	636
2019	609
2020	605
2021	397
2022	880
2023	1,221
2024	835
2025	733
2026	1,047

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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	377
10 to 20	72
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1