Weather Records on 10 August 1973

597 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 August 1973. Highest significance: Korsakov, RU.

Key Facts for 10 August 1973

On 10 August 1973, 597 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
187 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 584 daily.
Korsakov set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 10 August 1973.
Across 160 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

597 stations

597 station records on 10 August 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 August 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Korsakov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boyanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sumy	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Busselton Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wolvi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Debaltseve	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Balingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Capel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Volodarskoe	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nantahala	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mexquitic	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walters	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bunbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
The Warriups	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Salto (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Izium	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Svatove	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Miva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
C.A.E. Llera	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nercinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nannup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sihccajavri	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Batamaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lubny	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mylor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ica	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tohatchi 1 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arcturus Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gotnja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lozova	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

597 records

Records set or tied on 10 August 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 303, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 10 August 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	303
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 August 1973 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 10, daily 584.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

497 broken records

Margins by which the 497 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 65.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 August 1973

Top 20 records on 10 August 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 August 1973	Korsakov, RU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	86 years	72 of 100 (Major)
10 August 1973	Dardanelle, US	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1973	Boyanup, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1973	Sumy, UA	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1973	Busselton Shire, AU	monthly rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1973	Wolvi, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1973	Debaltseve, UA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1973	Cairo 3 S, US	all-time high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1973	Balingup, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1973	Capel, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1973	Volodarskoe, KZ	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1973	Bridgetown Comparison, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1973	Nantahala, US	monthly rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1973	Mexquitic, MX	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1973	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	71 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1973	Walters, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	3 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1973	Bunbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1973	The Warriups, AU	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1973	Gympie, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1973	Brome, CA	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	68 years	37 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

1814 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1973. 1973 had 597 records.

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

Records on 08-10 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1815	1
1838	1
1845	2
1847	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1857	2
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1869	2
1871	1
1877	1
1879	4
1881	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	7
1898	4
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	8
1904	12
1905	5
1906	16
1907	9
1908	7
1909	33
1910	10
1911	40
1912	39
1913	44
1914	27
1915	26
1916	88
1917	51
1918	43
1919	51
1920	101
1921	66
1922	78
1923	175
1924	245
1925	430
1926	80
1927	294
1928	160
1929	264
1930	299
1931	424
1932	251
1933	305
1934	662
1935	480
1936	487
1937	399
1938	382
1939	593
1940	386
1941	459
1942	420
1943	304
1944	1,006
1945	360
1946	303
1947	766
1948	339
1949	586
1950	324
1951	425
1952	395
1953	431
1954	372
1955	309
1956	522
1957	322
1958	443
1959	528
1960	470
1961	640
1962	761
1963	479
1964	553
1965	700
1966	1,231
1967	766
1968	784
1969	588
1970	702
1971	760
1972	1,175
1973	597
1974	719
1975	664
1976	855
1977	786
1978	495
1979	700
1980	849
1981	857
1982	1,070
1983	915
1984	956
1985	918
1986	535
1987	896
1988	792
1989	1,291
1990	736
1991	819
1992	1,051
1993	774
1994	1,338
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,504
1998	1,112
1999	945
2000	990
2001	1,192
2002	1,080
2003	1,556
2004	976
2005	1,225
2006	980
2007	1,476
2008	871
2009	869
2010	1,704
2011	1,247
2012	995
2013	599
2014	516
2015	583
2016	893
2017	636
2018	1,018
2019	754
2020	816
2021	553
2022	687
2023	782
2024	882
2025	659
2026	1,149

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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	421
10 to 20	49
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1