Weather Records on 14 August 1973

489 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 1973. Highest significance: Cruz Do Espirito Santo, BR.

Key Facts for 14 August 1973

On 14 August 1973, 489 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
150 were record highs and 104 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 479 daily.
Cruz Do Espirito Santo set a daily record precipitation of 75.3 mm (3.0 in) on 14 August 1973.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

489 stations

489 station records on 14 August 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cruz Do Espirito Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Farina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sarah 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Wx	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El Tule (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tula	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tapalpa (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Albertville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaverdale 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Copley (Yankaninna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Juchitan de Zaragoza	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Metolius 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pabellon Campo Experimental	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blackleaf	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uchur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clarence	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carcross	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Prince	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Embrun	France	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ojo de Agua	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elsberry 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vaughn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Francisco I. Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Adjuntas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gavriila Buhta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nipawin 2	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

489 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 103, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 235.

Records on 14 August 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	103
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	235
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 1973 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 479.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

401 broken records

Margins by which the 401 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 1973

Top 20 records on 14 August 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 1973	Cruz Do Espirito Santo, BR	daily rain	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1973	Circleville, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1973	Marree (Farina), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1973	Yurecuaro, MX	monthly rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1973	Deland 1 SSE, US	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	59 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1973	Danville, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1973	Sarah 3 SE, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1973	Gettysburg, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1973	Clarksdale, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1973	State UNIV, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1973	Newton Rigg, GB	daily high max	27.0 C (80.6 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1973	San Marcos, MX	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1973	Quitman 2 NW, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1973	Mt Wx, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1973	El Tule (Smn), MX	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1973	Arcadia, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1973	Raymondville, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1973	Tula, RU	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1973	Tapalpa (Smn), MX	monthly low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1973	Abbeville, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	35 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

1793 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1973. 1973 had 489 records.

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

Records on 08-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1807	1
1815	1
1818	1
1825	1
1833	2
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	2
1856	2
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1900	1
1901	1
1902	8
1903	8
1904	3
1905	10
1906	8
1907	6
1908	28
1909	35
1910	10
1911	30
1912	56
1913	24
1914	16
1915	17
1916	109
1917	38
1918	60
1919	103
1920	56
1921	61
1922	54
1923	92
1924	319
1925	128
1926	182
1927	147
1928	233
1929	449
1930	627
1931	410
1932	314
1933	349
1934	470
1935	314
1936	612
1937	354
1938	519
1939	376
1940	489
1941	467
1942	364
1943	583
1944	709
1945	572
1946	511
1947	658
1948	373
1949	374
1950	402
1951	458
1952	560
1953	312
1954	457
1955	535
1956	426
1957	281
1958	421
1959	495
1960	414
1961	663
1962	885
1963	811
1964	1,394
1965	451
1966	388
1967	902
1968	1,315
1969	482
1970	398
1971	677
1972	552
1973	489
1974	542
1975	461
1976	1,060
1977	562
1978	834
1979	1,115
1980	544
1981	719
1982	539
1983	775
1984	598
1985	1,095
1986	775
1987	1,157
1988	1,301
1989	728
1990	737
1991	856
1992	1,709
1993	887
1994	1,149
1995	1,444
1996	954
1997	922
1998	1,100
1999	1,329
2000	1,117
2001	806
2002	1,576
2003	1,913
2004	1,936
2005	1,340
2006	1,073
2007	1,340
2008	798
2009	818
2010	1,704
2011	772
2012	758
2013	612
2014	651
2015	931
2016	824
2017	559
2018	397
2019	578
2020	1,009
2021	932
2022	771
2023	1,116
2024	1,045
2025	798
2026	1,211

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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	337
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2