Weather Records on 22 August 1973

611 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 1973. Highest significance: Pocomoke City, US.

Key Facts for 22 August 1973

On 22 August 1973, 611 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
121 were record highs and 366 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 578 daily.
Pocomoke City set a daily record precipitation of 187.7 mm (7.4 in) on 22 August 1973.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

611 stations

611 station records on 22 August 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 August 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pocomoke City	United States	Record daily precipitation	187.7 mm (7.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Rio Do Peixe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Miles City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kosch-Agach	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chapaevo	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Taio (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tamiami Trail 40 Mi Bend	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Holter Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leaburg 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dallas 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Corry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pineview Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

611 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 161, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 205, Heaviest daily rainfall 124.

Records on 22 August 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	161
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	205
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 1973 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 31, daily 578.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

451 broken records

Margins by which the 451 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 1973

Top 20 records on 22 August 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 1973	Pocomoke City, US	daily rain	187.7 mm (7.4 in)	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	42 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1973	Princess Anne, US	daily rain	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1973	Rochester Intl AP, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1973	Spencer 1 N, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1973	Salisbury, US	daily rain	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1973	Belle Fourche, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1973	Willmar Wwtp, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1973	La Crosse Muni AP, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1973	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	73 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1973	Acude Rio Do Peixe, BR	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1973	Coloso, PR	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1973	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low max	13.8 C (56.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	108 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1973	Beckley Va Hospital, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	66 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1973	Kleve, DE	monthly low min	4.1 C (39.4 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1973	Chemnitz, DE	daily low min	4.2 C (39.6 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1973	Arnsberg, DE	monthly low min	2.4 C (36.3 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1973	Plauen, DE	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1973	Milan, IT	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	95 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1973	Menard, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	75 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1973	Karlshamn, SE	daily low min	3.4 C (38.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	85 years	36 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

1802 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1973. 1973 had 611 records.

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

Records on 08-22 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1812	1
1816	1
1835	1
1839	2
1843	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	4
1872	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	3
1878	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	3
1894	7
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	3
1904	8
1905	7
1906	24
1907	7
1908	29
1909	5
1910	19
1911	20
1912	39
1913	30
1914	18
1915	31
1916	75
1917	47
1918	85
1919	18
1920	60
1921	64
1922	44
1923	279
1924	148
1925	219
1926	144
1927	154
1928	134
1929	240
1930	276
1931	388
1932	222
1933	367
1934	234
1935	337
1936	954
1937	421
1938	501
1939	517
1940	503
1941	249
1942	500
1943	517
1944	526
1945	475
1946	410
1947	1,034
1948	297
1949	570
1950	460
1951	452
1952	372
1953	348
1954	466
1955	553
1956	785
1957	371
1958	511
1959	547
1960	612
1961	562
1962	329
1963	419
1964	686
1965	423
1966	830
1967	404
1968	1,091
1969	727
1970	368
1971	1,021
1972	436
1973	611
1974	628
1975	597
1976	722
1977	655
1978	529
1979	547
1980	640
1981	795
1982	912
1983	1,366
1984	739
1985	793
1986	1,073
1987	801
1988	1,133
1989	753
1990	808
1991	808
1992	994
1993	845
1994	803
1995	1,002
1996	942
1997	1,381
1998	1,016
1999	756
2000	867
2001	940
2002	1,385
2003	1,550
2004	1,029
2005	887
2006	832
2007	1,801
2008	869
2009	1,347
2010	1,397
2011	1,255
2012	831
2013	450
2014	911
2015	529
2016	730
2017	537
2018	752
2019	558
2020	1,041
2021	683
2022	781
2023	1,525
2024	803
2025	1,359
2026	992

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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 20	436
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1