Weather Records on 5 September 1973

669 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 September 1973. Highest significance: Dialville 2 W, US.

Key Facts for 5 September 1973

On 5 September 1973, 669 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
303 were record highs and 104 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 636 daily.
Dialville 2 W set a monthly record daily precipitation of 178.1 mm (7.0 in) on 5 September 1973.
Across 157 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

669 stations

669 station records on 5 September 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 September 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	178.1 mm (7.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bugulma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Slavjansk-Na-Kubani	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
L'Assomption	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beauceville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Clothilde Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mala	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
C.A.E. Llera	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hosston	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mermentau	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kirbyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Melville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Fereol	Canada	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
De Ridder	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oka	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morobay Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Ephrem	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jackvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Natchitoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

669 records

Records set or tied on 5 September 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 198, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 262.

Records on 5 September 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	198
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	262
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 September 1973 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 33, daily 636.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

532 broken records

Margins by which the 532 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 116.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 September 1973

Top 20 records on 5 September 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 September 1973	Dialville 2 W, US	monthly rain	178.1 mm (7.0 in)	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	71 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1973	El Dorado Goodwin Fld, US	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	80 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1973	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1973	Abbeville, US	daily rain	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	51 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1973	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily rain	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	51 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1973	Longview, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1973	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1973	Texarkana Webb Fld, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1973	Bugulma, RU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1973	Crossett 2 SSE, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1973	Jeanerette 5 NW, US	daily rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1973	Slavjansk-Na-Kubani, RU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1973	Grand Coteau, US	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	7 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1973	Huntingdon, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	91 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1973	Jennings, US	daily rain	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1973	Morgan City, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1973	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1973	Pierce 1 E, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1973	L'Assomption, CA	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1973	Camden 1, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	47 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 669 records.

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

Records on 09-05 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	1
1833	1
1837	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	1
1856	1
1859	2
1861	2
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	2
1885	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	7
1898	7
1899	2
1900	1
1901	4
1902	10
1903	14
1904	2
1905	17
1906	8
1907	11
1908	28
1909	16
1910	35
1911	23
1912	39
1913	24
1914	10
1915	27
1916	22
1917	28
1918	109
1919	60
1920	47
1921	82
1922	96
1923	204
1924	191
1925	298
1926	243
1927	71
1928	306
1929	371
1930	94
1931	381
1932	315
1933	361
1934	399
1935	432
1936	313
1937	291
1938	244
1939	317
1940	249
1941	470
1942	282
1943	593
1944	387
1945	447
1946	367
1947	557
1948	458
1949	421
1950	559
1951	251
1952	396
1953	728
1954	593
1955	517
1956	637
1957	323
1958	413
1959	367
1960	351
1961	727
1962	922
1963	554
1964	315
1965	899
1966	335
1967	1,092
1968	524
1969	556
1970	754
1971	736
1972	653
1973	669
1974	1,902
1975	388
1976	636
1977	344
1978	1,376
1979	611
1980	357
1981	448
1982	615
1983	1,181
1984	1,185
1985	1,231
1986	711
1987	618
1988	1,309
1989	522
1990	806
1991	598
1992	1,116
1993	635
1994	901
1995	1,168
1996	773
1997	1,460
1998	1,686
1999	1,215
2000	1,342
2001	626
2002	710
2003	860
2004	1,135
2005	502
2006	1,014
2007	1,344
2008	1,486
2009	765
2010	1,316
2011	1,186
2012	1,115
2013	798
2014	462
2015	846
2016	651
2017	778
2018	861
2019	724
2020	1,250
2021	424
2022	1,168
2023	1,166
2024	1,320
2025	695
2026	835

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Data for records on 1973-09-05: 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 20	451
20 to 40	46
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	13
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2