Weather Records on 7 September 1973

674 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 September 1973. Highest significance: Walebing, AU.

Key Facts for 7 September 1973

On 7 September 1973, 674 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
221 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 653 daily.
Walebing set a daily record precipitation of 34.3 mm (1.4 in) on 7 September 1973.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

674 stations

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

Weather records on 7 September 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Walebing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Yirrkala Mission	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Saba	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jessieville	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zavitaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bendering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milgarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Segreganset	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Churumuco (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chon-Arik	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newhope 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quitaque	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Calton Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kaslo	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Jon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hondo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Levelland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gravelly	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Osmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Diversion Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ojinaga (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tierra Blanca (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dilley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kerrville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Menard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
West Burke	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vercniy-Gorel'nik	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

674 records

Records set or tied on 7 September 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 101, Highest daily minimum 150, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 312.

Records on 7 September 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	101
Highest daily minimum	150
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	312
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 September 1973 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 653.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

574 broken records

Margins by which the 574 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 September 1973

Top 20 records on 7 September 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 September 1973	Walebing, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 September 1973	Yirrkala Mission, AU	monthly rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1973	Lawn Hill, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1973	Plymouth-Kingston, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1973	Black Rock, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1973	San Saba, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1973	Jessieville, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1973	Middleboro, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1973	Wellington, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1973	Richmond Post Office, AU	monthly low max	16.0 C (60.8 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	79 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1973	Zavitaja, RU	monthly rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1973	Bendering, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1973	Milgarra, AU	monthly rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1973	Segreganset, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1973	Churumuco (Cfe), MX	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1973	Eldorado, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1973	Chon-Arik, KG	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1973	Newhope 3 E, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1973	Sonora, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1973	Alicia 2 NNE, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	39 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 674 records.

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

Records on 09-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	2
1816	1
1833	1
1845	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	4
1872	3
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	7
1892	3
1894	8
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1899	3
1900	1
1901	6
1902	3
1903	7
1904	8
1905	20
1906	8
1907	5
1908	26
1909	11
1910	15
1911	20
1912	39
1913	20
1914	29
1915	28
1916	39
1917	44
1918	35
1919	184
1920	375
1921	80
1922	98
1923	125
1924	232
1925	303
1926	117
1927	147
1928	130
1929	355
1930	108
1931	400
1932	478
1933	287
1934	566
1935	275
1936	370
1937	260
1938	348
1939	634
1940	226
1941	451
1942	415
1943	591
1944	519
1945	482
1946	356
1947	625
1948	353
1949	705
1950	704
1951	342
1952	301
1953	446
1954	390
1955	405
1956	752
1957	498
1958	570
1959	583
1960	763
1961	312
1962	729
1963	448
1964	463
1965	672
1966	365
1967	535
1968	417
1969	696
1970	917
1971	648
1972	534
1973	674
1974	709
1975	423
1976	763
1977	674
1978	1,165
1979	583
1980	613
1981	622
1982	684
1983	1,235
1984	1,396
1985	1,459
1986	1,062
1987	956
1988	1,266
1989	553
1990	900
1991	957
1992	1,257
1993	720
1994	523
1995	1,093
1996	982
1997	799
1998	1,262
1999	1,087
2000	1,320
2001	1,068
2002	1,169
2003	768
2004	865
2005	708
2006	1,105
2007	1,171
2008	1,210
2009	713
2010	1,147
2011	1,452
2012	699
2013	981
2014	491
2015	637
2016	868
2017	966
2018	723
2019	743
2020	1,352
2021	794
2022	2,096
2023	1,116
2024	1,216
2025	711
2026	760

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Data for records on 1973-09-07: 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 10	476
10 to 20	64
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	2