Weather Records on 16 September 1973

608 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1973. Highest significance: Maranguape, BR.

Key Facts for 16 September 1973

On 16 September 1973, 608 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
71 were record highs and 416 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 593 daily.
Maranguape set a daily record precipitation of 25.5 mm (1.0 in) on 16 September 1973.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

608 stations

608 station records on 16 September 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maranguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Amontada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Riomedina	United States	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pereiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rahden-Varl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jaransk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vaucluse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mayen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eads	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Liberal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chugwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seward	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

608 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 263, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 153, Heaviest daily rainfall 118, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 16 September 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	263
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	153
Heaviest daily rainfall	118
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 1973 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 593.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

493 broken records

Margins by which the 493 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1973

Top 20 records on 16 September 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1973	Maranguape, BR	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1973	Amontada, BR	monthly rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1973	Tasiilaq, GL	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1973	Malin Head, IE	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1973	Riomedina, US	monthly rain	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1973	Pereiro, BR	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1973	Tribune 1W, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	73 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1973	Ravenna, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1973	Rahden-Varl, DE	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1973	Wray, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	70 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1973	Curtis, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1973	Halsey 2 W, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	8.8 C (15.8 F)	70 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1973	Beaver City, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	70 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1973	Holdrege, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	70 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1973	Holyoke, US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	10.6 C (19.1 F)	55 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1973	Burlington, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	55 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1973	Leoti, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1973	Madrid, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	70 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1973	Minden, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	72 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1973	Jaransk, RU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	38 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 608 records.

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

Records on 09-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1809	1
1823	2
1828	1
1829	1
1833	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1877	4
1879	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	9
1890	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	3
1903	18
1904	5
1905	9
1906	12
1907	14
1908	15
1909	18
1910	26
1911	18
1912	58
1913	43
1914	35
1915	50
1916	60
1917	180
1918	125
1919	26
1920	164
1921	62
1922	147
1923	151
1924	77
1925	212
1926	116
1927	382
1928	62
1929	121
1930	235
1931	568
1932	533
1933	321
1934	519
1935	303
1936	442
1937	536
1938	296
1939	666
1940	188
1941	319
1942	504
1943	270
1944	284
1945	390
1946	610
1947	763
1948	541
1949	486
1950	506
1951	290
1952	378
1953	317
1954	554
1955	490
1956	605
1957	500
1958	538
1959	983
1960	235
1961	833
1962	479
1963	491
1964	859
1965	1,159
1966	838
1967	427
1968	496
1969	360
1970	627
1971	617
1972	451
1973	608
1974	385
1975	836
1976	878
1977	577
1978	421
1979	1,025
1980	568
1981	765
1982	863
1983	814
1984	898
1985	539
1986	862
1987	783
1988	786
1989	854
1990	593
1991	1,367
1992	1,073
1993	1,542
1994	1,008
1995	976
1996	1,403
1997	1,028
1998	1,466
1999	879
2000	1,315
2001	819
2002	1,117
2003	627
2004	746
2005	1,112
2006	1,274
2007	895
2008	1,000
2009	754
2010	880
2011	1,265
2012	572
2013	673
2014	490
2015	926
2016	767
2017	583
2018	921
2019	742
2020	674
2021	454
2022	521
2023	568
2024	885
2025	578
2026	920

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Data for records on 1973-09-16: 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	452
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2