Weather Records on 24 September 1973

1,208 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 September 1973. Highest significance: Fullerton 1 ESE, US.

Key Facts for 24 September 1973

On 24 September 1973, 1,208 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 199 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 1,150 daily.
Fullerton 1 ESE set a monthly record daily precipitation of 115.6 mm (4.6 in) on 24 September 1973.
Across 166 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

1,208 stations

1,208 station records on 24 September 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 September 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Warrumbungle (Cheddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Old Koreelah (McPherson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kyogle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Narrabri West Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Alger-Dar El Beida	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	124.3 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pettibone	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dupree	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Mumble Peg)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warrumbungle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Waroonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Top Hut)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nymagee (Kenmure Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Des Moines	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Copmanhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (Pendennis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rivertree (Myall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ulamambri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Wingadee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baradine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gongolgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pokataroo (Durhambone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Bungara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bugaldie (Ulundi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winnipeg Richardson Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,208 records

Records set or tied on 24 September 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 101, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 909.

Records on 24 September 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	101
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	909
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 September 1973 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 58, daily 1,150.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,098 broken records

Margins by which the 1,098 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 September 1973

Top 20 records on 24 September 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 September 1973	Fullerton 1 ESE, US	monthly rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 September 1973	Ballina (Crowley Village), AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 September 1973	Tribune 1W, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 September 1973	Hillsboro 3 N, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 September 1973	Warrumbungle (Cheddington), AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 September 1973	Old Koreelah (McPherson), AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 September 1973	Kyogle Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 September 1973	Woodburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 September 1973	Narrabri West Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1973	Johnson 11 ESE, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1973	Red Range (Victoria St), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1973	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1973	Falsterbo, SE	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1973	Red Lake Falls, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1973	Alger-Dar El Beida, DZ	monthly rain	124.3 mm (4.9 in)	79.1 mm (3.1 in)	3 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1973	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily rain	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1973	Pettibone, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1973	Dupree, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1973	Fargo Hector Intl AP, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1973	Narromine (Mumble Peg), AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	53 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

1803 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1973. 1973 had 1,208 records.

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

Records on 09-24 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1847	1
1852	2
1854	2
1857	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	3
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1881	5
1884	1
1885	2
1887	1
1889	5
1890	1
1891	2
1892	5
1893	1
1894	2
1895	7
1896	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	3
1902	10
1903	8
1904	9
1905	7
1906	5
1907	20
1908	23
1909	31
1910	8
1911	11
1912	49
1913	9
1914	23
1915	159
1916	253
1917	87
1918	7
1919	26
1920	69
1921	23
1922	49
1923	70
1924	175
1925	146
1926	630
1927	194
1928	603
1929	137
1930	488
1931	463
1932	354
1933	424
1934	367
1935	449
1936	329
1937	237
1938	355
1939	331
1940	319
1941	319
1942	918
1943	413
1944	334
1945	475
1946	425
1947	704
1948	422
1949	554
1950	778
1951	580
1952	425
1953	346
1954	269
1955	577
1956	427
1957	370
1958	725
1959	414
1960	487
1961	680
1962	360
1963	715
1964	329
1965	624
1966	410
1967	394
1968	433
1969	278
1970	1,046
1971	485
1972	480
1973	1,208
1974	1,204
1975	1,116
1976	556
1977	814
1978	619
1979	577
1980	633
1981	604
1982	702
1983	1,128
1984	1,565
1985	771
1986	1,207
1987	729
1988	740
1989	1,668
1990	969
1991	519
1992	1,250
1993	1,055
1994	842
1995	1,251
1996	676
1997	1,238
1998	945
1999	933
2000	1,966
2001	1,097
2002	885
2003	863
2004	600
2005	1,256
2006	1,306
2007	1,244
2008	633
2009	866
2010	1,340
2011	770
2012	545
2013	514
2014	764
2015	770
2016	732
2017	1,402
2018	497
2019	516
2020	754
2021	457
2022	395
2023	689
2024	778
2025	576
2026	389

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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	1,021
20 to 40	62
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1