Weather Records on 4 October 1973

604 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 1973. Highest significance: Coonamble Comparison, AU.

Key Facts for 4 October 1973

On 4 October 1973, 604 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 200 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 576 daily.
Coonamble Comparison set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 4 October 1973.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

604 stations

604 station records on 4 October 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 October 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Paracuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Russell Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Warrana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Zaragoza (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Palestina (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Theilman 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
South West Rocks (Smoky Cape L	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Janesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dunedoo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ulamambri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meruoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Broke (Harrowby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lac Victoria	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sweet Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warrumbungle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tathra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Montebello Seigniory	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bunnan (Milhaven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mendooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wollar (Barrigan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Wattle St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wapengo Lake Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Forse	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warrumbungle (Cheddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weetaliba (Weetalabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quambone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Howes Valley (Kindarun)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Purlewaugh (Byfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woonona (Popes Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Iboacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marra Creek (Womboin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

604 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 187, Heaviest daily rainfall 294, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 4 October 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	187
Heaviest daily rainfall	294
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 October 1973 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 576.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

501 broken records

Margins by which the 501 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 October 1973

Top 20 records on 4 October 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 1973	Coonamble Comparison, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1973	Cassilis (Dalkeith), AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1973	Paracuru, BR	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1973	Russell Island, AU	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1973	Coonamble (Warrana), AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1973	Wauchope (Avondale Street), AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1973	Cassilis Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1973	Zaragoza (Smn), MX	monthly rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1973	Palestina (Smn), MX	monthly rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	120.2 mm (4.7 in)	10 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1973	Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	100 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1973	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1973	Coonabarabran (Namoi Street), AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1973	Theilman 1SSW, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1973	Beardstown, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1973	Uppsala_Aut, SE	monthly high max	19.5 C (67.1 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	118 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1973	South West Rocks (Smoky Cape L, AU	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	98.1 mm (3.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1973	Merriwa (Gummun Place), AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1973	Laurieton (Elouera St), AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1973	Janesville, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1973	Dunedoo Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	46 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

1795 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1973. 1973 had 604 records.

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

Records on 10-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1841	2
1843	1
1844	2
1847	2
1853	1
1859	1
1864	8
1865	2
1867	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	3
1884	4
1885	2
1886	3
1888	5
1889	2
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	3
1898	4
1899	1
1900	3
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	5
1905	11
1906	29
1907	10
1908	18
1909	13
1910	21
1911	23
1912	101
1913	12
1914	18
1915	13
1916	137
1917	157
1918	127
1919	30
1920	31
1921	46
1922	44
1923	21
1924	63
1925	130
1926	255
1927	172
1928	131
1929	339
1930	244
1931	361
1932	413
1933	299
1934	121
1935	833
1936	161
1937	483
1938	440
1939	345
1940	220
1941	850
1942	198
1943	426
1944	328
1945	543
1946	314
1947	592
1948	449
1949	491
1950	565
1951	617
1952	717
1953	358
1954	999
1955	630
1956	467
1957	533
1958	704
1959	812
1960	246
1961	758
1962	313
1963	528
1964	389
1965	760
1966	464
1967	440
1968	587
1969	628
1970	539
1971	361
1972	712
1973	604
1974	1,846
1975	681
1976	869
1977	517
1978	488
1979	733
1980	975
1981	994
1982	415
1983	762
1984	864
1985	863
1986	1,265
1987	1,502
1988	713
1989	742
1990	845
1991	813
1992	866
1993	956
1994	1,341
1995	1,192
1996	1,012
1997	928
1998	1,487
1999	1,596
2000	917
2001	547
2002	1,465
2003	610
2004	562
2005	1,973
2006	987
2007	997
2008	935
2009	1,431
2010	1,230
2011	919
2012	864
2013	1,130
2014	611
2015	741
2016	680
2017	780
2018	979
2019	1,131
2020	897
2021	644
2022	561
2023	936
2024	1,197
2025	979
2026	942

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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	457
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1