Weather Records on 7 October 1973

461 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 1973. Highest significance: Beechal, AU.

Key Facts for 7 October 1973

On 7 October 1973, 461 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 447 daily.
Beechal set a daily record precipitation of 46.2 mm (1.8 in) on 7 October 1973.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

461 stations

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

Weather records on 7 October 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Newman	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Konstanz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Margaret	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hechingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Livermore	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Point Piedras Blanca	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Ravensburg Weingarten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Merced	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tallyabra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kyabra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle UNIV of Washin	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McMillin Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Pardee	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Electra P H	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yabulu Qld Nickel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Volta Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Modesto AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Millaa Millaa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Camoola Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Campsie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Kohlgrub (A)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Krumbach-Edenhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Itaporanga Dajuda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Los Banos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Antlers	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mud Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lussanvira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Niederstotzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anacortes	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Murray	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waneta	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Colgate Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Creek 2 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Duchess Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

461 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 255, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 7 October 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	255
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 7 October 1973 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 447.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

394 broken records

Margins by which the 394 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 1973

Top 20 records on 7 October 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 1973	Beechal, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1973	Newman, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1973	Konstanz, DE	monthly rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1973	Mount Margaret, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1973	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	12 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1973	Hechingen, DE	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1973	Livermore, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1973	Monterey, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1973	Point Piedras Blanca, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1973	Kr. Ravensburg Weingarten, DE	monthly rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1973	Merced, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1973	Tallyabra, AU	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1973	San Jose, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1973	Kyabra, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1973	Maneroo, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1973	Moorland (Denro-An), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	83 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1973	Denair 3 NNE, US	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1973	Santa Clara UNIV, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1973	Seattle UNIV of Washin, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1973	McMillin Rsvr, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	42 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 461 records.

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

Records on 10-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1811	1
1824	1
1839	1
1843	1
1852	2
1853	1
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	2
1873	4
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	6
1900	6
1901	14
1902	3
1903	11
1904	27
1905	9
1906	5
1907	10
1908	14
1909	14
1910	18
1911	24
1912	36
1913	32
1914	20
1915	22
1916	35
1917	47
1918	121
1919	28
1920	106
1921	68
1922	43
1923	117
1924	86
1925	247
1926	157
1927	173
1928	120
1929	121
1930	517
1931	603
1932	476
1933	166
1934	237
1935	918
1936	436
1937	359
1938	471
1939	769
1940	159
1941	892
1942	184
1943	424
1944	265
1945	257
1946	1,128
1947	557
1948	333
1949	576
1950	363
1951	604
1952	1,470
1953	524
1954	465
1955	629
1956	548
1957	567
1958	598
1959	770
1960	413
1961	721
1962	449
1963	453
1964	961
1965	584
1966	398
1967	432
1968	764
1969	365
1970	1,148
1971	629
1972	537
1973	461
1974	773
1975	760
1976	1,087
1977	808
1978	406
1979	774
1980	1,253
1981	737
1982	1,079
1983	555
1984	717
1985	1,089
1986	519
1987	834
1988	753
1989	389
1990	948
1991	1,189
1992	872
1993	918
1994	1,144
1995	658
1996	1,073
1997	1,903
1998	1,331
1999	895
2000	2,427
2001	823
2002	704
2003	1,364
2004	518
2005	1,476
2006	1,004
2007	2,285
2008	621
2009	1,926
2010	994
2011	1,216
2012	1,350
2013	675
2014	569
2015	439
2016	537
2017	581
2018	1,063
2019	569
2020	1,175
2021	586
2022	557
2023	705
2024	849
2025	525
2026	917

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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	356
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1