Weather Records on 12 October 1973

673 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1973. Highest significance: Kingsville, US.

Key Facts for 12 October 1973

On 12 October 1973, 673 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 242 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 656 daily.
Kingsville set a monthly record daily precipitation of 139.7 mm (5.5 in) on 12 October 1973.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

673 stations

673 station records on 12 October 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kingsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	236.2 mm (9.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ricardo	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chamberlain	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	219.2 mm (8.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jeddo 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville Lvstk	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Craigie (Bondi Forest Lodge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carson	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Miandetta (Tyrone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charbon Standard Portland Ceme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hinckley	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pedra Bela	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wauneta	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uchur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pericos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vinhedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yorktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda (Blackwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petersburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Bento Do Sapucai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Park River	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Max	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McCook	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

673 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 102, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 140, Heaviest daily rainfall 266, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 12 October 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	102
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	140
Heaviest daily rainfall	266
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 12 October 1973 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 656.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

580 broken records

Margins by which the 580 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1973

Top 20 records on 12 October 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1973	Kingsville, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	66 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1973	Sarita 7 E, US	all-time rain	236.2 mm (9.3 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1973	Luling, US	daily rain	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1973	Ricardo, US	monthly rain	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1973	Alice, US	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1973	Moose Lake 1 SSE, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1973	Tower 2S, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1973	Chamberlain, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1973	Gettysburg, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1973	Superior, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1973	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily rain	219.2 mm (8.6 in)	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1973	Jeddo 3S, US	daily rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1973	Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1973	Saanich Dom Astro Obs, CA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1973	Batesville Lvstk, US	monthly rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1973	Port Lavaca 2, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1973	Jewell, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1973	Craigie (Bondi Forest Lodge), AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1973	Carson, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1973	Rio Grande City, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 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

1805 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1973. 1973 had 673 records.

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

Records on 10-12 in each year
Year	Records
1805	2
1809	1
1810	1
1814	3
1822	1
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1875	2
1876	5
1879	2
1881	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	3
1898	2
1899	3
1900	2
1901	6
1902	14
1903	16
1904	30
1905	13
1906	16
1907	10
1908	13
1909	30
1910	13
1911	10
1912	30
1913	33
1914	17
1915	34
1916	29
1917	53
1918	29
1919	53
1920	79
1921	102
1922	21
1923	200
1924	129
1925	107
1926	201
1927	195
1928	714
1929	165
1930	606
1931	283
1932	398
1933	155
1934	477
1935	209
1936	301
1937	185
1938	470
1939	198
1940	235
1941	226
1942	540
1943	418
1944	274
1945	321
1946	554
1947	358
1948	311
1949	725
1950	594
1951	391
1952	352
1953	252
1954	911
1955	383
1956	899
1957	473
1958	448
1959	501
1960	449
1961	436
1962	971
1963	459
1964	636
1965	157
1966	423
1967	623
1968	443
1969	1,828
1970	763
1971	382
1972	412
1973	673
1974	369
1975	830
1976	582
1977	832
1978	525
1979	898
1980	741
1981	1,201
1982	777
1983	992
1984	636
1985	872
1986	1,510
1987	1,530
1988	1,015
1989	543
1990	1,325
1991	948
1992	865
1993	1,145
1994	934
1995	1,238
1996	816
1997	1,851
1998	741
1999	641
2000	1,095
2001	1,194
2002	1,139
2003	1,043
2004	750
2005	872
2006	1,357
2007	566
2008	1,669
2009	2,300
2010	797
2011	906
2012	921
2013	558
2014	514
2015	964
2016	374
2017	1,068
2018	1,195
2019	1,321
2020	655
2021	1,294
2022	439
2023	904
2024	958
2025	624
2026	768

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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 25	511
25 to 50	47
50 to 75	13
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1