Weather Records on 22 October 1973

569 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 October 1973. Highest significance: Gannakraal, ZA.

Key Facts for 22 October 1973

On 22 October 1973, 569 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
197 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 549 daily.
Gannakraal set a monthly record daily precipitation of 60.0 mm (2.4 in) on 22 October 1973.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

569 stations

569 station records on 22 October 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 October 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gannakraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Brakfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hebron Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Falls 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Saaifontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Machado Portela (Juraci)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Black Spur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Neerim South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poset	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Torquay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lakenvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Canyon Nyack AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Norwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Represa	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Carmen (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dunsmuir	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chemult	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hilts Slash Disposal	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chiloquin 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wyelangta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
McGrath AP	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grootfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Murrindindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Letjiebos (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palmietfontein"Knap Draai	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waialua 847	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Novo Acre (Giqui)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

569 records

Records set or tied on 22 October 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 135, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 210, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 22 October 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	135
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	210
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 22 October 1973 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 549.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

478 broken records

Margins by which the 478 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 October 1973

Top 20 records on 22 October 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 October 1973	Gannakraal, ZA	monthly rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1973	Brakfontein, ZA	all-time rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1973	Mt Hebron Rs, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1973	Healdsburg, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	71 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1973	Butte Falls 1 SE, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1973	Saaifontein, ZA	monthly rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1973	Fremont 5 NW, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1973	Machado Portela (Juraci), BR	monthly rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1973	Black Spur, AU	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1973	Neerim South, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1973	Namdalseid, NO	daily snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1973	Poset, RU	daily rain	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1973	Ft Bragg 5 N, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	3 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1973	Jonkoping, SE	daily low min	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	87 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1973	Torquay, AU	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1973	Drevja, NO	daily snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1973	Lakenvlei, ZA	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1973	Yardley Chase, ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1973	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low max	0.2 C (32.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	113 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1973	Blue Canyon Nyack AP, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	28 years	40 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 569 records.

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

Records on 10-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1810	3
1826	1
1840	1
1842	1
1843	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	6
1883	1
1884	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	15
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1900	3
1901	7
1902	3
1903	8
1904	17
1905	13
1906	12
1907	14
1908	24
1909	6
1910	9
1911	43
1912	22
1913	59
1914	20
1915	57
1916	226
1917	74
1918	27
1919	62
1920	172
1921	78
1922	50
1923	105
1924	142
1925	265
1926	97
1927	227
1928	133
1929	417
1930	401
1931	272
1932	209
1933	484
1934	599
1935	874
1936	681
1937	348
1938	133
1939	602
1940	498
1941	576
1942	339
1943	208
1944	299
1945	547
1946	282
1947	754
1948	292
1949	481
1950	400
1951	581
1952	602
1953	615
1954	372
1955	457
1956	324
1957	885
1958	345
1959	524
1960	393
1961	523
1962	203
1963	909
1964	294
1965	433
1966	362
1967	316
1968	300
1969	966
1970	714
1971	626
1972	780
1973	569
1974	910
1975	742
1976	1,194
1977	624
1978	678
1979	1,826
1980	547
1981	943
1982	979
1983	712
1984	1,798
1985	797
1986	1,049
1987	944
1988	999
1989	1,353
1990	1,042
1991	718
1992	1,151
1993	654
1994	631
1995	1,399
1996	1,743
1997	1,072
1998	853
1999	721
2000	1,070
2001	774
2002	1,419
2003	2,006
2004	1,371
2005	1,090
2006	1,296
2007	1,060
2008	846
2009	826
2010	723
2011	691
2012	914
2013	845
2014	603
2015	600
2016	652
2017	720
2018	488
2019	589
2020	1,664
2021	412
2022	955
2023	567
2024	911
2025	566

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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	439
25 to 50	27
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	3