Weather Records on 23 October 1973

712 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 1973. Highest significance: Cruz Do Espirito Santo, BR.

Key Facts for 23 October 1973

On 23 October 1973, 712 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
293 were record highs and 109 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 689 daily.
Cruz Do Espirito Santo set a daily record precipitation of 35.4 mm (1.4 in) on 23 October 1973.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

712 stations

712 station records on 23 October 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 October 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cruz Do Espirito Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Emmet Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kamferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kakamas Skl	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dalrymple Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Pardee	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mariposa	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Villahermosa (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Glen	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Snydersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wamakersvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Big Sur STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boca	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Jones Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vollmers	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Glade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Porto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rietpan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Electra P H	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grant Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harlem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Reichenhall	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rize	Turkey	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
So Entrance Yosemite Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodfords	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pacific House	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

712 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 189, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 283, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 23 October 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	189
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	283
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 23 October 1973 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 689.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

584 broken records

Margins by which the 584 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 1973

Top 20 records on 23 October 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 1973	Cruz Do Espirito Santo, BR	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1973	San Luis Obispo Poly, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	78 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1973	Truckee Rs, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1973	Emmet Downs, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1973	Kamferskraal, ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1973	Kakamas Skl, ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1973	Yreka, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1973	Dalrymple Heights, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1973	Hetch Hetchy, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1973	Camp Pardee, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1973	Iowa Hill, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	74 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1973	Mariposa, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1973	Villahermosa (Smn), MX	daily rain	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1973	Orland, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1973	Forest Glen, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1973	Metten, DE	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1973	Carson City, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	75 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1973	Pommelsbrunn, DE	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1973	Snydersfontein, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1973	Wamakersvlei, ZA	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	38 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 712 records.

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

Records on 10-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1843	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1859	2
1861	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1878	1
1880	7
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	3
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	8
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	7
1905	15
1906	17
1907	5
1908	19
1909	12
1910	6
1911	40
1912	50
1913	38
1914	9
1915	167
1916	290
1917	62
1918	12
1919	42
1920	262
1921	58
1922	38
1923	165
1924	160
1925	191
1926	131
1927	266
1928	120
1929	352
1930	310
1931	353
1932	310
1933	241
1934	333
1935	519
1936	490
1937	816
1938	403
1939	717
1940	304
1941	499
1942	306
1943	446
1944	283
1945	533
1946	258
1947	631
1948	251
1949	432
1950	507
1951	626
1952	432
1953	373
1954	317
1955	266
1956	587
1957	1,266
1958	255
1959	682
1960	341
1961	329
1962	141
1963	1,297
1964	264
1965	330
1966	625
1967	297
1968	175
1969	1,200
1970	617
1971	705
1972	601
1973	712
1974	653
1975	1,028
1976	879
1977	578
1978	570
1979	1,094
1980	584
1981	1,502
1982	1,071
1983	853
1984	1,261
1985	846
1986	968
1987	694
1988	619
1989	1,363
1990	954
1991	1,232
1992	1,176
1993	670
1994	558
1995	1,471
1996	1,396
1997	1,172
1998	1,221
1999	1,011
2000	1,275
2001	1,091
2002	1,868
2003	1,952
2004	1,224
2005	679
2006	1,976
2007	1,673
2008	993
2009	838
2010	683
2011	701
2012	1,017
2013	754
2014	755
2015	760
2016	460
2017	603
2018	322
2019	459
2020	1,777
2021	298
2022	1,342
2023	544
2024	674
2025	343

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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	519
20 to 40	45
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1