Weather Records on 28 October 1973

444 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1973. Highest significance: Parkes (Macarthur Street), AU.

Key Facts for 28 October 1973

On 28 October 1973, 444 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 435 daily.
Parkes (Macarthur Street) set a daily record precipitation of 79.2 mm (3.1 in) on 28 October 1973.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

444 stations

444 station records on 28 October 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 October 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Parkes (Macarthur Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Usina Esmeril (Cpfl) B4-005	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	114.2 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mossgiel Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bogan Gate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Calvillo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goonumbla (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cumnock (Willow Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco de Los Romo (Sm	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Frankford (Rossville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roper River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Flat General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jeremiah 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elliott Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Don	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Emmet Lister Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Long Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parkersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Molong (King St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sea Lake (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Fairy (Merigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yass (Derringullen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Derby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hope A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kermit	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholm (Stoke Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mole Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ribeirao Corrente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gleichen	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berea College	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pikeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hampshire (Neena Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmot (Back Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grimsby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pennington Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orange (Canobolas Public Schoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Golspie (Ayrston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Frogmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dalhousie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orange (Adair)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Liffey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesburg 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goolma (Brooklyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Patricks River (Targa Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

444 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 304, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 28 October 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	304
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 October 1973 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 435.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

390 broken records

Margins by which the 390 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 59.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1973

Top 20 records on 28 October 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1973	Parkes (Macarthur Street), AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1973	Toronto, CA	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1973	Usina Esmeril (Cpfl) B4-005, BR	monthly rain	114.2 mm (4.5 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1973	Mossgiel Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1973	Bogan Gate Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1973	Calvillo (Smn), MX	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1973	Goonumbla (Avondale), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1973	Cumnock (Willow Park), AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1973	San Francisco de Los Romo (Sm, MX	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1973	Frankford (Rossville), AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1973	Cargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1973	Roper River Police, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1973	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	all-time rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1973	Wattle Flat General Store, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1973	Kergunyah South, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	85 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1973	Jeremiah 1 S, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1973	Sherwood Park Station, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1973	Grenfell (Quondong Rd), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	72 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1973	Elliott Research Station, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1973	Cape Don, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	56 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

1802 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1973. 1973 had 444 records.

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

Records on 10-28 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1827	1
1842	1
1856	2
1861	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	4
1873	1
1876	1
1880	3
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	6
1889	2
1890	3
1891	1
1892	7
1893	4
1894	1
1895	3
1896	5
1897	4
1898	5
1899	8
1900	8
1901	15
1902	18
1903	11
1904	13
1905	8
1906	15
1907	15
1908	12
1909	18
1910	26
1911	16
1912	28
1913	153
1914	31
1915	66
1916	13
1917	31
1918	79
1919	87
1920	48
1921	32
1922	90
1923	74
1924	109
1925	598
1926	123
1927	504
1928	77
1929	224
1930	144
1931	205
1932	164
1933	240
1934	227
1935	406
1936	578
1937	697
1938	170
1939	279
1940	652
1941	324
1942	355
1943	310
1944	501
1945	462
1946	712
1947	462
1948	370
1949	341
1950	544
1951	195
1952	485
1953	341
1954	486
1955	462
1956	353
1957	812
1958	198
1959	430
1960	225
1961	437
1962	432
1963	492
1964	332
1965	402
1966	254
1967	404
1968	523
1969	651
1970	846
1971	1,666
1972	1,012
1973	444
1974	805
1975	282
1976	1,606
1977	616
1978	292
1979	387
1980	1,657
1981	922
1982	578
1983	427
1984	1,553
1985	754
1986	590
1987	973
1988	816
1989	1,083
1990	917
1991	2,462
1992	676
1993	576
1994	675
1995	1,049
1996	1,396
1997	1,767
1998	1,457
1999	1,092
2000	935
2001	1,089
2002	982
2003	1,403
2004	1,641
2005	949
2006	1,295
2007	906
2008	1,207
2009	984
2010	1,029
2011	655
2012	1,097
2013	1,007
2014	850
2015	753
2016	1,139
2017	755
2018	710
2019	1,437
2020	1,646
2021	605
2022	879
2023	1,381
2024	650
2025	462

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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 10	293
10 to 20	66
20 to 30	22
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2