Weather Records on 3 November 1973

903 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 November 1973. Highest significance: Orroroo (Black Rock), AU.

Key Facts for 3 November 1973

On 3 November 1973, 903 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 368 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 855 daily.
Orroroo (Black Rock) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 126.0 mm (5.0 in) on 3 November 1973.
Across 155 earlier years (1821 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

903 stations

903 station records on 3 November 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 November 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orroroo (Black Rock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Midwest	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gunib	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Spicer	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo (Wimont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chambarak	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yoder 5 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elberta	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Laramie 11 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pilot Rock 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Delta	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo (Yalpara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Potter	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moroni	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fielden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morchard (the Rocks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hrazdan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Doyle	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lyman	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Birdseye	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnigan Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hecla	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine Nwr	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Callao	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fantan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mannanarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Patroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oodla Wirra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Purdum	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

903 records

Records set or tied on 3 November 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 271, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 97, Heaviest daily rainfall 274, Heaviest daily snowfall 122, Deepest snow cover 36.

Records on 3 November 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	271
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	97
Heaviest daily rainfall	274
Heaviest daily snowfall	122
Deepest snow cover	36

Records on 3 November 1973 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 44, daily 855.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

769 broken records

Margins by which the 769 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 November 1973

Top 20 records on 3 November 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 November 1973	Orroroo (Black Rock), AU	all-time rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	73 of 100 (Major)
3 November 1973	Cobar (Tambua), AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	84 years	73 of 100 (Major)
3 November 1973	Steamboat Springs, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 November 1973	Midwest, US	monthly rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1973	Gunib, RU	monthly rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1973	Spicer, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1973	Booleroo (Wimont), AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	86 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1973	Bridgeport, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1973	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1973	Booleroo Centre (Willowie), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1973	Moscow U of I, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	73 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1973	Chambarak, AM	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1973	Mullen 3S, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	77 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1973	Chugwater, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1973	Wheatland 4N, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1973	Yoder 5 W, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1973	Elberta, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1973	Ft Laramie 11 NNW, US	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1973	Pilot Rock 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1973	Delta, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	16 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

1821 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1821 to 1973. 1973 had 903 records.

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

Records on 11-03 in each year
Year	Records
1821	2
1828	1
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	1
1851	1
1857	1
1858	7
1862	1
1864	1
1875	5
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	8
1897	3
1898	6
1899	10
1900	6
1901	6
1902	5
1903	19
1904	22
1905	11
1906	13
1907	28
1908	19
1909	17
1910	21
1911	39
1912	112
1913	35
1914	41
1915	19
1916	22
1917	36
1918	16
1919	74
1920	38
1921	35
1922	85
1923	123
1924	136
1925	107
1926	188
1927	343
1928	236
1929	352
1930	154
1931	279
1932	466
1933	398
1934	571
1935	968
1936	1,217
1937	309
1938	1,019
1939	584
1940	285
1941	214
1942	303
1943	172
1944	498
1945	333
1946	1,017
1947	457
1948	416
1949	565
1950	482
1951	2,288
1952	404
1953	351
1954	693
1955	522
1956	781
1957	453
1958	274
1959	472
1960	239
1961	1,007
1962	438
1963	271
1964	719
1965	522
1966	1,373
1967	588
1968	471
1969	568
1970	551
1971	666
1972	636
1973	903
1974	929
1975	1,066
1976	719
1977	767
1978	1,197
1979	630
1980	1,031
1981	876
1982	826
1983	1,254
1984	624
1985	725
1986	491
1987	1,148
1988	915
1989	615
1990	1,114
1991	3,969
1992	1,158
1993	653
1994	1,227
1995	1,078
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	789
1999	808
2000	851
2001	587
2002	1,376
2003	1,914
2004	1,356
2005	1,576
2006	1,065
2007	642
2008	1,011
2009	688
2010	718
2011	765
2012	605
2013	515
2014	639
2015	1,123
2016	941
2017	871
2018	405
2019	303
2020	1,688
2021	352
2022	869
2023	714
2024	703
2025	525

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Data for records on 1973-11-03: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 100	742
100 to 200	25
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1