Weather Records on 6 November 1973

1,110 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 November 1973. Highest significance: Bend, US.

Key Facts for 6 November 1973

On 6 November 1973, 1,110 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
112 were record highs and 490 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 1,066 daily.
Bend set an all-time record daily snowfall of 61.2 cm (24.1 in) on 6 November 1973.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

1,110 stations

1,110 station records on 6 November 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 November 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bend	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.2 cm (24.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Williams 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lower Hay Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Madras	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
San Benito	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Antelope 6 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Davidson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Strongfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch Fibrebrd Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Redmond 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Condon	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wickiup Dam	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lind 3 NE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pilot Rock 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Canastota	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Madras	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moro	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Seeley Lake Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse Hancock Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.2 cm (11.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Caron	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Swan River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grizzly	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Three Lynx	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hermiston 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dufur	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pendleton	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cadillac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Swift Current A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Occidental	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cartwright	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Van	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kentfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,110 records

Records set or tied on 6 November 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 365, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 125, Heaviest daily rainfall 271, Heaviest daily snowfall 167, Deepest snow cover 70.

Records on 6 November 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	365
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	125
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	167
Deepest snow cover	70

Records on 6 November 1973 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 38, daily 1,066.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

902 broken records

Margins by which the 902 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 November 1973

Top 20 records on 6 November 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 November 1973	Bend, US	all-time snowfall	61.2 cm (24.1 in)	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	23 years	74 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1973	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	79 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1973	Williams 1 NW, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	75 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1973	Lower Hay Creek, US	all-time snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1973	Madras, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1973	San Benito, US	monthly rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1973	Antelope 6 SSW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1973	Ukiah, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1973	Davidson, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1973	Delegate River, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1973	Strongfield, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1973	Antioch Fibrebrd Mills, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1973	Santa Cruz, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1973	Redmond 2 W, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	59 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1973	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1973	Moscow U of I, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	73 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1973	East Anaconda, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1973	Condon, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1973	Brunette Downs, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1973	Coeur D'Alene, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	28 years	51 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 1,110 records.

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

Records on 11-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	1
1812	1
1819	1
1828	2
1834	1
1835	2
1840	1
1842	3
1845	1
1849	1
1851	2
1856	2
1858	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	7
1896	3
1898	3
1899	12
1900	2
1901	4
1902	6
1903	4
1904	6
1905	15
1906	13
1907	13
1908	21
1909	7
1910	52
1911	27
1912	53
1913	20
1914	36
1915	20
1916	127
1917	30
1918	40
1919	60
1920	53
1921	98
1922	84
1923	119
1924	737
1925	139
1926	123
1927	405
1928	86
1929	89
1930	439
1931	284
1932	307
1933	661
1934	626
1935	527
1936	356
1937	124
1938	1,098
1939	390
1940	201
1941	512
1942	373
1943	238
1944	459
1945	498
1946	682
1947	405
1948	1,219
1949	517
1950	314
1951	1,832
1952	193
1953	1,218
1954	442
1955	311
1956	431
1957	359
1958	227
1959	1,800
1960	388
1961	480
1962	343
1963	493
1964	259
1965	272
1966	548
1967	889
1968	463
1969	756
1970	407
1971	789
1972	387
1973	1,110
1974	355
1975	1,381
1976	653
1977	966
1978	762
1979	581
1980	1,353
1981	673
1982	698
1983	650
1984	536
1985	664
1986	810
1987	806
1988	1,010
1989	1,048
1990	1,240
1991	2,360
1992	1,450
1993	965
1994	1,368
1995	1,464
1996	1,720
1997	849
1998	752
1999	1,367
2000	1,575
2001	879
2002	1,220
2003	2,143
2004	828
2005	1,176
2006	1,397
2007	591
2008	1,266
2009	916
2010	1,349
2011	1,046
2012	894
2013	871
2014	453
2015	1,664
2016	838
2017	1,069
2018	633
2019	561
2020	1,351
2021	456
2022	907
2023	719
2024	1,239
2025	502

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 6 November 1973
Margin	Records
0 to 100	860
100 to 200	29
200 to 300	8
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	1