Weather Records on 17 November 1973

294 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1973. Highest significance: Cooktown Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 17 November 1973

On 17 November 1973, 294 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
99 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 289 daily.
Cooktown Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 76.5 mm (3.0 in) on 17 November 1973.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

294 stations

294 station records on 17 November 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cape Don	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ayton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bethel AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clearfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pontal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Island Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Conquista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belltrees Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palestina (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Du Bois 7 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gage AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sand I Ryfylke II	Norway	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Steigen	Norway	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Milingimbi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Drevja	Norway	Record snow depth	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Verhneimbatsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Laryak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record snow depth	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calton Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Island Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Verhneimbatsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lerwick	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clearfield	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Hairyuzovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
King Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Majkop	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dungen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bethel AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ahalcihe	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerch	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hart Mtn Refuge	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nogliki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Juliana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Squaw Butte-Northern Great Bas	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Batatais	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enterprise Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lands End Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Deeral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

294 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 101, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 17 November 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 17 November 1973 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 289.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

240 broken records

Margins by which the 240 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 1973

Top 20 records on 17 November 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1973	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	79 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1973	Cape Don, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1973	Ayton, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1973	Bishop AP, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1973	Cairns Aero, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1973	Bethel AP, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1973	Clearfield, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1973	Pontal, BR	all-time rain	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1973	Island Falls, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1973	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily high min	13.0 C (55.4 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	68 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1973	Fazenda Conquista, BR	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1973	Belltrees Homestead, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1973	Tashkent, UZ	daily high max	26.0 C (78.8 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	67 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1973	Palestina (Smn), MX	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1973	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily high min	0.2 C (32.4 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	54 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1973	Lowestoft, GB	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	72 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1973	Umea, SE	daily low max	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	64 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1973	Du Bois 7 E, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1973	Holy Cross, US	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1973	Gage AP, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	64 years	26 of 100 (Routine)

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 294 records.

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

Records on 11-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1805	1
1816	1
1828	1
1835	1
1840	2
1841	1
1845	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	2
1885	3
1887	6
1888	5
1889	1
1890	2
1893	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	4
1897	7
1898	2
1899	7
1900	8
1901	2
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	13
1906	14
1907	9
1908	15
1909	18
1910	6
1911	42
1912	58
1913	20
1914	121
1915	15
1916	79
1917	46
1918	81
1919	106
1920	193
1921	43
1922	22
1923	129
1924	178
1925	79
1926	214
1927	477
1928	547
1929	224
1930	407
1931	966
1932	462
1933	569
1934	384
1935	172
1936	279
1937	410
1938	245
1939	372
1940	203
1941	647
1942	362
1943	475
1944	339
1945	345
1946	427
1947	352
1948	424
1949	346
1950	521
1951	681
1952	1,076
1953	715
1954	304
1955	1,596
1956	262
1957	593
1958	1,811
1959	1,710
1960	236
1961	795
1962	317
1963	552
1964	639
1965	697
1966	408
1967	567
1968	368
1969	421
1970	426
1971	630
1972	505
1973	294
1974	485
1975	512
1976	904
1977	538
1978	970
1979	479
1980	1,575
1981	945
1982	497
1983	1,132
1984	413
1985	906
1986	860
1987	1,008
1988	805
1989	1,098
1990	980
1991	745
1992	570
1993	1,120
1994	1,016
1995	1,535
1996	1,583
1997	1,596
1998	638
1999	1,018
2000	1,255
2001	1,252
2002	1,083
2003	607
2004	745
2005	894
2006	1,389
2007	699
2008	901
2009	986
2010	880
2011	782
2012	392
2013	724
2014	2,110
2015	1,333
2016	1,064
2017	751
2018	744
2019	611
2020	832
2021	294
2022	959
2023	558
2024	522
2025	693

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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	201
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1