Weather Records on 22 November 1973

556 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 November 1973. Highest significance: Leopold Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 22 November 1973

On 22 November 1973, 556 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
114 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 537 daily.
Leopold Downs set an all-time record daily precipitation of 226.1 mm (8.9 in) on 22 November 1973.
Across 154 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

556 stations

556 station records on 22 November 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 November 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Bloemfontein Airpor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Blina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Viljandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount House Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manubie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warrabah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Verma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Churchill A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Perdeberg (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vryburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mabel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
South Holmwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkaringi Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bruff Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yangan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Virtsu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Agr. College,Bfn.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gogo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mazelspoort Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goedemoed (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Doornhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McGrath AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coolesha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adak AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grootkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bultfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brandwag	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Napier Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boonah Stark Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heilbron "Smoordrif"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Middelkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Florisbad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Enka	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Swannanoa 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anatone	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Amhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toolamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aardoorns	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fleming	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alagoinhas (Vfflb)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

556 records

Records set or tied on 22 November 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 265, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 22 November 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	265
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 22 November 1973 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 537.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

463 broken records

Margins by which the 463 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 584.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 November 1973

Top 20 records on 22 November 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 November 1973	Leopold Downs, AU	all-time rain	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	24 years	74 of 100 (Major)
22 November 1973	Bloemfontein Airpor, ZA	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1973	Warmun, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1973	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1973	Blina, AU	monthly rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1973	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily rain	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1973	Viljandi, EE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1973	Mount House Station, AU	monthly rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1973	Manubie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	96.7 mm (3.8 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1973	Warrabah, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1973	Verma, NO	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1973	Churchill A, CA	daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1973	Perdeberg (Sar), ZA	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1973	Vryburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1973	Mabel Downs, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1973	South Holmwood, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1973	Kalkaringi Police, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1973	Bruff Hill, AU	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1973	Yangan Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1973	Virtsu, EE	monthly rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	1 year	39 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

1816 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1973. 1973 had 556 records.

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

Records on 11-22 in each year
Year	Records
1816	2
1821	1
1829	1
1831	1
1835	1
1843	1
1845	3
1855	1
1857	1
1858	6
1861	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	4
1878	4
1879	2
1880	6
1882	2
1883	4
1884	1
1888	3
1890	6
1891	2
1893	1
1894	1
1896	3
1897	6
1898	9
1899	1
1900	7
1901	2
1902	5
1903	4
1904	16
1905	8
1906	25
1907	23
1908	30
1909	29
1910	11
1911	29
1912	9
1913	74
1914	28
1915	16
1916	206
1917	331
1918	12
1919	36
1920	30
1921	36
1922	89
1923	68
1924	196
1925	29
1926	292
1927	136
1928	128
1929	759
1930	269
1931	873
1932	221
1933	269
1934	596
1935	120
1936	159
1937	939
1938	167
1939	244
1940	413
1941	356
1942	707
1943	313
1944	178
1945	433
1946	448
1947	616
1948	490
1949	907
1950	641
1951	263
1952	469
1953	548
1954	476
1955	540
1956	423
1957	469
1958	496
1959	414
1960	384
1961	737
1962	462
1963	966
1964	1,087
1965	559
1966	789
1967	448
1968	385
1969	478
1970	717
1971	602
1972	704
1973	556
1974	597
1975	392
1976	390
1977	1,043
1978	896
1979	1,017
1980	699
1981	850
1982	783
1983	1,215
1984	1,196
1985	2,318
1986	459
1987	906
1988	1,272
1989	937
1990	964
1991	1,109
1992	1,513
1993	1,046
1994	827
1995	869
1996	1,829
1997	694
1998	1,497
1999	1,096
2000	1,291
2001	746
2002	1,190
2003	1,329
2004	1,035
2005	667
2006	1,337
2007	955
2008	1,345
2009	1,188
2010	1,341
2011	1,047
2012	962
2013	925
2014	614
2015	848
2016	801
2017	1,334
2018	691
2019	409
2020	414
2021	543
2022	333
2023	576
2024	843
2025	537

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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 100	453
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1