Weather Records on 23 November 1973

823 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 November 1973. Highest significance: Fitzroy Crossing Comp., AU.

Key Facts for 23 November 1973

On 23 November 1973, 823 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
293 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 790 daily.
Fitzroy Crossing Comp. set an all-time record daily precipitation of 189.7 mm (7.5 in) on 23 November 1973.
Across 156 earlier years (1821 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

823 stations

823 station records on 23 November 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 November 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fitzroy Crossing Comp.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	189.7 mm (7.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Quanbun Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Louisa Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Kimberley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Myroodah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Napier Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	248.9 mm (9.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fossil Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gogo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Moola Bulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Amhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jubilee Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Waters Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waterfall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tabba Tabba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maristova	Norway	Record snow depth	82.0 cm (32.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El Morro Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mataranka Homestead Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ze da Rosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stave Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tiaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Onder-Geluk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rainer Ohanapecosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chemainus	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alouette Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lovelaceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Semenovka	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Meda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Auvergne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Armstrong	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rockford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bauple	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Garland 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Limbunya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rivertree (Myall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	-20.2 C (-4.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

823 records

Records set or tied on 23 November 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 148, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 145, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 320, Heaviest daily snowfall 81, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 23 November 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	148
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	145
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	320
Heaviest daily snowfall	81
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 23 November 1973 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 32, daily 790.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

664 broken records

Margins by which the 664 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 220.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 November 1973

Top 20 records on 23 November 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 November 1973	Fitzroy Crossing Comp., AU	all-time rain	189.7 mm (7.5 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	75 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1973	Quanbun Downs, AU	monthly rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	58 years	74 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1973	Louisa Downs, AU	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	71 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1973	Kimberley Downs, AU	monthly rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	34 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1973	Gordon Downs, AU	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1973	Myroodah, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1973	Napier Downs, AU	monthly rain	248.9 mm (9.8 in)	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	14 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1973	Fossil Downs, AU	monthly rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	7 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1973	Gogo Station, AU	monthly rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	7 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1973	Glacier Rs, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1973	Sturt Creek, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1973	Moola Bulla, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1973	Malvern, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	62 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1973	Rogers, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1973	Mount Amhurst, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1973	Victoria River Downs, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1973	Jubilee Downs, AU	daily rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1973	Newcastle Waters Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1973	Dresden, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1973	Waterfall, ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	44 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 823 records.

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

Records on 11-23 in each year
Year	Records
1821	3
1829	2
1831	2
1835	1
1846	1
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	5
1861	1
1864	1
1865	3
1871	1
1872	2
1874	2
1877	1
1880	4
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1888	2
1890	8
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	3
1901	1
1902	7
1903	4
1904	22
1905	12
1906	21
1907	27
1908	47
1909	35
1910	8
1911	78
1912	22
1913	61
1914	43
1915	27
1916	73
1917	214
1918	31
1919	33
1920	36
1921	28
1922	36
1923	104
1924	261
1925	129
1926	130
1927	364
1928	185
1929	516
1930	147
1931	1,232
1932	201
1933	221
1934	317
1935	252
1936	249
1937	497
1938	494
1939	216
1940	540
1941	526
1942	460
1943	149
1944	212
1945	316
1946	361
1947	739
1948	513
1949	434
1950	1,012
1951	386
1952	385
1953	568
1954	515
1955	600
1956	1,038
1957	561
1958	440
1959	418
1960	195
1961	572
1962	349
1963	652
1964	775
1965	870
1966	721
1967	403
1968	443
1969	237
1970	861
1971	1,124
1972	679
1973	823
1974	495
1975	735
1976	420
1977	964
1978	840
1979	1,276
1980	879
1981	905
1982	1,035
1983	1,739
1984	1,228
1985	1,983
1986	501
1987	568
1988	1,162
1989	1,381
1990	756
1991	1,160
1992	1,462
1993	1,363
1994	900
1995	942
1996	1,284
1997	501
1998	1,394
1999	1,540
2000	731
2001	1,031
2002	1,099
2003	1,837
2004	977
2005	1,047
2006	1,154
2007	990
2008	1,288
2009	874
2010	1,529
2011	1,200
2012	661
2013	978
2014	774
2015	626
2016	642
2017	1,755
2018	692
2019	320
2020	422
2021	336
2022	298
2023	406
2024	622
2025	580

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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 50	624
50 to 100	25
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	2