Weather Records on 12 December 1973

397 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 December 1973. Highest significance: Kuranda Railway Station, AU.

Key Facts for 12 December 1973

On 12 December 1973, 397 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
122 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 385 daily.
Kuranda Railway Station set a daily record precipitation of 134.6 mm (5.3 in) on 12 December 1973.
Across 153 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

397 stations

397 station records on 12 December 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 December 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Millaa Millaa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	181.4 mm (7.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tully Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	229.1 mm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Deeral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	256.5 mm (10.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mulungu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Meringa Sugar Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Baturite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ayton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	247.9 mm (9.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Penola Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Whyanbeel Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.8 mm (7.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boissevain	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
South Johnstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roadene	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vazantes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clarafield Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clohesy River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vitoria de Santo Antao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Edah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mourilyan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Nova Floresta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Joao Do Sabugi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cabanda Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harper	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gadgarra Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Farmerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Westhope	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Danbulla Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Feiticeiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
South Johnstone Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ninette	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Peeramon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cristais	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palestina (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Julatten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moselle Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Evelyn State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

397 records

Records set or tied on 12 December 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 87, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 176, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 12 December 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	87
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	176
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 12 December 1973 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 385.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

314 broken records

Margins by which the 314 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 214.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 December 1973

Top 20 records on 12 December 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 December 1973	Kuranda Railway Station, AU	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	67 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 December 1973	Millaa Millaa Post Office, AU	monthly rain	181.4 mm (7.1 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 December 1973	Hambledon Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	149.3 mm (5.9 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 December 1973	Tully Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	229.1 mm (9.0 in)	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1973	Deeral, AU	daily rain	256.5 mm (10.1 in)	214.1 mm (8.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1973	Mulungu, BR	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1973	Meringa Sugar Exp STN, AU	daily rain	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1973	Baturite, BR	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1973	Ayton, AU	daily rain	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1973	Babinda Post Office, AU	daily rain	247.9 mm (9.8 in)	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1973	Yarrabah Comm Council, AU	daily rain	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	118.8 mm (4.7 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1973	Penola Downs Station, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	82 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1973	Whyanbeel Valley, AU	daily rain	180.8 mm (7.1 in)	137.1 mm (5.4 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1973	Boissevain, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1973	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	85 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1973	Bingil Bay, AU	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1973	South Johnstone Post Office, AU	daily rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1973	Cairns Aero, AU	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1973	Roadene, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1973	Vazantes, BR	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	42 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

1796 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1973. 1973 had 397 records.

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

Records on 12-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1846	1
1855	2
1861	1
1863	3
1870	2
1871	5
1873	2
1879	2
1882	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	8
1894	3
1895	1
1896	4
1897	3
1898	20
1899	11
1900	5
1901	4
1902	7
1903	18
1904	20
1905	10
1906	14
1907	8
1908	25
1909	20
1910	39
1911	104
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	46
1916	115
1917	246
1918	33
1919	23
1920	41
1921	63
1922	61
1923	91
1924	130
1925	75
1926	143
1927	335
1928	234
1929	405
1930	45
1931	522
1932	813
1933	358
1934	430
1935	266
1936	142
1937	468
1938	103
1939	418
1940	621
1941	260
1942	257
1943	165
1944	688
1945	212
1946	761
1947	295
1948	282
1949	789
1950	364
1951	175
1952	501
1953	288
1954	696
1955	381
1956	441
1957	1,118
1958	884
1959	464
1960	710
1961	1,481
1962	1,495
1963	439
1964	459
1965	1,045
1966	369
1967	565
1968	727
1969	499
1970	366
1971	585
1972	1,669
1973	397
1974	191
1975	492
1976	319
1977	907
1978	382
1979	1,016
1980	583
1981	734
1982	867
1983	816
1984	808
1985	1,384
1986	408
1987	468
1988	1,030
1989	930
1990	676
1991	1,980
1992	818
1993	887
1994	1,172
1995	2,030
1996	1,391
1997	869
1998	1,103
1999	952
2000	2,510
2001	700
2002	683
2003	537
2004	727
2005	769
2006	886
2007	1,315
2008	1,424
2009	818
2010	1,501
2011	621
2012	684
2013	646
2014	1,040
2015	1,496
2016	530
2017	808
2018	256
2019	418
2020	507
2021	441
2022	767
2023	544
2024	328
2025	1,485

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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	288
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1