Weather Records on 13 December 1973

625 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 December 1973. Highest significance: Cambridge Galt Moe, CA.

Key Facts for 13 December 1973

On 13 December 1973, 625 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
136 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 611 daily.
Cambridge Galt Moe set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 13 December 1973.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

625 stations

625 station records on 13 December 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 December 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Millaa Millaa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Meringa Sugar Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	243.6 mm (9.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bedourie Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	229.1 mm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
South Johnstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Midale	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Peeramon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tully Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	268.7 mm (10.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	354.3 mm (13.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clohesy River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kairi Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Iratinga (Sao Miguel)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yungaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mourilyan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
South Johnstone Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shaunavon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Conconully	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Danbulla Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deeral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	392.4 mm (15.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bungarby (Merambego)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dalhousie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Julatten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coorabulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Powers	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Koah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	67.0 cm (26.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sidsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Biedenkopf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	318.5 mm (12.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pierson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record snow depth	81.0 cm (31.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rochelle 6 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

625 records

Records set or tied on 13 December 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 314, Heaviest daily snowfall 93, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 13 December 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	314
Heaviest daily snowfall	93
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 13 December 1973 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 611.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

547 broken records

Margins by which the 547 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 285.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 December 1973

Top 20 records on 13 December 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 December 1973	Cambridge Galt Moe, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	90 years	72 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1973	Kuranda Railway Station, AU	daily rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1973	Hambledon Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1973	Millaa Millaa Post Office, AU	daily rain	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1973	Malanda Post Office, AU	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1973	Meringa Sugar Exp STN, AU	monthly rain	243.6 mm (9.6 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1973	Bedourie Police Station, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1973	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	229.1 mm (9.0 in)	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1973	South Johnstone Post Office, AU	daily rain	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1973	Midale, CA	daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1973	Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street, AU	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1973	Peeramon, AU	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1973	Tully Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	268.7 mm (10.6 in)	243.3 mm (9.6 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1973	Babinda Post Office, AU	daily rain	354.3 mm (13.9 in)	285.7 mm (11.2 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1973	Clohesy River, AU	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1973	Kairi Research Station, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1973	Iratinga (Sao Miguel), BR	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1973	Vine Creek, AU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1973	Virden, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	82 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1973	Yungaburra, AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	18 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

1796 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1973. 1973 had 625 records.

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

Records on 12-13 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	2
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	2
1855	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	2
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1878	6
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1887	1
1890	1
1891	9
1892	1
1893	4
1894	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	5
1899	9
1900	5
1901	4
1902	13
1903	13
1904	8
1905	3
1906	7
1907	11
1908	6
1909	23
1910	45
1911	72
1912	42
1913	23
1914	35
1915	51
1916	207
1917	144
1918	87
1919	52
1920	55
1921	65
1922	84
1923	206
1924	139
1925	160
1926	228
1927	566
1928	227
1929	303
1930	52
1931	525
1932	385
1933	422
1934	186
1935	168
1936	242
1937	375
1938	89
1939	159
1940	426
1941	324
1942	312
1943	244
1944	426
1945	355
1946	455
1947	306
1948	450
1949	321
1950	290
1951	226
1952	431
1953	222
1954	345
1955	479
1956	477
1957	566
1958	855
1959	297
1960	981
1961	898
1962	1,365
1963	442
1964	398
1965	811
1966	653
1967	743
1968	593
1969	545
1970	221
1971	567
1972	991
1973	625
1974	291
1975	1,038
1976	411
1977	685
1978	446
1979	1,072
1980	536
1981	912
1982	740
1983	1,121
1984	1,172
1985	1,642
1986	381
1987	675
1988	906
1989	1,355
1990	649
1991	1,734
1992	1,113
1993	960
1994	1,094
1995	1,634
1996	833
1997	1,126
1998	1,221
1999	964
2000	2,914
2001	1,092
2002	602
2003	1,131
2004	493
2005	589
2006	957
2007	720
2008	1,583
2009	1,016
2010	1,776
2011	833
2012	837
2013	451
2014	1,046
2015	2,363
2016	397
2017	749
2018	380
2019	520
2020	445
2021	420
2022	1,122
2023	486
2024	296
2025	1,343

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	498
50 to 100	39
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1