Weather Records on 5 November 1973

1,622 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 November 1973. Highest significance: Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU.

Key Facts for 5 November 1973

On 5 November 1973, 1,622 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
131 were record highs and 602 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 90 monthly and 1,526 daily.
Moruya Heads Pilot Station set a monthly record daily precipitation of 143.0 mm (5.6 in) on 5 November 1973.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

1,622 stations

1,622 station records on 5 November 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 November 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Delegate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Port Hope	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tathra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	213.6 mm (8.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bungarby (Merambego)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
McCall	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lachin	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Reedy Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Madras	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Burragate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Green Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	228.9 mm (9.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bombala (Cambalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bend	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.4 cm (15.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Riddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kapan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.9 mm (6.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Brodribb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bolnisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Mount Darragh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	175.8 mm (6.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wapengo Lake Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Antelope 6 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Heppner	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pambula Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Austin 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pendleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Medford Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jindabyne (Lynwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Greta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pennant	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dufur	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gudgenby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Grouse	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Madras	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,622 records

Records set or tied on 5 November 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 453, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 149, Heaviest daily rainfall 644, Heaviest daily snowfall 175, Deepest snow cover 70.

Records on 5 November 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	453
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	149
Heaviest daily rainfall	644
Heaviest daily snowfall	175
Deepest snow cover	70

Records on 5 November 1973 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 90, daily 1,526.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,410 broken records

Margins by which the 1,410 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 November 1973

Top 20 records on 5 November 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 November 1973	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	monthly rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	92 years	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 November 1973	Bombala (Therry Street), AU	monthly rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	66 years	78 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1973	Milton Post Office, AU	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	93 years	77 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1973	Bega (Newtown Road), AU	monthly rain	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	55 years	75 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1973	Bodalla Post Office, AU	monthly rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	92 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1973	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	79 years	71 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1973	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	monthly rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1973	Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen, AU	monthly rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1973	Delegate Post Office, AU	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1973	Dalgety (Hamilton St), AU	monthly rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1973	Bukalong Station, AU	monthly rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1973	Port Hope, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	90 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1973	Tathra Post Office, AU	monthly rain	213.6 mm (8.4 in)	143.7 mm (5.7 in)	23 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1973	Bungarby (Merambego), AU	all-time rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1973	Bonang, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1973	McCall, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1973	Lachin, AZ	monthly rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1973	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1973	Reedy Flat, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1973	Madras, US	all-time snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)

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

1801 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1973. 1973 had 1,622 records.

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

Records on 11-05 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1806	1
1834	1
1835	2
1842	1
1845	1
1848	2
1851	1
1857	1
1858	4
1862	3
1863	1
1867	1
1868	2
1872	1
1873	2
1877	2
1878	3
1880	2
1881	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1889	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	6
1897	1
1898	2
1899	11
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	8
1904	6
1905	9
1906	16
1907	5
1908	17
1909	9
1910	62
1911	21
1912	55
1913	22
1914	29
1915	18
1916	69
1917	36
1918	32
1919	82
1920	72
1921	221
1922	88
1923	230
1924	301
1925	138
1926	122
1927	248
1928	128
1929	86
1930	162
1931	298
1932	316
1933	706
1934	479
1935	1,196
1936	453
1937	186
1938	720
1939	485
1940	239
1941	604
1942	446
1943	224
1944	357
1945	503
1946	615
1947	408
1948	1,330
1949	572
1950	610
1951	1,815
1952	404
1953	599
1954	611
1955	416
1956	820
1957	452
1958	171
1959	1,516
1960	254
1961	660
1962	343
1963	278
1964	317
1965	424
1966	580
1967	755
1968	298
1969	745
1970	639
1971	384
1972	480
1973	1,622
1974	423
1975	1,499
1976	835
1977	902
1978	799
1979	504
1980	1,033
1981	538
1982	991
1983	980
1984	528
1985	1,249
1986	693
1987	895
1988	1,275
1989	596
1990	1,286
1991	3,388
1992	1,316
1993	770
1994	1,864
1995	1,399
1996	1,380
1997	676
1998	792
1999	872
2000	1,108
2001	758
2002	1,303
2003	2,232
2004	909
2005	1,114
2006	1,258
2007	566
2008	1,326
2009	606
2010	1,454
2011	984
2012	812
2013	594
2014	510
2015	1,659
2016	755
2017	972
2018	426
2019	420
2020	1,419
2021	439
2022	1,029
2023	758
2024	1,118
2025	862

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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	1,244
50 to 100	98
100 to 150	42
150 to 200	11
200 to 250	9
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	2
350 to 400	3