Weather Records on 15 December 1973

615 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 December 1973. Highest significance: Moutajup, AU.

Key Facts for 15 December 1973

On 15 December 1973, 615 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
91 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 609 daily.
Moutajup set a monthly record daily precipitation of 76.7 mm (3.0 in) on 15 December 1973.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

615 stations

615 station records on 15 December 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 December 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moutajup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Yatchaw (Amaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cadell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Menindee (Weinteriga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nevertire (Beverley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Irymple (Arlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yunta (Paratoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Ketchowla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Huauchinango	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cordillo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Reach	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Walpeup Research	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cohuna (Goulburn Murray)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Glen Lyon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Kayrunnera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Val (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Mulurulu Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carlindie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tunnel Camp	Canada	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caniambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tatlayoko Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cartwright	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walpeup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cornelia Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wellpinit	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (Kalyra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record snow depth	91.0 cm (35.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
West Bend	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Macedon (Burncranna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Garibaldi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palestina (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Galena	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

615 records

Records set or tied on 15 December 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 316, Heaviest daily snowfall 134, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 15 December 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	316
Heaviest daily snowfall	134
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 15 December 1973 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 609.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

524 broken records

Margins by which the 524 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 147.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 December 1973

Top 20 records on 15 December 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 December 1973	Moutajup, AU	monthly rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	74 of 100 (Major)
15 December 1973	Penshurst (Post Office), AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	66 of 100 (Major)
15 December 1973	Yatchaw (Amaroo), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 December 1973	Echuca Aerodrome, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 December 1973	Alert Bay, CA	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1973	Cadell, AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1973	Menindee (Weinteriga), AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1973	Nevertire (Beverley), AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1973	Irymple (Arlington), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1973	Yunta (Paratoo), AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1973	Hallett (Ketchowla), AU	monthly rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1973	Huauchinango, MX	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1973	Cordillo Downs, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1973	Swan Reach, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1973	Woolgangi, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1973	Walpeup Research, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1973	Cohuna (Goulburn Murray), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1973	Bowdle, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1973	Brunette Downs, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1973	Broken Hill (Glen Lyon), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	45 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

1793 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1973. 1973 had 615 records.

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

Records on 12-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1810	1
1814	3
1815	1
1825	1
1831	1
1840	2
1844	2
1846	3
1847	1
1854	3
1859	2
1863	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	1
1885	1
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	5
1897	2
1899	12
1900	5
1901	21
1902	3
1903	7
1904	9
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	5
1909	5
1910	4
1911	23
1912	42
1913	13
1914	239
1915	180
1916	40
1917	40
1918	54
1919	28
1920	35
1921	26
1922	65
1923	132
1924	358
1925	187
1926	226
1927	235
1928	388
1929	500
1930	160
1931	284
1932	385
1933	796
1934	199
1935	140
1936	286
1937	310
1938	100
1939	637
1940	464
1941	373
1942	385
1943	486
1944	281
1945	420
1946	521
1947	634
1948	1,239
1949	135
1950	292
1951	962
1952	367
1953	270
1954	413
1955	371
1956	531
1957	304
1958	531
1959	560
1960	313
1961	883
1962	979
1963	670
1964	371
1965	759
1966	275
1967	948
1968	510
1969	352
1970	215
1971	1,739
1972	1,159
1973	615
1974	511
1975	1,230
1976	349
1977	963
1978	499
1979	560
1980	1,085
1981	1,243
1982	831
1983	1,229
1984	1,397
1985	1,077
1986	502
1987	1,740
1988	519
1989	2,753
1990	846
1991	636
1992	1,263
1993	734
1994	676
1995	848
1996	727
1997	1,521
1998	1,216
1999	621
2000	1,154
2001	1,026
2002	831
2003	846
2004	795
2005	953
2006	1,491
2007	973
2008	1,789
2009	930
2010	1,705
2011	780
2012	1,058
2013	701
2014	1,045
2015	1,398
2016	1,024
2017	332
2018	539
2019	547
2020	400
2021	1,182
2022	1,057
2023	794
2024	369
2025	2,115

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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 20	406
20 to 40	75
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	16
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	4
140 to 160	2