Austin Weather in 1973

Historical record of Austin, Texas weather for the year 1973 based on NOAA data.

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1973 Austin Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	99 °F	August 23
Lowest temperature	18 °F	January 12
Highest daily low	78 °F	September 25
Lowest daily high	28 °F	January 9
Most daily precipitation	4.7 inches	September 26
Most daily snow	0.6 inches	February 8
Total annual precipitation	40.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	1.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Austin in 1973?

The highest temperature recorded in Austin, Texas in 1973 was 99 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Austin in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	99 °F	Aug 23
1	99 °F	Aug 22
1	99 °F	Aug 21
4	98 °F	Sep 13
5	97 °F	Jul 26
6	96 °F	Sep 12
6	96 °F	Sep 2
6	96 °F	Aug 20
6	96 °F	Aug 9
6	96 °F	Jul 30
6	96 °F	Jul 25
6	96 °F	Jul 5

What was the coldest temperature in Austin in 1973?

The lowest temperature recorded in Austin, Texas in 1973 was 18 °F which happened on Jan 12.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Austin in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	18 °F	January 12
2	22 °F	December 21
3	23 °F	January 10
4	24 °F	February 10
4	24 °F	January 29
4	24 °F	January 13
4	24 °F	January 11
8	25 °F	January 9
9	26 °F	December 20
9	26 °F	January 8

January 1973 Austin Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	51	41	0.33	0.0
January 2	41	36	0.84	0.0
January 3	66	37	0.16	0.0
January 4	52	39	0.03	0.0
January 5	49	42	0.03	0.0
January 6	42	35	0.10	0.0
January 7	41	35	0.24	0.0
January 8	37	26	0.00	0.0
January 9	28	25	0.21	0.3
January 10	30	23	0.15	0.3
January 11	30	24	0.01	0.2
January 12	38	18	0.00	0.0
January 13	54	24	0.00	0.0
January 14	65	32	0.00	0.0
January 15	70	35	0.00	0.0
January 16	67	47	0.00	0.0
January 17	74	58	0.00	0.0
January 18	76	50	0.00	0.0
January 19	73	42	0.00	0.0
January 20	76	53	0.32	0.0
January 21	65	45	0.00	0.0
January 22	64	35	0.00	0.0
January 23	55	40	0.00	0.0
January 24	51	37	0.13	0.0
January 25	43	40	0.84	0.0
January 26	59	39	0.00	0.0
January 27	67	43	0.00	0.0
January 28	49	33	0.00	0.0
January 29	54	24	0.00	0.0
January 30	63	32	0.00	0.0
January 31	72	51	0.03	0.0

February 1973 Austin Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	66	42	0.00	0.0
February 2	65	38	0.00	0.0
February 3	68	39	0.00	0.0
February 4	76	47	0.00	0.0
February 5	74	53	0.00	0.0
February 6	67	58	0.00	0.0
February 7	71	47	0.09	0.0
February 8	47	28	0.50	0.6
February 9	39	28	0.02	0.3
February 10	46	24	0.00	0.0
February 11	56	29	0.00	0.0
February 12	65	49	0.00	0.0
February 13	75	46	0.00	0.0
February 14	56	42	0.00	0.0
February 15	56	36	0.00	0.0
February 16	49	35	0.00	0.0
February 17	43	34	0.56	0.0
February 18	47	36	0.00	0.0
February 19	61	42	0.00	0.0
February 20	53	45	0.00	0.0
February 21	50	43	0.52	0.0
February 22	49	44	0.36	0.0
February 23	52	42	0.00	0.0
February 24	62	36	0.00	0.0
February 25	72	43	0.00	0.0
February 26	68	50	0.00	0.0
February 27	64	47	0.00	0.0
February 28	67	47	0.00	0.0

March 1973 Austin Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	77	58	0.04
March 2	77	45	0.00
March 3	69	53	0.01
March 4	71	49	0.00
March 5	70	51	0.00
March 6	78	56	0.39
March 7	80	46	0.00
March 8	78	54	0.00
March 9	68	64	0.04
March 10	78	59	0.11
March 11	81	48	0.00
March 12	83	49	0.00
March 13	75	65	0.00
March 14	80	56	0.00
March 15	68	48	0.70
March 16	67	46	0.43
March 17	74	41	0.00
March 18	76	46	0.00
March 19	80	62	0.00
March 20	71	53	0.00
March 21	71	47	0.00
March 22	69	53	0.00
March 23	68	62	0.46
March 24	74	56	0.69
March 25	72	52	0.00
March 26	71	46	0.00
March 27	70	51	0.00
March 28	76	59	0.01
March 29	79	61	0.00
March 30	75	54	0.04
March 31	79	49	0.00

April 1973 Austin Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	74	48	0.00
April 2	78	49	0.14
April 3	67	49	0.00
April 4	65	45	0.00
April 5	65	41	0.00
April 6	55	48	0.66
April 7	66	45	0.00
April 8	57	41	0.02
April 9	60	35	0.00
April 10	61	35	0.00
April 11	66	41	0.00
April 12	73	56	0.00
April 13	76	61	0.00
April 14	69	63	0.17
April 15	70	62	0.65
April 16	69	59	0.00
April 17	72	56	1.19
April 18	79	51	0.00
April 19	86	68	0.01
April 20	83	72	0.00
April 21	75	71	0.07
April 22	74	69	0.04
April 23	76	70	0.00
April 24	79	70	0.00
April 25	81	60	0.14
April 26	74	55	0.00
April 27	69	48	0.00
April 28	76	48	0.00
April 29	76	58	0.00
April 30	75	67	0.00

May 1973 Austin Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	77	69	0.38
May 2	73	61	0.00
May 3	74	53	0.00
May 4	77	48	0.00
May 5	74	55	0.12
May 6	78	64	0.37
May 7	82	59	0.24
May 8	86	57	0.00
May 9	89	63	0.00
May 10	85	63	0.00
May 11	88	70	0.08
May 12	77	63	0.15
May 13	76	61	0.00
May 14	71	60	0.00
May 15	78	57	0.00
May 16	82	50	0.00
May 17	87	57	0.00
May 18	90	59	0.00
May 19	94	65	0.00
May 20	91	71	0.00
May 21	90	68	0.00
May 22	89	69	0.00
May 23	88	70	0.00
May 24	89	73	0.00
May 25	87	72	0.04
May 26	92	71	0.00
May 27	92	70	0.00
May 28	86	65	0.00
May 29	90	63	0.00
May 30	90	64	0.00
May 31	90	62	0.00

June 1973 Austin Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	86	73	0.08
June 2	91	73	0.00
June 3	89	67	0.33
June 4	91	67	0.00
June 5	92	68	0.30
June 6	86	66	0.00
June 7	86	62	0.00
June 8	86	63	0.00
June 9	82	68	0.13
June 10	88	68	0.00
June 11	76	66	1.32
June 12	75	67	0.96
June 13	84	70	0.00
June 14	90	70	0.00
June 15	91	75	0.00
June 16	91	76	0.00
June 17	92	77	0.00
June 18	92	77	0.00
June 19	92	76	0.00
June 20	78	69	0.42
June 21	83	68	0.05
June 22	88	69	0.00
June 23	86	71	0.00
June 24	84	70	0.19
June 25	72	68	0.92
June 26	84	68	0.00
June 27	90	70	0.00
June 28	91	72	0.00
June 29	91	73	0.00
June 30	92	77	0.00

July 1973 Austin Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	92	74	0.00
July 2	92	74	0.02
July 3	92	74	0.00
July 4	93	72	0.00
July 5	96	74	0.00
July 6	89	71	0.80
July 7	91	73	0.09
July 8	86	71	1.80
July 9	90	73	0.00
July 10	91	74	0.00
July 11	92	74	0.00
July 12	92	72	0.00
July 13	91	68	0.00
July 14	90	73	0.00
July 15	87	74	0.05
July 16	88	73	0.12
July 17	93	75	0.00
July 18	93	74	0.00
July 19	93	75	0.00
July 20	94	75	0.00
July 21	94	74	0.00
July 22	94	76	0.00
July 23	94	75	0.01
July 24	93	72	0.00
July 25	96	74	0.00
July 26	97	75	0.00
July 27	93	74	0.00
July 28	95	73	0.00
July 29	95	75	0.00
July 30	96	72	0.06
July 31	83	72	0.00

August 1973 Austin Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	92	74	0.00
August 2	93	72	0.00
August 3	92	67	0.00
August 4	90	73	0.00
August 5	90	68	0.00
August 6	94	72	0.00
August 7	90	74	0.00
August 8	94	74	0.00
August 9	96	76	0.00
August 10	95	74	0.00
August 11	94	73	0.00
August 12	90	74	0.00
August 13	92	73	0.00
August 14	93	71	0.01
August 15	92	66	0.00
August 16	93	71	0.00
August 17	91	73	0.00
August 18	88	72	0.00
August 19	90	74	0.00
August 20	96	73	0.00
August 21	99	74	0.00
August 22	99	74	0.00
August 23	99	70	0.00
August 24	94	71	0.00
August 25	93	69	0.00
August 26	93	72	0.00
August 27	92	72	0.00
August 28	92	71	0.00
August 29	91	72	0.03
August 30	92	72	0.02
August 31	93	72	0.00

September 1973 Austin Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	94	73	0.00
September 2	96	75	0.00
September 3	94	75	0.00
September 4	88	73	0.00
September 5	81	69	0.00
September 6	79	68	0.53
September 7	79	67	0.10
September 8	91	71	0.00
September 9	93	75	0.00
September 10	94	77	0.00
September 11	92	76	0.00
September 12	96	74	0.00
September 13	98	74	0.06
September 14	89	71	0.00
September 15	89	64	0.00
September 16	82	70	0.00
September 17	90	67	0.00
September 18	85	63	0.00
September 19	90	65	0.00
September 20	90	73	0.00
September 21	92	72	0.00
September 22	91	69	0.00
September 23	90	74	0.00
September 24	94	76	0.00
September 25	95	78	0.00
September 26	91	70	4.71
September 27	73	68	2.04
September 28	80	61	0.00
September 29	85	58	0.00
September 30	89	63	0.00

October 1973 Austin Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	87	69	0.00
October 2	90	73	0.00
October 3	91	73	0.00
October 4	82	69	1.74
October 5	77	66	0.39
October 6	83	70	0.03
October 7	88	72	0.00
October 8	88	68	0.00
October 9	89	71	0.00
October 10	89	77	0.10
October 11	78	66	4.64
October 12	82	67	0.14
October 13	73	64	1.13
October 14	71	67	0.41
October 15	68	66	1.22
October 16	76	65	0.05
October 17	74	57	0.00
October 18	76	49	0.00
October 19	80	51	0.00
October 20	80	52	0.00
October 21	79	51	0.00
October 22	81	54	0.00
October 23	81	53	0.00
October 24	81	54	0.00
October 25	81	62	0.00
October 26	83	66	0.24
October 27	78	61	0.75
October 28	75	53	0.00
October 29	73	50	0.00
October 30	72	59	0.27
October 31	73	52	0.00

November 1973 Austin Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	80	47	0.00
November 2	84	62	0.00
November 3	69	59	0.00
November 4	87	65	0.01
November 5	72	53	0.00
November 6	59	52	0.00
November 7	77	59	0.00
November 8	85	66	0.02
November 9	66	54	0.00
November 10	66	51	0.00
November 11	71	50	0.00
November 12	76	54	0.00
November 13	82	59	0.00
November 14	82	65	0.00
November 15	79	53	0.00
November 16	73	52	0.00
November 17	80	53	0.00
November 18	80	64	0.00
November 19	82	67	0.00
November 20	76	46	0.33
November 21	75	44	0.00
November 22	82	59	0.00
November 23	83	72	0.15
November 24	83	54	0.02
November 25	66	49	0.00
November 26	76	58	0.05
November 27	72	51	0.00
November 28	64	40	0.00
November 29	70	36	0.00
November 30	72	40	0.00

December 1973 Austin Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	73	46	0.00
December 2	75	48	0.00
December 3	74	59	0.06
December 4	67	42	0.00
December 5	57	35	0.00
December 6	59	36	0.00
December 7	58	40	0.00
December 8	62	35	0.00
December 9	66	42	0.00
December 10	55	36	0.00
December 11	70	35	0.00
December 12	86	48	0.00
December 13	71	48	0.00
December 14	76	41	0.00
December 15	57	41	0.00
December 16	59	36	0.00
December 17	66	33	0.00
December 18	75	46	0.00
December 19	65	30	0.65
December 20	44	26	0.00
December 21	57	22	0.00
December 22	67	31	0.00
December 23	72	48	0.05
December 24	70	46	0.00
December 25	53	43	0.00
December 26	65	37	0.00
December 27	61	33	0.00
December 28	74	44	0.00
December 29	66	46	0.00
December 30	79	39	0.00
December 31	48	30	0.00

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