Cedar Rapids Weather in 1973

Historical record of Cedar Rapids, Iowa weather for the year 1973 based on NOAA data.

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1973 Cedar Rapids Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	July 12
Lowest temperature	-13 °F	February 17
Highest daily low	76 °F	July 13
Lowest daily high	4 °F	December 31
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	September 2
Most daily snow	10.0 inches	April 9
Total annual precipitation	40.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	30.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Cedar Rapids in 1973?

The highest temperature recorded in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1973 was 96 °F which happened on July 12.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Cedar Rapids in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Jul 12
2	94 °F	Aug 27
2	94 °F	Jul 8
4	93 °F	Aug 26
4	93 °F	Jul 13
6	92 °F	Aug 29
6	92 °F	Aug 28
6	92 °F	Jun 9
9	91 °F	Sep 1
9	91 °F	Aug 12
9	91 °F	Jul 9
9	91 °F	Jul 7
9	91 °F	Jul 3

What was the coldest temperature in Cedar Rapids in 1973?

The lowest temperature recorded in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1973 was -13 °F which happened on Feb 17.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Cedar Rapids in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-13 °F	February 17
2	-11 °F	January 9
3	-8 °F	December 31
3	-8 °F	January 6
5	-7 °F	December 21
6	-6 °F	December 20
7	-5 °F	February 16
7	-5 °F	January 10
9	-4 °F	January 5
10	-3 °F	December 30

January 1973 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	24	12	0.00	0.0
January 2	37	10	0.00	0.0
January 3	32	25	0.71	1.0
January 4	32	2	0.00	0.0
January 5	8	-4	0.00	0.0
January 6	6	-8	0.00	0.0
January 7	16	0	0.00	0.0
January 8	13	3	0.00	0.0
January 9	5	-11	0.00	0.0
January 10	14	-5	0.00	0.0
January 11	14	1	0.00	0.0
January 12	22	4	0.00	0.0
January 13	30	15	0.00	0.0
January 14	40	21	0.00	0.0
January 15	37	33	0.00	0.0
January 16	51	32	0.00	0.0
January 17	50	45	0.00	0.0
January 18	53	37	0.55	0.0
January 19	38	25	0.00	0.0
January 20	30	21	0.00	0.0
January 21	32	26	0.19	0.0
January 22	36	31	0.00	1.0
January 23	31	12	0.00	0.0
January 24	43	18	0.00	0.0
January 25	52	28	0.00	0.0
January 26	52	28	0.00	0.0
January 27	40	33	0.02	0.0
January 28	33	18	0.00	0.0
January 29	27	7	0.00	0.0
January 30	34	13	0.00	0.0
January 31	40	25	0.00	0.0

February 1973 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	44	36	0.30	0.0
February 2	42	30	0.00	0.0
February 3	47	23	0.00	0.0
February 4	50	31	0.00	0.0
February 5	39	31	0.00	0.0
February 6	36	29	0.00	0.0
February 7	29	12	0.12	1.0
February 8	18	2	0.00	0.0
February 9	31	-1	0.00	0.0
February 10	30	6	0.00	0.0
February 11	32	14	0.00	0.0
February 12	36	18	0.00	0.0
February 13	34	31	0.00	0.0
February 14	34	29	0.10	2.0
February 15	30	9	0.00	0.0
February 16	15	-5	0.00	0.0
February 17	19	-13	0.00	0.0
February 18	34	12	0.00	0.0
February 19	35	32	0.02	0.0
February 20	37	17	0.00	0.0
February 21	37	18	0.00	0.0
February 22	42	17	0.00	0.0
February 23	45	28	0.00	0.0
February 24	46	28	0.00	0.0
February 25	37	28	0.00	0.0
February 26	41	25	0.00	0.0
February 27	35	27	0.00	0.0
February 28	50	29	0.00	0.0

March 1973 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	46	40	0.11
March 2	51	38	0.02
March 3	51	39	0.00
March 4	48	38	0.00
March 5	44	34	0.00
March 6	49	36	0.60
March 7	56	38	0.26
March 8	53	27	0.00
March 9	46	36	0.00
March 10	52	36	0.42
March 11	59	42	0.62
March 12	61	36	0.00
March 13	62	40	0.05
March 14	66	52	0.48
March 15	60	42	0.01
March 16	43	35	0.10
March 17	40	26	0.01
March 18	46	21	0.00
March 19	50	30	0.00
March 20	48	31	0.00
March 21	52	19	0.00
March 22	52	28	0.00
March 23	60	40	0.00
March 24	54	42	0.02
March 25	49	39	0.44
March 26	61	38	0.00
March 27	63	29	0.00
March 28	57	40	0.00
March 29	61	42	0.00
March 30	62	35	0.00
March 31	54	43	0.67

April 1973 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	45	40	0.43	0.0
April 2	42	37	0.01	0.0
April 3	47	37	0.00	0.0
April 4	42	33	0.10	0.0
April 5	60	26	0.00	0.0
April 6	69	47	0.00	0.0
April 7	65	38	0.00	0.0
April 8	39	30	0.38	4.0
April 9	32	27	0.93	10.0
April 10	34	22	0.27	3.0
April 11	45	19	0.00	0.0
April 12	45	32	0.00	0.0
April 13	51	21	0.00	0.0
April 14	61	39	0.00	0.0
April 15	64	53	0.23	0.0
April 16	58	35	1.09	0.0
April 17	62	36	0.00	0.0
April 18	68	41	0.00	0.0
April 19	71	57	0.00	0.0
April 20	67	58	1.84	0.0
April 21	69	59	0.31	0.0
April 22	65	44	0.00	0.0
April 23	66	43	0.00	0.0
April 24	66	41	0.00	0.0
April 25	61	44	0.01	0.0
April 26	62	46	0.00	0.0
April 27	58	36	0.00	0.0
April 28	62	31	0.00	0.0
April 29	68	50	0.05	0.0
April 30	64	50	0.36	0.0

May 1973 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	68	56	0.67
May 2	63	41	0.83
May 3	59	35	0.00
May 4	67	34	0.00
May 5	65	45	0.00
May 6	60	53	0.06
May 7	67	53	1.29
May 8	73	54	0.62
May 9	75	56	0.11
May 10	72	50	0.10
May 11	69	50	0.04
May 12	60	44	0.01
May 13	65	41	0.02
May 14	58	37	0.03
May 15	69	39	0.00
May 16	68	48	0.00
May 17	67	34	0.00
May 18	77	47	0.00
May 19	76	50	0.00
May 20	76	47	0.00
May 21	75	56	0.06
May 22	74	60	0.36
May 23	78	53	0.00
May 24	74	55	0.23
May 25	63	51	0.07
May 26	63	45	0.15
May 27	61	54	1.43
May 28	59	54	0.21
May 29	64	48	0.00
May 30	73	51	0.00
May 31	79	54	0.00

June 1973 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	82	61	0.00
June 2	79	62	0.38
June 3	78	63	0.71
June 4	80	62	0.76
June 5	75	58	0.34
June 6	80	55	0.00
June 7	84	61	0.11
June 8	89	72	0.00
June 9	92	60	0.00
June 10	89	69	0.00
June 11	90	71	0.00
June 12	88	65	0.13
June 13	86	56	0.00
June 14	88	58	0.00
June 15	89	71	0.01
June 16	90	74	0.05
June 17	84	64	0.44
June 18	83	60	0.70
June 19	78	62	0.00
June 20	75	58	0.03
June 21	77	58	0.00
June 22	81	54	0.00
June 23	88	64	0.00
June 24	87	56	0.00
June 25	86	64	0.00
June 26	87	64	0.11
June 27	80	59	0.20
June 28	79	58	0.00
June 29	76	52	0.00
June 30	83	53	0.00

July 1973 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	88	64	0.14
July 2	90	66	0.04
July 3	91	69	0.00
July 4	90	67	0.78
July 5	86	58	0.00
July 6	88	63	0.00
July 7	91	67	0.00
July 8	94	74	0.00
July 9	91	71	0.03
July 10	89	66	0.00
July 11	87	59	0.00
July 12	96	68	0.00
July 13	93	76	0.00
July 14	84	64	0.00
July 15	83	56	0.00
July 16	86	57	0.00
July 17	87	58	0.00
July 18	89	62	0.00
July 19	86	68	0.00
July 20	80	66	0.23
July 21	69	63	0.04
July 22	72	65	0.13
July 23	86	70	0.00
July 24	86	68	0.00
July 25	84	70	0.00
July 26	79	65	0.08
July 27	85	64	0.00
July 28	77	61	0.00
July 29	80	59	0.19
July 30	83	62	0.09
July 31	77	59	0.00

August 1973 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	78	54	0.00
August 2	81	52	0.00
August 3	86	56	0.00
August 4	85	62	0.00
August 5	89	65	0.00
August 6	85	66	0.00
August 7	90	68	0.03
August 8	90	71	0.01
August 9	90	69	0.00
August 10	89	59	0.00
August 11	90	64	0.00
August 12	91	62	0.00
August 13	86	60	0.97
August 14	79	60	0.00
August 15	83	57	0.00
August 16	86	61	0.00
August 17	89	63	0.00
August 18	90	66	0.00
August 19	90	73	0.00
August 20	87	64	0.00
August 21	80	53	0.16
August 22	80	58	0.14
August 23	75	62	0.78
August 24	75	62	0.01
August 25	89	67	0.00
August 26	93	70	0.00
August 27	94	72	0.00
August 28	92	71	0.00
August 29	92	72	0.00
August 30	88	68	0.00
August 31	90	67	0.01

September 1973 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	91	72	0.00
September 2	84	67	2.14
September 3	78	70	0.70
September 4	84	68	0.00
September 5	80	59	0.00
September 6	76	51	0.00
September 7	80	50	0.00
September 8	73	60	0.74
September 9	64	59	0.81
September 10	74	61	0.00
September 11	73	53	0.00
September 12	75	45	0.00
September 13	67	56	0.14
September 14	76	52	0.00
September 15	72	47	0.09
September 16	59	47	0.21
September 17	55	48	0.77
September 18	67	39	0.00
September 19	69	46	0.00
September 20	69	48	0.13
September 21	71	49	0.01
September 22	77	55	1.32
September 23	74	48	0.00
September 24	80	52	0.40
September 25	79	61	0.87
September 26	79	64	0.01
September 27	75	64	0.04
September 28	68	61	0.39
September 29	76	62	0.31
September 30	65	56	0.03

October 1973 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	66	57	0.08
October 2	72	60	0.01
October 3	80	54	0.00
October 4	74	54	0.03
October 5	71	38	0.00
October 6	64	44	0.08
October 7	73	53	0.01
October 8	74	60	0.00
October 9	80	68	0.00
October 10	75	62	0.38
October 11	75	62	0.37
October 12	72	46	0.00
October 13	72	52	0.00
October 14	79	44	0.00
October 15	74	50	0.00
October 16	59	36	0.00
October 17	60	40	0.00
October 18	66	40	0.00
October 19	70	47	0.00
October 20	69	35	0.00
October 21	71	37	0.00
October 22	76	45	0.00
October 23	77	48	0.00
October 24	79	53	0.00
October 25	75	54	0.00
October 26	70	38	0.00
October 27	62	43	0.00
October 28	52	36	0.00
October 29	55	40	0.00
October 30	60	30	0.00
October 31	58	42	0.00

November 1973 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	49	36	0.16
November 2	50	36	0.06
November 3	43	30	0.00
November 4	42	31	0.00
November 5	37	18	0.00
November 6	39	20	0.00
November 7	45	34	0.00
November 8	44	25	0.02
November 9	33	18	0.00
November 10	40	12	0.00
November 11	55	31	0.00
November 12	62	30	0.00
November 13	67	50	0.00
November 14	56	34	0.11
November 15	47	36	0.05
November 16	47	33	0.00
November 17	57	30	0.00
November 18	53	38	0.00
November 19	52	28	0.00
November 20	53	43	1.04
November 21	59	37	0.10
November 22	53	29	0.00
November 23	54	25	0.00
November 24	48	40	0.71
November 25	43	34	0.01
November 26	45	33	0.07
November 27	46	37	0.07
November 28	41	27	0.03
November 29	51	21	0.00
November 30	47	31	0.00

December 1973 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	41	25	0.00	0.0
December 2	65	32	0.00	0.0
December 3	59	35	0.05	0.0
December 4	37	33	0.92	0.0
December 5	36	21	0.18	1.5
December 6	23	15	0.00	0.0
December 7	30	5	0.00	0.0
December 8	33	18	0.00	0.0
December 9	31	17	0.00	0.0
December 10	17	5	0.00	0.0
December 11	27	5	0.00	0.0
December 12	38	15	0.00	0.0
December 13	33	19	0.02	0.5
December 14	22	12	0.13	2.0
December 15	25	20	0.06	1.0
December 16	22	1	0.00	0.0
December 17	21	2	0.00	0.0
December 18	23	18	0.00	0.0
December 19	22	15	0.11	1.0
December 20	16	-6	0.00	0.0
December 21	19	-7	0.00	0.0
December 22	29	1	0.00	0.0
December 23	30	13	0.00	0.0
December 24	34	28	0.36	0.0
December 25	36	33	0.22	0.0
December 26	35	31	0.03	0.0
December 27	31	23	0.01	0.2
December 28	35	19	0.14	2.0
December 29	33	8	0.00	0.0
December 30	15	-3	0.00	0.0
December 31	4	-8	0.00	0.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
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