Milwaukee Weather in 1973

Historical record of Milwaukee, Wisconsin weather for the year 1973 based on NOAA data.

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1973 Milwaukee Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	99 °F	August 27
Lowest temperature	-4 °F	January 6
Highest daily low	73 °F	August 29
Lowest daily high	5 °F	January 5
Most daily precipitation	2.8 inches	April 21
Most daily snow	11.6 inches	April 9
Total annual precipitation	33.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	47.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Milwaukee in 1973?

The highest temperature recorded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1973 was 99 °F which happened on August 27.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Milwaukee in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	99 °F	Aug 27
2	96 °F	Aug 29
2	96 °F	Aug 28
4	95 °F	Aug 26
5	94 °F	Sep 1
6	93 °F	Aug 31
7	92 °F	Jul 7
8	91 °F	Sep 2
8	91 °F	Aug 8
8	91 °F	Jul 13
8	91 °F	Jul 12

What was the coldest temperature in Milwaukee in 1973?

The lowest temperature recorded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1973 was -4 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Milwaukee in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-4 °F	January 6
1	-4 °F	January 5
3	-2 °F	January 10
3	-2 °F	January 9
5	-1 °F	December 31
6	0 °F	December 21
7	1 °F	February 17
7	1 °F	February 9
9	3 °F	December 30
9	3 °F	January 8
9	3 °F	January 4

January 1973 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	22	14	0.00	0.0
January 2	28	11	0.00	0.0
January 3	34	20	0.53	0.0
January 4	33	3	0.00	0.0
January 5	5	-4	0.00	0.0
January 6	10	-4	0.00	0.0
January 7	16	5	0.00	0.0
January 8	14	3	0.00	0.0
January 9	11	-2	0.00	0.0
January 10	17	-2	0.00	0.0
January 11	16	5	0.00	0.0
January 12	27	7	0.00	0.0
January 13	34	21	0.00	0.0
January 14	31	26	0.00	0.0
January 15	34	30	0.00	0.0
January 16	46	31	0.00	0.0
January 17	49	40	0.00	0.0
January 18	50	43	0.05	0.0
January 19	44	22	0.06	0.0
January 20	30	21	0.00	0.0
January 21	34	27	0.30	0.0
January 22	42	33	0.12	0.0
January 23	33	24	0.00	0.0
January 24	36	21	0.00	0.0
January 25	52	28	0.00	0.0
January 26	52	30	0.00	0.0
January 27	41	33	0.02	0.0
January 28	34	16	0.04	0.2
January 29	25	13	0.00	0.0
January 30	31	19	0.00	0.0
January 31	35	29	0.00	0.0

February 1973 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	39	35	0.32	0.0
February 2	39	30	0.20	0.0
February 3	41	28	0.00	0.0
February 4	42	28	0.00	0.0
February 5	34	31	0.00	0.0
February 6	39	31	0.00	0.0
February 7	32	10	0.16	1.5
February 8	13	6	0.00	0.0
February 9	21	1	0.00	0.0
February 10	24	12	0.00	0.0
February 11	26	17	0.00	0.0
February 12	31	16	0.00	0.0
February 13	36	28	0.05	0.0
February 14	33	22	0.40	3.0
February 15	22	7	0.11	1.2
February 16	14	4	0.00	0.0
February 17	19	1	0.00	0.0
February 18	31	18	0.00	0.1
February 19	35	30	0.06	0.2
February 20	33	27	0.01	0.0
February 21	29	17	0.08	1.4
February 22	33	17	0.00	0.0
February 23	34	23	0.00	0.0
February 24	29	26	0.01	0.3
February 25	28	26	0.11	2.2
February 26	29	26	0.00	0.0
February 27	33	25	0.00	0.0
February 28	41	22	0.00	0.0

March 1973 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	43	38	0.04	0.0
March 2	44	35	0.05	0.0
March 3	51	39	0.03	0.0
March 4	41	34	0.00	0.0
March 5	37	35	0.49	0.0
March 6	53	36	0.05	0.0
March 7	56	39	0.15	0.0
March 8	47	32	0.00	0.0
March 9	38	32	0.04	0.0
March 10	49	36	0.12	0.0
March 11	66	46	0.05	0.0
March 12	47	33	0.00	0.0
March 13	52	30	0.27	0.0
March 14	68	43	0.63	0.0
March 15	55	43	0.00	0.0
March 16	44	31	0.13	0.8
March 17	38	28	0.14	1.0
March 18	42	27	0.00	0.0
March 19	37	27	0.00	0.0
March 20	39	31	0.00	0.0
March 21	40	26	0.00	0.0
March 22	40	27	0.00	0.0
March 23	44	29	0.00	0.0
March 24	46	37	0.00	0.0
March 25	43	38	0.00	0.0
March 26	46	33	0.00	0.0
March 27	45	30	0.00	0.0
March 28	43	29	0.03	0.0
March 29	43	36	0.04	0.0
March 30	46	36	0.00	0.0
March 31	41	34	0.60	0.0

April 1973 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	46	39	0.10	0.0
April 2	42	37	0.01	0.0
April 3	40	36	0.09	0.0
April 4	38	34	0.22	0.1
April 5	55	28	0.00	0.0
April 6	50	39	0.00	0.0
April 7	45	35	0.00	0.0
April 8	38	33	0.11	0.3
April 9	36	31	1.77	11.6
April 10	36	27	0.24	2.2
April 11	40	17	0.12	1.1
April 12	38	27	0.06	0.5
April 13	40	23	0.00	0.0
April 14	53	28	0.00	0.0
April 15	69	36	0.00	0.0
April 16	60	37	0.30	0.0
April 17	58	35	0.00	0.0
April 18	58	35	0.13	0.0
April 19	58	47	0.08	0.0
April 20	66	49	0.27	0.0
April 21	68	57	2.78	0.0
April 22	63	45	0.04	0.0
April 23	61	38	0.00	0.0
April 24	46	34	0.00	0.0
April 25	48	36	0.00	0.0
April 26	49	40	0.00	0.0
April 27	49	38	0.00	0.0
April 28	53	34	0.00	0.0
April 29	42	36	0.34	0.0
April 30	45	38	0.65	0.0

May 1973 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	72	44	0.50
May 2	61	39	0.00
May 3	47	36	0.00
May 4	56	35	0.00
May 5	55	30	0.00
May 6	56	43	0.04
May 7	49	46	0.41
May 8	59	46	0.02
May 9	70	42	0.00
May 10	68	49	0.03
May 11	67	47	0.00
May 12	53	41	0.02
May 13	49	39	0.00
May 14	51	38	0.06
May 15	62	39	0.00
May 16	54	34	0.00
May 17	50	34	0.00
May 18	58	34	0.09
May 19	52	43	0.00
May 20	63	42	0.00
May 21	68	44	0.13
May 22	52	45	0.32
May 23	60	45	0.06
May 24	67	43	0.00
May 25	66	54	0.39
May 26	62	49	0.00
May 27	54	50	1.30
May 28	65	47	0.00
May 29	52	47	0.00
May 30	62	47	0.00
May 31	79	50	0.02

June 1973 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	83	51	0.00
June 2	77	53	0.02
June 3	80	61	0.23
June 4	75	64	0.22
June 5	75	63	0.07
June 6	77	58	0.00
June 7	80	60	0.00
June 8	87	65	0.00
June 9	82	61	0.00
June 10	88	61	0.00
June 11	88	66	0.01
June 12	75	56	0.03
June 13	76	50	0.00
June 14	81	54	0.00
June 15	79	60	0.26
June 16	83	65	0.98
June 17	76	59	0.02
June 18	83	59	0.00
June 19	80	66	0.00
June 20	79	60	0.04
June 21	78	60	0.00
June 22	76	59	0.00
June 23	78	57	0.08
June 24	70	56	0.00
June 25	78	49	0.00
June 26	86	65	0.00
June 27	82	66	0.00
June 28	69	62	0.00
June 29	72	55	0.00
June 30	79	59	0.00

July 1973 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	80	60	0.00
July 2	86	67	0.48
July 3	79	64	0.24
July 4	84	63	0.00
July 5	77	60	0.00
July 6	89	61	0.00
July 7	92	68	0.00
July 8	90	70	0.00
July 9	80	67	0.07
July 10	82	62	0.00
July 11	70	56	0.00
July 12	91	56	0.00
July 13	91	71	0.02
July 14	75	63	0.00
July 15	68	52	0.00
July 16	73	51	0.00
July 17	80	53	0.00
July 18	84	58	0.00
July 19	90	67	0.25
July 20	68	61	0.02
July 21	70	61	0.01
July 22	75	66	0.00
July 23	74	67	0.00
July 24	79	68	0.07
July 25	87	67	0.00
July 26	83	66	0.25
July 27	84	65	0.00
July 28	73	58	0.00
July 29	82	55	0.00
July 30	85	66	0.14
July 31	72	62	0.00

August 1973 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	67	60	0.00
August 2	74	57	0.00
August 3	77	54	0.00
August 4	81	56	0.00
August 5	89	65	0.00
August 6	86	67	0.00
August 7	90	70	0.00
August 8	91	69	0.12
August 9	85	69	0.31
August 10	83	62	0.00
August 11	80	58	0.00
August 12	77	56	0.00
August 13	80	57	0.00
August 14	72	63	0.00
August 15	76	61	0.00
August 16	80	60	0.00
August 17	80	62	0.10
August 18	84	64	0.02
August 19	79	67	0.03
August 20	78	61	0.00
August 21	70	58	0.00
August 22	71	62	0.07
August 23	64	59	0.30
August 24	69	63	0.00
August 25	79	64	0.00
August 26	95	68	0.00
August 27	99	73	0.00
August 28	96	73	0.00
August 29	96	73	0.00
August 30	83	72	0.00
August 31	93	69	0.00

September 1973 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	94	70	0.00
September 2	91	71	0.00
September 3	90	68	0.02
September 4	77	67	0.84
September 5	81	61	0.00
September 6	75	60	0.00
September 7	76	57	0.00
September 8	71	57	0.00
September 9	71	54	0.03
September 10	76	52	0.00
September 11	72	58	0.00
September 12	72	48	0.00
September 13	72	56	0.00
September 14	74	59	0.00
September 15	60	48	0.00
September 16	61	48	0.00
September 17	60	46	0.98
September 18	65	43	0.00
September 19	66	45	0.00
September 20	57	43	0.00
September 21	70	52	0.32
September 22	72	59	0.02
September 23	61	51	0.00
September 24	66	51	0.19
September 25	79	62	0.21
September 26	82	65	0.00
September 27	72	59	0.00
September 28	62	60	1.56
September 29	62	58	0.30
September 30	62	57	0.03

October 1973 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	62	55	0.46
October 2	66	54	0.00
October 3	66	52	0.00
October 4	63	50	0.29
October 5	66	44	0.00
October 6	63	42	0.01
October 7	64	54	0.02
October 8	72	54	0.00
October 9	73	58	0.00
October 10	75	59	0.05
October 11	74	62	0.00
October 12	70	58	0.18
October 13	70	48	0.15
October 14	72	45	0.00
October 15	62	49	0.00
October 16	53	41	0.00
October 17	52	36	0.00
October 18	52	37	0.00
October 19	69	37	0.00
October 20	55	38	0.00
October 21	63	36	0.00
October 22	66	37	0.00
October 23	73	45	0.00
October 24	73	47	0.00
October 25	63	54	0.00
October 26	59	39	0.00
October 27	53	45	0.65
October 28	48	42	0.50
October 29	48	42	0.29
October 30	55	40	0.00
October 31	46	36	0.37

November 1973 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	48	37	0.04
November 2	49	37	0.00
November 3	44	33	0.00
November 4	40	29	0.00
November 5	32	23	0.00
November 6	37	19	0.00
November 7	42	31	0.00
November 8	42	23	0.00
November 9	31	21	0.00
November 10	37	21	0.00
November 11	39	32	0.00
November 12	56	34	0.00
November 13	56	38	0.00
November 14	60	39	0.44
November 15	46	33	0.36
November 16	39	23	0.00
November 17	49	22	0.00
November 18	54	40	0.00
November 19	45	37	0.00
November 20	49	43	0.09
November 21	55	39	0.04
November 22	49	31	0.00
November 23	49	27	0.00
November 24	50	40	0.53
November 25	42	40	0.00
November 26	45	32	0.01
November 27	48	42	0.26
November 28	43	29	0.06
November 29	43	25	0.00
November 30	44	29	0.00

December 1973 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	40	29	0.00	0.0
December 2	56	37	0.00	0.0
December 3	52	37	0.00	0.0
December 4	47	38	1.68	0.0
December 5	39	27	0.21	0.6
December 6	31	25	0.10	1.8
December 7	32	16	0.00	0.0
December 8	31	20	0.00	0.0
December 9	32	22	0.05	0.7
December 10	22	11	0.01	0.1
December 11	25	6	0.00	0.0
December 12	35	16	0.00	0.0
December 13	35	21	0.44	5.0
December 14	25	17	0.04	1.0
December 15	26	22	0.08	2.0
December 16	24	14	0.10	2.1
December 17	23	11	0.01	0.5
December 18	27	19	0.05	1.7
December 19	27	24	0.11	1.7
December 20	27	13	0.01	0.1
December 21	23	0	0.00	0.0
December 22	22	4	0.00	0.0
December 23	34	19	0.00	0.0
December 24	37	31	0.30	0.1
December 25	38	35	0.31	0.0
December 26	37	33	0.16	0.7
December 27	33	27	0.06	0.4
December 28	35	24	0.08	1.1
December 29	34	10	0.00	0.0
December 30	10	3	0.00	0.0
December 31	11	-1	0.00	0.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1939–2024	Milwaukee Mitchell Airport	location
1871–1938	Milwaukee WB	location