Raleigh Weather in 1973

Historical record of Raleigh, North Carolina weather for the year 1973 based on NOAA data.

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1973 Raleigh Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	June 17
Lowest temperature	6 °F	February 12
Highest daily low	72 °F	August 13
Lowest daily high	24 °F	January 8
Most daily precipitation	3.2 inches	February 2
Most daily snow	5.7 inches	January 8
Total annual precipitation	46.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	14.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Raleigh in 1973?

The highest temperature recorded in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1973 was 95 °F which happened on June 17.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Raleigh in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Jun 17
2	94 °F	Aug 29
3	92 °F	Sep 2
3	92 °F	Aug 30
5	91 °F	Sep 29
5	91 °F	Sep 1
5	91 °F	Aug 31
5	91 °F	Aug 28
5	91 °F	Jul 22
5	91 °F	Jul 9
5	91 °F	Jul 4

What was the coldest temperature in Raleigh in 1973?

The lowest temperature recorded in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1973 was 6 °F which happened on Feb 12.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Raleigh in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	6 °F	February 12
2	10 °F	December 18
3	12 °F	February 18
3	12 °F	February 13
3	12 °F	January 9
6	13 °F	January 14
6	13 °F	January 10
8	14 °F	February 17
9	15 °F	January 30
10	16 °F	December 19
10	16 °F	January 11

January 1973 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	68	52	0.00	0.0
January 2	53	37	0.00	0.0
January 3	40	31	0.32	0.0
January 4	53	36	0.00	0.0
January 5	49	33	0.02	0.0
January 6	47	32	0.07	0.0
January 7	32	23	0.08	0.7
January 8	24	18	0.77	5.7
January 9	32	12	0.00	0.0
January 10	33	13	0.00	0.0
January 11	40	16	0.00	0.0
January 12	32	19	0.00	0.0
January 13	38	18	0.00	0.0
January 14	45	13	0.00	0.0
January 15	52	36	0.00	0.0
January 16	52	26	0.00	0.0
January 17	62	30	0.00	0.0
January 18	66	36	0.00	0.0
January 19	60	44	0.16	0.0
January 20	60	29	0.00	0.0
January 21	50	27	0.00	0.0
January 22	71	42	0.25	0.0
January 23	67	43	0.00	0.0
January 24	52	29	0.00	0.0
January 25	61	24	0.00	0.0
January 26	58	32	0.10	0.0
January 27	58	41	0.17	0.0
January 28	52	31	0.73	0.0
January 29	46	25	0.00	0.0
January 30	40	15	0.00	0.0
January 31	55	24	0.00	0.0

February 1973 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	61	36	0.00	0.0
February 2	67	52	3.22	0.0
February 3	54	34	0.00	0.0
February 4	59	28	0.00	0.0
February 5	64	33	0.00	0.0
February 6	57	34	0.20	0.0
February 7	58	36	0.00	0.0
February 8	57	37	0.18	0.0
February 9	40	29	0.00	0.0
February 10	30	22	0.45	4.5
February 11	35	21	0.00	0.0
February 12	40	6	0.00	0.0
February 13	47	12	0.00	0.0
February 14	53	33	0.19	0.0
February 15	56	39	0.00	0.0
February 16	41	23	0.00	0.0
February 17	33	14	0.00	0.0
February 18	40	12	0.00	0.0
February 19	55	20	0.00	0.0
February 20	58	24	0.00	0.0
February 21	53	34	0.00	0.0
February 22	46	29	0.00	0.0
February 23	56	26	0.00	0.0
February 24	59	26	0.00	0.0
February 25	66	29	0.00	0.0
February 26	58	45	0.73	0.0
February 27	51	32	0.53	0.0
February 28	52	28	0.00	0.0

March 1973 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	60	27	0.00	0.0
March 2	70	30	0.05	0.0
March 3	62	52	0.96	0.0
March 4	74	53	0.00	0.0
March 5	69	55	0.16	0.0
March 6	58	49	0.01	0.0
March 7	54	46	0.01	0.0
March 8	61	51	0.13	0.0
March 9	63	54	0.00	0.0
March 10	60	51	0.00	0.0
March 11	64	45	0.46	0.0
March 12	82	58	0.00	0.0
March 13	75	43	0.00	0.0
March 14	86	51	0.00	0.0
March 15	87	60	0.05	0.0
March 16	81	60	0.02	0.0
March 17	69	42	0.25	0.0
March 18	60	37	0.00	0.0
March 19	61	34	0.00	0.0
March 20	62	32	0.03	0.0
March 21	45	33	0.54	0.4
March 22	47	31	0.00	0.0
March 23	58	27	0.00	0.0
March 24	66	29	0.00	0.0
March 25	66	40	0.05	0.0
March 26	74	52	0.10	0.0
March 27	58	43	0.05	0.0
March 28	65	37	0.00	0.0
March 29	60	38	0.06	0.0
March 30	63	50	0.23	0.0
March 31	65	59	0.90	0.0

April 1973 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	71	56	0.88
April 2	69	45	0.00
April 3	79	40	0.00
April 4	75	53	0.01
April 5	62	39	0.00
April 6	70	35	0.00
April 7	55	47	1.20
April 8	58	45	0.10
April 9	65	44	0.00
April 10	61	38	0.03
April 11	54	30	0.00
April 12	73	26	0.00
April 13	58	36	0.00
April 14	63	30	0.00
April 15	69	33	0.00
April 16	75	39	0.00
April 17	75	51	0.00
April 18	79	54	0.00
April 19	81	56	0.00
April 20	82	50	0.00
April 21	81	55	0.00
April 22	84	57	0.00
April 23	82	61	0.00
April 24	77	56	0.00
April 25	74	58	0.09
April 26	70	54	0.65
April 27	69	51	1.44
April 28	61	39	0.00
April 29	69	35	0.00
April 30	77	44	0.00

May 1973 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	81	56	0.00
May 2	79	55	0.00
May 3	81	54	0.50
May 4	70	43	0.00
May 5	68	35	0.00
May 6	70	34	0.00
May 7	78	50	0.00
May 8	74	58	0.45
May 9	81	56	0.00
May 10	82	50	0.00
May 11	87	58	0.00
May 12	78	55	0.00
May 13	75	52	0.00
May 14	74	50	0.00
May 15	71	48	0.00
May 16	71	38	0.00
May 17	72	45	0.43
May 18	67	35	0.00
May 19	75	45	0.00
May 20	72	58	0.51
May 21	75	47	0.00
May 22	80	48	0.00
May 23	86	63	0.10
May 24	79	58	1.09
May 25	73	57	0.00
May 26	67	54	0.00
May 27	79	61	0.00
May 28	88	68	0.85
May 29	84	66	0.06
May 30	82	64	0.00
May 31	83	58	0.00

June 1973 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	78	61	0.00
June 2	87	57	0.00
June 3	89	65	0.00
June 4	87	65	0.00
June 5	87	64	0.00
June 6	86	67	0.00
June 7	84	66	0.22
June 8	84	63	0.00
June 9	83	65	0.00
June 10	87	67	0.00
June 11	87	67	0.00
June 12	83	68	0.10
June 13	85	71	0.33
June 14	83	67	0.00
June 15	85	61	0.00
June 16	85	68	0.12
June 17	95	69	0.25
June 18	83	69	0.07
June 19	74	66	0.00
June 20	89	68	0.35
June 21	87	67	0.47
June 22	79	68	1.15
June 23	83	68	0.00
June 24	85	62	2.90
June 25	86	62	0.00
June 26	83	64	0.00
June 27	85	69	0.00
June 28	85	66	1.55
June 29	83	66	1.87
June 30	84	59	0.00

July 1973 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	88	68	0.06
July 2	85	66	0.00
July 3	89	67	0.00
July 4	91	67	0.15
July 5	88	69	0.00
July 6	85	68	0.00
July 7	88	65	0.00
July 8	88	67	0.00
July 9	91	70	0.23
July 10	90	67	0.00
July 11	85	67	0.25
July 12	82	63	0.00
July 13	86	59	0.00
July 14	89	65	0.00
July 15	84	70	0.31
July 16	84	67	0.00
July 17	78	60	1.15
July 18	87	60	0.00
July 19	85	62	0.00
July 20	85	63	0.00
July 21	88	67	0.00
July 22	91	70	0.16
July 23	85	70	0.00
July 24	83	67	0.00
July 25	86	63	0.00
July 26	83	66	0.00
July 27	87	71	0.35
July 28	84	69	0.17
July 29	89	69	0.00
July 30	89	67	0.00
July 31	88	68	0.29

August 1973 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	88	70	1.19
August 2	83	67	0.00
August 3	84	70	0.68
August 4	82	68	0.00
August 5	85	68	0.00
August 6	86	68	0.00
August 7	84	67	0.00
August 8	86	63	0.00
August 9	88	65	0.00
August 10	89	65	0.00
August 11	88	72	0.15
August 12	90	71	0.48
August 13	88	72	0.01
August 14	90	71	0.00
August 15	89	68	0.05
August 16	88	65	0.00
August 17	87	69	1.28
August 18	78	64	0.66
August 19	83	62	0.00
August 20	85	63	0.00
August 21	83	60	0.10
August 22	76	64	0.00
August 23	80	63	0.00
August 24	83	67	0.00
August 25	84	67	0.00
August 26	87	64	0.00
August 27	89	65	0.00
August 28	91	69	0.00
August 29	94	70	0.00
August 30	92	70	0.00
August 31	91	69	0.00

September 1973 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	91	69	0.00
September 2	92	67	0.00
September 3	90	71	0.00
September 4	87	66	0.00
September 5	86	67	0.00
September 6	88	67	0.00
September 7	90	69	0.02
September 8	86	67	0.00
September 9	80	70	0.00
September 10	75	58	0.00
September 11	82	52	0.00
September 12	84	57	0.00
September 13	84	64	0.00
September 14	82	68	0.98
September 15	81	61	0.00
September 16	82	64	0.00
September 17	82	60	0.04
September 18	83	59	0.08
September 19	71	55	0.00
September 20	79	55	0.00
September 21	81	55	0.00
September 22	81	56	0.00
September 23	87	59	0.00
September 24	88	63	0.00
September 25	82	63	0.00
September 26	82	61	0.00
September 27	86	61	0.00
September 28	90	58	0.00
September 29	91	69	0.01
September 30	74	62	0.00

October 1973 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	70	62	0.00
October 2	80	65	0.00
October 3	85	62	0.00
October 4	88	58	0.00
October 5	87	57	0.00
October 6	78	55	0.00
October 7	80	46	0.00
October 8	70	53	0.00
October 9	78	61	0.00
October 10	80	59	0.00
October 11	78	53	0.00
October 12	74	50	0.00
October 13	75	45	0.00
October 14	80	50	0.05
October 15	83	40	0.00
October 16	81	52	0.00
October 17	61	35	0.00
October 18	70	30	0.00
October 19	69	42	0.00
October 20	76	39	0.00
October 21	72	52	0.00
October 22	71	45	0.00
October 23	76	53	0.00
October 24	75	50	0.00
October 25	77	48	0.00
October 26	81	40	0.00
October 27	78	43	0.00
October 28	75	52	0.00
October 29	64	40	0.37
October 30	63	40	0.00
October 31	63	40	0.18

November 1973 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	70	47	0.00
November 2	77	44	0.00
November 3	78	49	0.00
November 4	68	50	0.00
November 5	62	40	0.05
November 6	57	31	0.00
November 7	54	30	0.00
November 8	69	46	0.00
November 9	61	37	0.02
November 10	47	28	0.00
November 11	49	23	0.00
November 12	61	27	0.00
November 13	71	38	0.00
November 14	80	42	0.00
November 15	78	50	0.00
November 16	69	44	0.04
November 17	56	30	0.00
November 18	66	28	0.00
November 19	72	44	0.00
November 20	67	46	0.00
November 21	74	49	0.39
November 22	70	43	0.00
November 23	74	37	0.00
November 24	82	48	0.00
November 25	79	56	0.00
November 26	75	55	0.00
November 27	83	55	0.00
November 28	75	54	0.11
November 29	55	32	0.00
November 30	66	28	0.00

December 1973 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	64	39	0.00	0.0
December 2	55	31	0.00	0.0
December 3	68	31	0.00	0.0
December 4	75	44	0.00	0.0
December 5	75	55	0.10	0.0
December 6	57	31	0.00	0.0
December 7	52	31	0.00	0.0
December 8	43	37	1.76	0.0
December 9	57	35	0.11	0.0
December 10	55	29	0.00	0.0
December 11	39	24	0.00	0.0
December 12	45	21	0.00	0.0
December 13	51	33	0.34	0.0
December 14	52	33	0.00	0.0
December 15	45	30	0.29	0.0
December 16	40	29	0.98	1.1
December 17	30	19	0.17	1.7
December 18	32	10	0.00	0.0
December 19	39	16	0.00	0.0
December 20	61	32	1.11	0.0
December 21	60	25	0.19	0.0
December 22	37	18	0.00	0.0
December 23	53	24	0.00	0.0
December 24	52	29	0.00	0.0
December 25	60	30	0.00	0.0
December 26	69	45	0.04	0.0
December 27	65	46	0.00	0.0
December 28	56	30	0.00	0.0
December 29	64	34	0.08	0.0
December 30	56	40	0.30	0.0
December 31	57	38	0.91	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1944–2024	Raleigh Durham International Airport	location
1940–1944	Raleigh Municipal Airport	location
1892–1939	Raleigh State University	location