Seattle Weather in 1973

Historical record of Seattle, Washington weather for the year 1973 based on NOAA data.

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1973 Seattle Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	90 °F	July 28
Lowest temperature	15 °F	January 6
Highest daily low	60 °F	September 10
Lowest daily high	28 °F	January 6
Most daily precipitation	1.5 inches	November 11
Most daily snow	1.7 inches	January 4
Total annual precipitation	35.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	4.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Seattle in 1973?

The highest temperature recorded in Seattle, Washington in 1973 was 90 °F which happened on July 28.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Seattle in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	90 °F	Jul 28
2	88 °F	Sep 5
3	87 °F	May 14
4	86 °F	Jul 27
4	86 °F	Jul 14
4	86 °F	Jun 21
7	85 °F	Aug 12
7	85 °F	Jul 18
7	85 °F	May 29
10	84 °F	Jun 22
10	84 °F	May 13

What was the coldest temperature in Seattle in 1973?

The lowest temperature recorded in Seattle, Washington in 1973 was 15 °F which happened on Jan 6.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Seattle in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	15 °F	January 6
2	18 °F	January 9
3	19 °F	January 7
4	20 °F	January 5
5	23 °F	January 8
6	24 °F	January 4
7	26 °F	January 26
8	28 °F	January 3
9	29 °F	February 5
10	30 °F	December 31
10	30 °F	February 4

January 1973 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	47	38	0.05	0.0
January 2	41	36	0.00	0.0
January 3	38	28	0.02	0.0
January 4	34	24	0.12	1.7
January 5	32	20	0.09	0.9
January 6	28	15	0.00	0.0
January 7	29	19	0.00	0.0
January 8	33	23	0.00	0.0
January 9	37	18	0.00	0.0
January 10	40	34	0.07	0.1
January 11	43	34	0.30	0.0
January 12	50	41	0.73	0.0
January 13	52	47	1.27	0.0
January 14	57	47	0.25	0.0
January 15	52	45	0.20	0.0
January 16	46	43	0.32	0.0
January 17	49	40	0.01	0.0
January 18	51	39	0.07	0.0
January 19	43	35	0.00	0.0
January 20	44	37	0.16	0.0
January 21	46	36	0.00	0.0
January 22	41	31	0.00	0.0
January 23	52	34	0.05	0.0
January 24	47	39	0.38	0.0
January 25	42	33	0.00	0.0
January 26	40	26	0.00	0.0
January 27	50	38	0.00	0.0
January 28	51	40	0.00	0.0
January 29	43	36	0.12	0.0
January 30	45	38	0.08	0.0
January 31	46	38	0.00	0.0

February 1973 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	46	33	0.00
February 2	49	37	0.11
February 3	42	31	0.15
February 4	43	30	0.00
February 5	43	29	0.00
February 6	47	34	0.00
February 7	52	38	0.00
February 8	50	36	0.00
February 9	45	35	0.03
February 10	41	35	0.02
February 11	48	40	0.00
February 12	49	39	0.00
February 13	53	33	0.00
February 14	46	40	0.12
February 15	50	40	0.00
February 16	57	42	0.11
February 17	51	40	0.00
February 18	49	39	0.00
February 19	47	36	0.00
February 20	52	31	0.00
February 21	67	35	0.00
February 22	58	33	0.00
February 23	59	39	0.00
February 24	56	41	0.00
February 25	55	45	0.48
February 26	51	46	0.54
February 27	56	44	0.04
February 28	54	40	0.29

March 1973 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	47	42	0.12	0.0
March 2	49	39	0.01	0.0
March 3	49	40	0.09	0.0
March 4	52	41	0.02	0.0
March 5	50	42	0.00	0.0
March 6	55	40	0.00	0.0
March 7	53	44	0.00	0.0
March 8	55	36	0.00	0.0
March 9	49	44	0.03	0.0
March 10	46	41	0.62	0.0
March 11	50	41	0.04	0.0
March 12	44	38	0.04	0.0
March 13	47	34	0.02	0.0
March 14	46	33	0.00	0.0
March 15	52	39	0.00	0.0
March 16	48	35	0.03	0.0
March 17	44	33	0.00	0.0
March 18	53	31	0.37	0.8
March 19	49	32	0.02	0.0
March 20	49	39	0.01	0.0
March 21	52	38	0.00	0.0
March 22	51	38	0.00	0.0
March 23	55	33	0.00	0.0
March 24	62	36	0.00	0.0
March 25	52	40	0.02	0.0
March 26	51	37	0.05	0.0
March 27	50	38	0.04	0.0
March 28	52	38	0.00	0.0
March 29	47	36	0.06	0.0
March 30	50	40	0.03	0.0
March 31	50	38	0.00	0.0

April 1973 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	52	38	0.05
April 2	53	34	0.00
April 3	61	37	0.00
April 4	63	41	0.00
April 5	53	40	0.00
April 6	54	37	0.03
April 7	61	36	0.00
April 8	62	37	0.00
April 9	64	45	0.00
April 10	63	41	0.00
April 11	63	44	0.00
April 12	65	42	0.00
April 13	61	42	0.00
April 14	55	40	0.00
April 15	55	41	0.07
April 16	51	42	0.54
April 17	52	40	0.03
April 18	46	38	0.38
April 19	52	38	0.00
April 20	55	38	0.00
April 21	61	38	0.00
April 22	55	44	0.10
April 23	53	42	0.14
April 24	55	42	0.00
April 25	63	39	0.00
April 26	62	46	0.00
April 27	52	40	0.01
April 28	54	38	0.00
April 29	59	37	0.00
April 30	64	40	0.00

May 1973 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	71	43	0.00
May 2	58	45	0.00
May 3	61	48	0.05
May 4	62	47	0.02
May 5	53	44	0.00
May 6	55	46	0.03
May 7	53	44	0.22
May 8	56	44	0.26
May 9	57	44	0.08
May 10	59	44	0.00
May 11	73	40	0.00
May 12	79	48	0.00
May 13	84	56	0.00
May 14	87	57	0.00
May 15	75	55	0.00
May 16	77	52	0.00
May 17	78	53	0.00
May 18	65	53	0.00
May 19	60	46	0.00
May 20	62	43	0.00
May 21	67	43	0.00
May 22	64	49	0.03
May 23	61	54	0.46
May 24	58	47	0.35
May 25	58	42	0.10
May 26	61	41	0.00
May 27	58	43	0.00
May 28	66	46	0.00
May 29	85	51	0.00
May 30	69	53	0.00
May 31	64	44	0.00

June 1973 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	62	45	0.00
June 2	62	44	0.00
June 3	66	51	0.00
June 4	73	49	0.00
June 5	81	53	0.00
June 6	60	55	0.25
June 7	62	54	0.09
June 8	64	52	0.00
June 9	63	50	0.00
June 10	65	49	0.00
June 11	75	49	0.12
June 12	65	52	0.19
June 13	65	51	0.01
June 14	63	48	0.00
June 15	63	49	0.00
June 16	54	47	0.38
June 17	59	46	0.20
June 18	64	46	0.00
June 19	71	55	0.15
June 20	80	55	0.00
June 21	86	59	0.00
June 22	84	57	0.00
June 23	62	55	0.03
June 24	65	55	0.67
June 25	64	56	0.36
June 26	72	58	0.03
June 27	73	57	0.00
June 28	63	54	0.00
June 29	59	50	0.00
June 30	63	48	0.02

July 1973 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	65	45	0.00
July 2	74	49	0.00
July 3	77	49	0.00
July 4	73	55	0.01
July 5	60	50	0.05
July 6	68	52	0.00
July 7	70	55	0.00
July 8	72	53	0.00
July 9	75	55	0.00
July 10	69	52	0.00
July 11	70	54	0.00
July 12	76	51	0.00
July 13	82	57	0.00
July 14	86	59	0.00
July 15	83	55	0.00
July 16	82	58	0.00
July 17	83	56	0.00
July 18	85	58	0.00
July 19	76	56	0.00
July 20	63	56	0.00
July 21	67	53	0.02
July 22	64	49	0.00
July 23	68	53	0.00
July 24	72	48	0.00
July 25	80	54	0.00
July 26	82	60	0.00
July 27	86	58	0.00
July 28	90	60	0.00
July 29	81	57	0.00
July 30	80	54	0.00
July 31	77	54	0.00

August 1973 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	77	52	0.00
August 2	80	56	0.00
August 3	81	52	0.00
August 4	66	54	0.00
August 5	61	55	0.07
August 6	71	56	0.00
August 7	76	54	0.00
August 8	81	53	0.00
August 9	77	56	0.00
August 10	65	54	0.01
August 11	72	51	0.00
August 12	85	58	0.00
August 13	75	56	0.05
August 14	67	54	0.00
August 15	62	52	0.00
August 16	62	53	0.14
August 17	67	49	0.00
August 18	69	50	0.00
August 19	76	49	0.00
August 20	71	49	0.00
August 21	72	46	0.00
August 22	70	49	0.00
August 23	64	49	0.00
August 24	71	50	0.00
August 25	75	48	0.00
August 26	67	51	0.00
August 27	67	54	0.00
August 28	70	56	0.00
August 29	72	56	0.00
August 30	60	53	0.00
August 31	64	49	0.00

September 1973 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	73	46	0.00
September 2	80	48	0.00
September 3	76	53	0.00
September 4	80	54	0.00
September 5	88	59	0.00
September 6	68	58	0.10
September 7	68	54	0.02
September 8	71	50	0.00
September 9	82	54	0.00
September 10	82	60	0.00
September 11	70	56	0.00
September 12	65	56	0.04
September 13	72	52	0.00
September 14	67	53	0.00
September 15	76	54	0.00
September 16	78	54	0.00
September 17	70	54	0.01
September 18	66	56	0.05
September 19	62	54	0.42
September 20	62	56	0.39
September 21	65	54	0.02
September 22	58	54	0.32
September 23	63	54	0.20
September 24	61	53	0.24
September 25	64	52	0.00
September 26	70	50	0.00
September 27	73	51	0.00
September 28	74	51	0.00
September 29	63	54	0.00
September 30	62	47	0.00

October 1973 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	58	47	0.00
October 2	58	45	0.00
October 3	61	43	0.00
October 4	59	40	0.00
October 5	55	47	0.01
October 6	49	44	1.18
October 7	58	41	0.00
October 8	61	43	0.00
October 9	57	43	0.00
October 10	56	45	0.05
October 11	51	48	0.28
October 12	55	50	0.16
October 13	57	48	0.11
October 14	57	47	0.00
October 15	57	45	0.09
October 16	62	47	0.00
October 17	67	44	0.00
October 18	68	49	0.00
October 19	61	51	0.00
October 20	63	51	0.17
October 21	59	50	0.20
October 22	61	48	0.00
October 23	55	49	0.00
October 24	57	49	0.20
October 25	57	45	0.00
October 26	55	43	0.00
October 27	65	52	0.00
October 28	60	51	0.14
October 29	57	50	0.00
October 30	53	46	0.06
October 31	46	40	0.66

November 1973 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	47	36	0.08	0.0
November 2	50	34	0.00	0.0
November 3	47	34	0.02	0.2
November 4	41	33	0.04	0.0
November 5	42	31	0.00	0.0
November 6	45	35	0.13	0.0
November 7	51	39	0.00	0.0
November 8	43	35	0.74	0.0
November 9	60	41	0.52	0.0
November 10	58	47	0.10	0.0
November 11	56	49	1.48	0.0
November 12	52	45	0.11	0.0
November 13	47	42	0.39	0.0
November 14	46	40	0.45	0.0
November 15	49	42	0.82	0.0
November 16	50	38	0.22	0.0
November 17	48	38	0.00	0.0
November 18	43	35	0.00	0.0
November 19	46	36	0.35	0.0
November 20	47	41	0.26	0.0
November 21	46	40	0.02	0.0
November 22	44	37	0.32	0.0
November 23	45	39	0.42	0.0
November 24	47	39	0.08	0.0
November 25	46	43	0.20	0.0
November 26	45	39	0.08	0.0
November 27	56	43	0.34	0.0
November 28	56	44	0.61	0.0
November 29	51	39	0.14	0.0
November 30	47	37	0.07	0.0

December 1973 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	51	43	0.02	0.0
December 2	48	44	0.00	0.0
December 3	49	42	0.13	0.0
December 4	45	40	0.00	0.0
December 5	46	36	0.42	0.0
December 6	50	45	0.50	0.0
December 7	51	40	0.84	0.0
December 8	49	36	0.00	0.0
December 9	44	35	0.00	0.0
December 10	48	41	0.08	0.0
December 11	54	43	0.45	0.0
December 12	52	44	0.39	0.0
December 13	49	42	0.28	0.0
December 14	45	41	0.35	0.0
December 15	54	44	1.28	0.0
December 16	54	46	0.57	0.0
December 17	49	45	0.24	0.0
December 18	51	43	0.00	0.0
December 19	53	44	0.21	0.0
December 20	57	45	0.49	0.0
December 21	50	44	0.13	0.0
December 22	48	41	0.12	0.0
December 23	48	42	0.08	0.0
December 24	49	37	0.66	0.0
December 25	45	37	0.00	0.0
December 26	42	35	0.46	0.0
December 27	46	35	0.61	0.3
December 28	48	38	0.00	0.0
December 29	43	35	0.02	0.0
December 30	43	34	0.00	0.0
December 31	43	30	0.00	0.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Seattle Tacoma International Airport	location
1894–1947	University of Washington	location