Winston-Salem Weather in 1973

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

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1973 Winston-Salem Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	September 2
Lowest temperature	5 °F	January 9
Highest daily low	73 °F	August 12
Lowest daily high	20 °F	January 8
Most daily precipitation	3.0 inches	July 22
Most daily snow	4.6 inches	December 16
Total annual precipitation	46.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	15.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Winston-Salem in 1973?

The highest temperature recorded in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1973 was 94 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Winston-Salem in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Sep 2
1	94 °F	Aug 29
3	93 °F	Sep 7
3	93 °F	Aug 30
3	93 °F	Aug 28
3	93 °F	Jul 4
3	93 °F	Jun 17
8	92 °F	Sep 1
8	92 °F	Aug 31
8	92 °F	Jul 22
8	92 °F	Jul 8

What was the coldest temperature in Winston-Salem in 1973?

The lowest temperature recorded in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1973 was 5 °F which happened on Jan 9.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Winston-Salem in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	5 °F	January 9
2	7 °F	December 18
3	8 °F	February 18
3	8 °F	January 13
5	9 °F	December 19
6	10 °F	February 12
6	10 °F	January 14
6	10 °F	January 12
6	10 °F	January 10
10	11 °F	February 17

January 1973 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	66	46	0.00	0.0
January 2	50	34	0.00	0.0
January 3	36	29	0.45	0.0
January 4	51	32	0.08	0.0
January 5	47	34	0.01	0.0
January 6	43	29	0.02	0.0
January 7	29	20	0.12	1.7
January 8	20	13	0.35	4.3
January 9	33	5	0.00	0.0
January 10	32	10	0.00	0.0
January 11	38	12	0.00	0.0
January 12	28	10	0.00	0.0
January 13	36	8	0.00	0.0
January 14	43	10	0.00	0.0
January 15	49	31	0.00	0.0
January 16	49	22	0.00	0.0
January 17	58	29	0.00	0.0
January 18	62	30	0.00	0.0
January 19	58	36	0.15	0.0
January 20	59	30	0.00	0.0
January 21	46	26	0.00	0.0
January 22	62	42	0.85	0.0
January 23	61	38	0.00	0.0
January 24	52	33	0.00	0.0
January 25	59	26	0.00	0.0
January 26	52	29	0.34	0.0
January 27	57	36	0.19	0.0
January 28	44	31	0.88	0.0
January 29	42	20	0.06	0.0
January 30	38	13	0.00	0.0
January 31	52	20	0.00	0.0

February 1973 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	46	32	0.16
February 2	66	44	2.21
February 3	49	32	0.00
February 4	56	29	0.00
February 5	62	29	0.00
February 6	41	35	0.03
February 7	56	29	0.00
February 8	50	32	0.23
February 9	32	25	0.00
February 10	28	22	0.00
February 11	37	18	0.00
February 12	41	10	0.00
February 13	47	15	0.00
February 14	49	31	0.36
February 15	46	34	0.00
February 16	37	20	0.00
February 17	32	11	0.00
February 18	39	8	0.00
February 19	52	18	0.00
February 20	54	21	0.00
February 21	48	26	0.00
February 22	46	25	0.00
February 23	54	25	0.00
February 24	59	29	0.00
February 25	63	24	0.00
February 26	61	45	0.20
February 27	49	31	0.34
February 28	50	28	0.00

March 1973 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	57	26	0.00	0.0
March 2	64	30	0.00	0.0
March 3	62	51	0.89	0.0
March 4	63	52	0.00	0.0
March 5	66	53	0.35	0.0
March 6	57	46	0.15	0.0
March 7	50	43	0.02	0.0
March 8	61	49	0.25	0.0
March 9	57	53	0.00	0.0
March 10	62	50	0.01	0.0
March 11	57	47	0.40	0.0
March 12	76	52	0.00	0.0
March 13	73	42	0.00	0.0
March 14	81	51	0.00	0.0
March 15	77	59	0.66	0.0
March 16	77	57	0.55	0.0
March 17	65	38	0.32	0.0
March 18	55	33	0.00	0.0
March 19	60	35	0.00	0.0
March 20	55	40	0.04	0.0
March 21	43	32	0.33	1.5
March 22	47	31	0.00	0.0
March 23	58	24	0.00	0.0
March 24	60	27	0.00	0.0
March 25	59	42	0.19	0.0
March 26	63	48	0.35	0.0
March 27	61	46	0.03	0.0
March 28	60	36	0.00	0.0
March 29	51	39	0.15	0.0
March 30	61	45	0.27	0.0
March 31	63	56	0.73	0.0

April 1973 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	70	56	0.86
April 2	66	46	0.00
April 3	73	40	0.00
April 4	67	48	0.02
April 5	56	39	0.00
April 6	64	32	0.00
April 7	53	47	1.21
April 8	56	46	0.00
April 9	59	43	0.15
April 10	50	35	0.00
April 11	49	30	0.00
April 12	67	27	0.00
April 13	55	32	0.00
April 14	59	29	0.00
April 15	67	36	0.00
April 16	70	37	0.00
April 17	67	54	0.00
April 18	72	54	0.00
April 19	73	55	0.00
April 20	78	53	0.00
April 21	78	51	0.00
April 22	80	59	0.00
April 23	78	59	0.00
April 24	77	54	0.00
April 25	70	59	0.17
April 26	65	51	1.10
April 27	59	49	0.80
April 28	60	44	0.00
April 29	68	35	0.00
April 30	75	41	0.00

May 1973 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	75	55	0.00
May 2	73	57	0.00
May 3	70	48	1.15
May 4	68	39	0.00
May 5	68	42	0.00
May 6	68	36	0.00
May 7	76	50	0.00
May 8	65	59	0.81
May 9	77	56	0.04
May 10	80	51	0.25
May 11	82	57	0.00
May 12	75	52	0.00
May 13	72	48	0.00
May 14	72	49	0.00
May 15	67	46	0.00
May 16	68	38	0.00
May 17	66	41	0.00
May 18	68	38	0.00
May 19	74	47	0.00
May 20	76	57	0.00
May 21	75	49	0.00
May 22	79	49	0.00
May 23	84	61	0.21
May 24	74	58	0.16
May 25	76	58	0.00
May 26	64	55	0.00
May 27	75	61	0.55
May 28	81	63	2.54
May 29	79	66	0.00
May 30	79	61	0.00
May 31	78	55	0.00

June 1973 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	76	56	0.00
June 2	83	56	0.00
June 3	85	60	0.00
June 4	86	66	0.00
June 5	84	63	0.03
June 6	83	65	0.52
June 7	81	65	0.02
June 8	83	66	0.00
June 9	82	68	0.00
June 10	83	66	0.00
June 11	84	67	0.00
June 12	80	66	0.04
June 13	85	69	0.07
June 14	87	65	0.00
June 15	85	68	0.82
June 16	86	73	0.01
June 17	93	70	0.80
June 18	84	71	0.00
June 19	76	69	0.00
June 20	83	70	0.06
June 21	85	72	0.74
June 22	83	69	1.12
June 23	85	68	0.00
June 24	87	68	0.00
June 25	87	65	0.00
June 26	86	66	0.00
June 27	85	70	0.16
June 28	85	68	0.49
June 29	86	66	0.00
June 30	88	64	0.00

July 1973 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	90	72	0.23
July 2	88	70	0.00
July 3	90	71	0.13
July 4	93	72	0.20
July 5	88	72	0.02
July 6	86	69	0.00
July 7	90	69	0.00
July 8	92	70	0.00
July 9	91	72	0.02
July 10	87	68	0.07
July 11	84	66	0.26
July 12	81	59	0.00
July 13	85	60	0.00
July 14	87	66	0.06
July 15	83	68	0.62
July 16	80	66	0.03
July 17	73	60	0.25
July 18	82	57	0.00
July 19	83	59	0.00
July 20	84	65	0.00
July 21	88	70	0.00
July 22	92	70	3.02
July 23	83	70	0.00
July 24	80	68	0.00
July 25	79	65	0.00
July 26	81	70	0.36
July 27	85	69	0.00
July 28	88	70	0.00
July 29	87	70	0.00
July 30	86	66	0.00
July 31	85	71	0.03

August 1973 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	71	0.80
August 2	84	70	0.24
August 3	77	70	1.10
August 4	84	68	0.00
August 5	84	70	0.01
August 6	84	67	0.00
August 7	86	68	0.00
August 8	88	66	0.00
August 9	89	68	0.00
August 10	89	67	0.00
August 11	90	72	0.00
August 12	91	73	0.01
August 13	90	72	0.05
August 14	88	70	0.00
August 15	87	69	0.01
August 16	85	63	0.00
August 17	79	65	0.00
August 18	80	64	0.44
August 19	82	61	0.00
August 20	82	62	0.06
August 21	79	61	0.00
August 22	78	60	0.00
August 23	77	57	0.00
August 24	79	61	0.00
August 25	83	63	0.00
August 26	88	62	0.00
August 27	91	64	0.00
August 28	93	67	0.00
August 29	94	70	0.00
August 30	93	69	0.00
August 31	92	68	0.00

September 1973 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	92	66	0.00
September 2	94	68	0.00
September 3	91	68	0.00
September 4	88	66	0.00
September 5	88	65	0.00
September 6	91	67	0.00
September 7	93	67	0.00
September 8	89	65	0.00
September 9	79	68	0.05
September 10	75	57	0.03
September 11	84	55	0.00
September 12	84	57	0.00
September 13	83	60	0.20
September 14	84	65	0.22
September 15	82	60	0.00
September 16	80	56	0.00
September 17	80	55	0.00
September 18	82	55	0.00
September 19	72	49	0.00
September 20	79	51	0.00
September 21	80	53	0.00
September 22	82	63	0.00
September 23	89	60	0.00
September 24	86	64	0.00
September 25	78	63	0.00
September 26	74	61	0.00
September 27	80	62	0.14
September 28	88	58	0.00
September 29	89	64	0.50
September 30	71	58	0.01

October 1973 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	62	57	0.34
October 2	78	57	0.43
October 3	83	58	0.00
October 4	85	57	0.00
October 5	84	60	0.00
October 6	72	52	0.00
October 7	75	50	0.00
October 8	66	56	0.15
October 9	73	57	0.02
October 10	75	58	0.00
October 11	74	52	0.00
October 12	70	51	0.00
October 13	74	46	0.00
October 14	76	51	0.04
October 15	80	44	0.00
October 16	80	51	0.00
October 17	61	38	0.00
October 18	69	32	0.00
October 19	66	41	0.00
October 20	77	39	0.00
October 21	68	48	0.00
October 22	67	42	0.00
October 23	69	39	0.00
October 24	70	43	0.00
October 25	74	46	0.00
October 26	80	42	0.00
October 27	75	42	0.00
October 28	72	46	0.71
October 29	55	41	0.45
October 30	61	40	0.00
October 31	58	41	0.17

November 1973 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	67	40	0.00
November 2	72	41	0.00
November 3	74	47	0.00
November 4	64	46	0.00
November 5	55	38	0.22
November 6	54	32	0.00
November 7	48	28	0.00
November 8	62	33	0.00
November 9	56	29	0.00
November 10	43	25	0.00
November 11	45	19	0.00
November 12	56	24	0.00
November 13	66	31	0.00
November 14	74	37	0.00
November 15	74	46	0.00
November 16	63	37	0.17
November 17	50	27	0.00
November 18	61	26	0.00
November 19	68	42	0.00
November 20	60	39	0.00
November 21	66	45	0.41
November 22	64	40	0.00
November 23	71	33	0.00
November 24	76	46	0.00
November 25	71	57	0.00
November 26	58	44	0.20
November 27	69	52	0.03
November 28	68	47	0.21
November 29	49	33	0.00
November 30	64	28	0.00

December 1973 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	61	37	0.00	0.0
December 2	50	29	0.00	0.0
December 3	63	28	0.00	0.0
December 4	69	48	0.00	0.0
December 5	64	45	0.89	0.0
December 6	51	32	0.00	0.0
December 7	45	28	0.00	0.0
December 8	37	32	1.01	1.0
December 9	52	34	0.52	0.0
December 10	49	27	0.00	0.0
December 11	33	22	0.03	0.3
December 12	45	21	0.00	0.0
December 13	45	30	0.28	0.0
December 14	48	32	0.00	0.0
December 15	38	29	0.34	0.0
December 16	34	29	0.41	4.6
December 17	29	15	0.20	2.4
December 18	30	7	0.00	0.0
December 19	31	9	0.00	0.0
December 20	36	29	0.83	0.0
December 21	40	20	0.66	0.0
December 22	33	17	0.00	0.0
December 23	53	23	0.00	0.0
December 24	43	28	0.00	0.0
December 25	43	28	0.01	0.0
December 26	65	39	0.11	0.0
December 27	63	47	0.00	0.0
December 28	53	31	0.00	0.0
December 29	60	32	0.37	0.0
December 30	51	37	0.18	0.0
December 31	52	37	0.60	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1929–2024	Piedmont Triad International Airport	location
1899–1928	Winston Salem Reynolds Airport	location