Weather Records on 4 January 1974

957 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 1974. Highest significance: Berrigan Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 4 January 1974

On 4 January 1974, 957 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
63 were record highs and 324 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 923 daily.
Berrigan Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 89.0 mm (3.5 in) on 4 January 1974.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

957 stations

957 station records on 4 January 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Berrigan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Walbundrie (Crediton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Soledad	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Booligal (Ulonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Euston (Sunnyside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Yanko Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-Burgerspark	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock (Bullenbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Puckawidgee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-New Cemetry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Pooginook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Knowsley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stony Gorge Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tootool (Bryntirion)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Culcairn Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pinnacles Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sunlight	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burrumbuttock (Holyrood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmerton (Woodlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlyon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newark	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sandberg	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mutooroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nyah (Yarraby Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Hartwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.4 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rennie (Pine View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (Bringagee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Eurolie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newstead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yandoit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Turee Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Balldale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (St Pauls Clo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Howlong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coliban Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glenburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pattiway	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
West Leichhardt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.2 mm (5.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco Regulator	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Serpentine (East Loddon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pindai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brooks Farnham Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Clemente Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Byfield Childs Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

957 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 202, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 122, Heaviest daily rainfall 443, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 70.

Records on 4 January 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	202
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	122
Heaviest daily rainfall	443
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	70

Records on 4 January 1974 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 31, daily 923.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

792 broken records

Margins by which the 792 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 419.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 1974

Top 20 records on 4 January 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 1974	Berrigan Post Office, AU	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	78 years	72 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1974	Undilla Station, AU	daily rain	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	78 years	71 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1974	Walbundrie (Crediton Street), AU	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	84 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1974	Soledad, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1974	Booligal (Ulonga), AU	daily rain	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1974	Euston (Sunnyside), AU	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1974	King City, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1974	Jerilderie (Yanko Station), AU	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1974	Pretoria-Burgerspark, ZA	daily rain	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1974	East Park Rsvr, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	62 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1974	The Rock (Bullenbong), AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	78 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1974	Conargo (Puckawidgee), AU	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1974	Pretoria-New Cemetry, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1974	Jindera (Wadilock), AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1974	Oak Park Station, AU	daily rain	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	70 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1974	Jerilderie (Pooginook), AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1974	Knowsley Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1974	Stony Gorge Rsvr, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1974	Tootool (Bryntirion), AU	daily rain	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1974	Culcairn Bowling Club, AU	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1795 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1974. 1974 had 957 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	777
100 to 200	12
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1