Weather Records on 7 February 1974

566 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 February 1974. Highest significance: Mac Mac Bos, ZA.

Key Facts for 7 February 1974

On 7 February 1974, 566 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
101 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 552 daily.
Mac Mac Bos set a daily record precipitation of 151.3 mm (6.0 in) on 7 February 1974.
Across 162 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

566 stations

566 station records on 7 February 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 February 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mac Mac Bos	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	151.3 mm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.5 mm (5.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vlakkloof Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
The Downs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cartwright	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Merensky (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	230.0 mm (9.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alkmaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	151.5 mm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Broadholm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Petrusville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goedgevonden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zomerkomst (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	194.0 mm (7.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Susquehanna	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Natal Est, Mount Edg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goedehoop (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weltevreden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Honaunau 27	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Resolution A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vancleave	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nigniy_Studeniy	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Formoso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pindobacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Smith A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Experiment Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenshill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mvenyane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rooiberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coffee Springs 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hatteras	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Itapicuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Algodoes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Agr. College,Bfn.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nooitgedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Standard	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blyde (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cerro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bothaville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coruripe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Frei Paulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

566 records

Records set or tied on 7 February 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 272, Heaviest daily snowfall 72, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 7 February 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	272
Heaviest daily snowfall	72
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 7 February 1974 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 552.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

467 broken records

Margins by which the 467 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 177.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 February 1974

Top 20 records on 7 February 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 February 1974	Mac Mac Bos, ZA	daily rain	151.3 mm (6.0 in)	104.3 mm (4.1 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1974	Mundoolin, AU	daily rain	138.5 mm (5.5 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	58 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1974	Vlakkloof Estate, ZA	daily rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	84.7 mm (3.3 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1974	The Downs, ZA	daily rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1974	Cartwright, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1974	Merensky (Skl), ZA	monthly rain	230.0 mm (9.1 in)	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1974	Alkmaar, ZA	monthly rain	151.5 mm (6.0 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1974	Broadholm, ZA	all-time rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1974	Fairhope 2 NE, US	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1974	Petrusville (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1974	Knysna (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	84 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1974	Goedgevonden, ZA	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1974	Zomerkomst (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	194.0 mm (7.6 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1974	Susquehanna, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1974	Dawson, CA	daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	3.5 cm (1.4 in)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1974	Natal Est, Mount Edg, ZA	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1974	Goedehoop (Bos), ZA	daily rain	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1974	Baldwinsville, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1974	Sitka Magnetic Obsy, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1974	Weltevreden, ZA	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	40 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

1803 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1974. 1974 had 566 records.

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

Records on 02-07 in each year
Year	Records
1803	2
1809	1
1817	1
1822	1
1829	1
1833	1
1838	1
1841	2
1843	1
1846	1
1852	1
1854	4
1856	1
1857	2
1861	2
1863	4
1865	3
1866	5
1869	3
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	1
1881	3
1884	1
1885	1
1888	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	18
1896	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	3
1900	5
1901	5
1902	5
1903	11
1904	33
1905	7
1906	12
1907	16
1908	9
1909	11
1910	43
1911	57
1912	28
1913	43
1914	53
1915	21
1916	23
1917	116
1918	37
1919	26
1920	100
1921	32
1922	47
1923	43
1924	95
1925	582
1926	186
1927	177
1928	490
1929	467
1930	130
1931	280
1932	244
1933	714
1934	250
1935	208
1936	1,024
1937	424
1938	499
1939	252
1940	225
1941	272
1942	327
1943	424
1944	401
1945	321
1946	268
1947	357
1948	335
1949	408
1950	668
1951	633
1952	213
1953	653
1954	610
1955	587
1956	605
1957	820
1958	277
1959	301
1960	448
1961	748
1962	582
1963	919
1964	523
1965	864
1966	618
1967	878
1968	249
1969	473
1970	562
1971	705
1972	527
1973	819
1974	566
1975	445
1976	716
1977	1,057
1978	2,387
1979	1,848
1980	641
1981	815
1982	1,159
1983	641
1984	877
1985	996
1986	1,038
1987	1,365
1988	1,285
1989	3,136
1990	1,840
1991	1,814
1992	884
1993	994
1994	1,116
1995	1,339
1996	1,469
1997	1,280
1998	841
1999	1,945
2000	419
2001	1,401
2002	727
2003	878
2004	1,077
2005	1,284
2006	699
2007	930
2008	1,313
2009	1,525
2010	927
2011	973
2012	1,174
2013	579
2014	1,588
2015	1,562
2016	544
2017	1,584
2018	687
2019	1,988
2020	923
2021	1,001
2022	319
2023	327
2024	1,116
2025	1,033
2026	586

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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 25	397
25 to 50	42
50 to 75	16
75 to 100	8
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1