Weather Records on 11 February 1974

555 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 February 1974. Highest significance: Low Isles Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 11 February 1974

On 11 February 1974, 555 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
327 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 535 daily.
Low Isles Lighthouse set a monthly record daily precipitation of 388.0 mm (15.3 in) on 11 February 1974.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

555 stations

555 station records on 11 February 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 February 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	388.0 mm (15.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	249.4 mm (9.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	225.5 mm (8.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tveitsund	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Meringa Sugar Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	235.2 mm (9.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tovdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	437.0 mm (17.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Helena (Mariquita)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose de Mipibu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mowbray	Australia	Record daily precipitation	288.6 mm (11.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Keg River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Iron River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Castelo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Put-In-Bay	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Townsville Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Geneseo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grootfontein	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kairi Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tryvasshogda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clohesy River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.4 mm (6.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.4 mm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Trier	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

555 records

Records set or tied on 11 February 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 190, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 137, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 137, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 11 February 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	190
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	137
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 11 February 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 535.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

481 broken records

Margins by which the 481 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 185.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 February 1974

Top 20 records on 11 February 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 February 1974	Low Isles Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	388.0 mm (15.3 in)	143.7 mm (5.7 in)	47 years	72 of 100 (Major)
11 February 1974	Halden, NO	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	70 of 100 (Major)
11 February 1974	Stromsfoss Sluse, NO	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	63 of 100 (Major)
11 February 1974	Bjornholt, NO	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1974	Hedrum, NO	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1974	Harnosand, SE	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1974	Cairns Aero, AU	daily rain	249.4 mm (9.8 in)	185.6 mm (7.3 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1974	Mossman South Alchera Drive, AU	daily rain	225.5 mm (8.9 in)	130.2 mm (5.1 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1974	Hambledon Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1974	Tveitsund, NO	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1974	Aseral, NO	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1974	Meringa Sugar Exp STN, AU	daily rain	235.2 mm (9.3 in)	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1974	Torungen Fyr, NO	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1974	Tovdal, NO	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1974	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	monthly high min	7.0 C (44.6 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	76 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1974	Orje, NO	monthly rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	69 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1974	Risnes I Fjotland, NO	daily rain	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1974	Kuranda Railway Station, AU	monthly rain	437.0 mm (17.2 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1974	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	monthly high min	9.1 C (48.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	74 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1974	Santa Helena (Mariquita), BR	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	38 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

1798 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1974. 1974 had 555 records.

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

Records on 02-11 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1806	1
1829	4
1845	2
1847	2
1849	1
1862	2
1864	2
1865	1
1869	4
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1875	3
1876	2
1877	3
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	7
1886	2
1887	5
1888	1
1889	1
1891	6
1892	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	19
1900	8
1901	1
1902	6
1903	7
1904	11
1905	7
1906	6
1907	12
1908	12
1909	18
1910	17
1911	39
1912	29
1913	5
1914	73
1915	16
1916	24
1917	15
1918	27
1919	42
1920	20
1921	60
1922	76
1923	55
1924	97
1925	315
1926	63
1927	40
1928	269
1929	369
1930	191
1931	157
1932	1,420
1933	392
1934	318
1935	326
1936	562
1937	511
1938	524
1939	405
1940	396
1941	251
1942	198
1943	404
1944	371
1945	206
1946	386
1947	417
1948	827
1949	376
1950	280
1951	957
1952	460
1953	521
1954	411
1955	1,072
1956	545
1957	448
1958	611
1959	394
1960	732
1961	951
1962	975
1963	685
1964	421
1965	950
1966	774
1967	314
1968	404
1969	731
1970	657
1971	732
1972	320
1973	851
1974	555
1975	569
1976	965
1977	959
1978	1,263
1979	1,975
1980	711
1981	2,439
1982	1,042
1983	1,087
1984	726
1985	1,124
1986	1,188
1987	810
1988	1,159
1989	754
1990	1,050
1991	539
1992	782
1993	1,146
1994	1,770
1995	970
1996	969
1997	717
1998	1,468
1999	2,266
2000	1,066
2001	809
2002	1,740
2003	587
2004	834
2005	1,121
2006	558
2007	782
2008	916
2009	1,680
2010	1,323
2011	1,430
2012	964
2013	765
2014	1,032
2015	790
2016	997
2017	1,508
2018	792
2019	929
2020	1,012
2021	1,055
2022	568
2023	387
2024	820
2025	1,282
2026	654

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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	451
25 to 50	15
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1