Weather Records on 19 February 1974

804 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 February 1974. Highest significance: Goyders Lagoon (Clifton Hills), AU.

Key Facts for 19 February 1974

On 19 February 1974, 804 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 789 daily.
Goyders Lagoon (Clifton Hills) set a daily record precipitation of 75.2 mm (3.0 in) on 19 February 1974.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

804 stations

804 station records on 19 February 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 February 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goyders Lagoon (Clifton Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Milparinka (Mount Arrowsmith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Arrabury Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wilcannia (Burndoo Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Milparinka Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Broken Hill (Nuntherungie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Broken Hill (Glen Lyon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cordillo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Menindee (Weinteriga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Burtundy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Goolgowi (Moira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Feiticeiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	106.8 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Donkerhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Langawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Leeton (Bents Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elko	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pul'-I-Hatum	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chakola (Umeralla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bakara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Mt Manara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mossgiel Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Yanko Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View Birdseye	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View Birdseye	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Willow Point)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Curral Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.7 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Topar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roxby Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monkira	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gubbata Cooma St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Gum Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Steelville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Wonnaminta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante	Spain	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alton - Melvin Price L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boree Creek (Richmond St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Taboleiro Do Meio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bimbowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Erldunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tarago (Kildare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston (Hunthawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo (Merri-Merriga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

804 records

Records set or tied on 19 February 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 534, Heaviest daily snowfall 70, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 19 February 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	534
Heaviest daily snowfall	70
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 19 February 1974 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 789.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

728 broken records

Margins by which the 728 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 302.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 February 1974

Top 20 records on 19 February 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 February 1974	Goyders Lagoon (Clifton Hills), AU	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	79 years	71 of 100 (Major)
19 February 1974	Milparinka (Mount Arrowsmith), AU	all-time rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	2 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 February 1974	Arrabury Station, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 February 1974	Wilcannia (Burndoo Estate), AU	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	83.7 mm (3.3 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 February 1974	Sedan, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 February 1974	Milparinka Hotel, AU	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 February 1974	Broken Hill (Nuntherungie), AU	daily rain	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 February 1974	Broken Hill (Glen Lyon), AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 February 1974	Cordillo Downs, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	59 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 February 1974	Menindee (Weinteriga), AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1974	Wentworth (Burtundy), AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	93 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1974	Goolgowi (Moira St), AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1974	Gyshgy, TM	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1974	Grenola 1 N, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1974	Feiticeiro, BR	daily rain	106.8 mm (4.2 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1974	Ashton 1N, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1974	Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead), AU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1974	Donkerhoek, ZA	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1974	Broken Hill (Langawirra), AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1974	Wilcannia (Reid St), AU	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	50 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

1794 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1974. 1974 had 804 records.

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

Records on 02-19 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1809	2
1827	2
1845	1
1847	1
1849	3
1850	2
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1876	1
1880	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1891	1
1892	9
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	6
1902	2
1903	38
1904	11
1905	11
1906	8
1907	13
1908	34
1909	28
1910	21
1911	20
1912	22
1913	14
1914	35
1915	43
1916	54
1917	77
1918	196
1919	184
1920	80
1921	86
1922	58
1923	86
1924	486
1925	53
1926	132
1927	148
1928	269
1929	634
1930	1,175
1931	195
1932	230
1933	153
1934	391
1935	165
1936	1,310
1937	405
1938	612
1939	748
1940	321
1941	242
1942	757
1943	333
1944	589
1945	252
1946	573
1947	281
1948	493
1949	636
1950	342
1951	898
1952	678
1953	359
1954	670
1955	980
1956	631
1957	346
1958	1,186
1959	551
1960	650
1961	809
1962	418
1963	470
1964	439
1965	400
1966	700
1967	342
1968	674
1969	574
1970	393
1971	1,059
1972	1,086
1973	489
1974	804
1975	690
1976	611
1977	1,006
1978	1,790
1979	1,888
1980	931
1981	2,345
1982	582
1983	607
1984	704
1985	841
1986	2,015
1987	549
1988	715
1989	1,381
1990	1,395
1991	880
1992	506
1993	1,674
1994	1,466
1995	1,321
1996	878
1997	874
1998	1,601
1999	713
2000	1,044
2001	384
2002	1,285
2003	650
2004	946
2005	582
2006	1,900
2007	616
2008	572
2009	584
2010	1,055
2011	1,292
2012	475
2013	333
2014	601
2015	1,612
2016	1,009
2017	1,270
2018	1,311
2019	1,280
2020	735
2021	1,230
2022	395
2023	380
2024	683
2025	1,739
2026	1,084

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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 50	690
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1