Weather Records on 23 February 1974

562 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 February 1974. Highest significance: Busby, US.

Key Facts for 23 February 1974

On 23 February 1974, 562 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
132 were record highs and 133 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 544 daily.
Busby set a daily record snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 23 February 1974.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 553 records.

Record Map

562 stations

562 station records on 23 February 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 February 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Busby	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Verblyding	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Port Alice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tripoli City	Libya	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Leslie (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-New Cemetry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sabattis 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Steynsrus (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
South Newbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
West Burke	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuspruit Wes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Northville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Potchefstroom;Braksp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colstrip	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canaan	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santana Do Cariri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.1 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Meanook	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Band	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lame Deer	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Snydersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ficksburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rienzi	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tripoli Sidi El Mesri	Libya	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Midwest	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cargoon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kanye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Springkell	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Towson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Riacho Fundo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.7 C (-35.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

562 records

Records set or tied on 23 February 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 244, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 23 February 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	244
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 23 February 1974 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 16, daily 544.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

478 broken records

Margins by which the 478 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 558.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 February 1974

Top 20 records on 23 February 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 February 1974	Busby, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 February 1974	Tupper Lake Sunmount, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 February 1974	Verblyding, ZA	monthly rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 February 1974	Port Alice, CA	daily rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1974	Tripoli City, LY	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1974	Gilman, US	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1974	Leslie (Mun), ZA	monthly rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1974	First Connecticut Lake, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1974	Rochester, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1974	Pretoria-New Cemetry, ZA	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1974	Sabattis 3 NE, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1974	Chelsea, US	monthly rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	77 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1974	Steynsrus (Mun), ZA	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1974	Harrington Harbour, CA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1974	South Newbury, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1974	Jardim, BR	daily rain	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1974	Stillwater Rsvr, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1974	Grand Junction Walker Fld, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	71 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1974	Dublin, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1974	West Burke, US	monthly rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	44 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 562 records.

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

Records on 02-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1802	2
1804	2
1810	1
1814	4
1815	1
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1855	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1891	1
1892	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	8
1899	1
1900	5
1901	9
1902	3
1903	17
1904	13
1905	12
1906	21
1907	31
1908	19
1909	27
1910	35
1911	23
1912	46
1913	11
1914	37
1915	58
1916	80
1917	100
1918	31
1919	49
1920	44
1921	74
1922	158
1923	42
1924	156
1925	264
1926	63
1927	298
1928	199
1929	179
1930	690
1931	209
1932	318
1933	321
1934	725
1935	214
1936	430
1937	172
1938	224
1939	616
1940	274
1941	362
1942	355
1943	518
1944	430
1945	335
1946	346
1947	718
1948	450
1949	406
1950	517
1951	397
1952	414
1953	450
1954	654
1955	880
1956	599
1957	807
1958	958
1959	357
1960	802
1961	677
1962	659
1963	1,003
1964	594
1965	640
1966	614
1967	689
1968	1,038
1969	1,010
1970	422
1971	741
1972	843
1973	353
1974	562
1975	1,764
1976	737
1977	1,274
1978	1,263
1979	1,374
1980	520
1981	1,234
1982	972
1983	790
1984	942
1985	1,913
1986	955
1987	916
1988	412
1989	1,413
1990	2,157
1991	712
1992	760
1993	1,477
1994	1,452
1995	1,011
1996	1,603
1997	989
1998	1,401
1999	773
2000	1,701
2001	956
2002	1,228
2003	1,326
2004	802
2005	702
2006	581
2007	883
2008	914
2009	858
2010	1,440
2011	829
2012	770
2013	792
2014	502
2015	1,830
2016	660
2017	1,946
2018	1,728
2019	1,246
2020	794
2021	929
2022	2,595
2023	2,768
2024	373
2025	984
2026	951

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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	474
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1