Weather Records on 1 April 1974

894 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 April 1974. Highest significance: Tarlee, AU.

Key Facts for 1 April 1974

On 1 April 1974, 894 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
413 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 863 daily.
Tarlee set a daily record precipitation of 47.8 mm (1.9 in) on 1 April 1974.
Across 160 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

894 stations

894 station records on 1 April 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 April 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tarlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Kayballup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Geranium	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Klipplaat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Jones Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mutooroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Parrakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bullara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Salinas AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warroad	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sawyers Bar Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Park Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chiloquin 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chemult	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bowbells	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Occidental	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mochudi	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Adams Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wasa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Illahe	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hofmeyer (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Muir Woods	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Keats Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.0 mm (6.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cororooke	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pau Ferro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cummings	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brejo Do Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tioga 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burns WSO City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
City of Melbourne Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ross	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Weaverville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elbow Lake 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Snydersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walker	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mad River Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

894 records

Records set or tied on 1 April 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 296, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 373, Heaviest daily snowfall 70, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 1 April 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	296
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	373
Heaviest daily snowfall	70
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 1 April 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 31, daily 863.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

755 broken records

Margins by which the 755 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 April 1974

Top 20 records on 1 April 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 April 1974	Tarlee, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	71 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1974	Kayballup, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1974	Geranium, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1974	Klipplaat, ZA	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1974	Ft Jones Rs, US	monthly rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1974	Haugan 1 W, US	monthly snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	23 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1974	Mutooroo, AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1974	Santa Cruz, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1974	Parrakie, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1974	Ft Ripley, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1974	Bullara, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1974	Salinas AP, US	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1974	Warroad, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1974	Yambacoona, AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1974	Durham, CA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1974	Sawyers Bar Rs, US	monthly rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1974	Park Valley, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1974	Chiloquin 1 E, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1974	Monterey, US	monthly rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	61 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1974	Chemult, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	45 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 894 records.

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

Records on 04-01 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1805	1
1808	1
1813	1
1815	3
1819	1
1830	2
1847	2
1848	1
1850	1
1855	3
1856	1
1861	2
1862	2
1865	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	3
1879	2
1881	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1891	5
1892	1
1893	2
1896	4
1897	5
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	4
1902	4
1903	12
1904	29
1905	10
1906	7
1907	24
1908	5
1909	13
1910	26
1911	27
1912	31
1913	35
1914	37
1915	25
1916	35
1917	80
1918	51
1919	165
1920	65
1921	46
1922	98
1923	319
1924	257
1925	111
1926	234
1927	326
1928	194
1929	336
1930	153
1931	846
1932	292
1933	188
1934	153
1935	424
1936	1,248
1937	192
1938	461
1939	226
1940	840
1941	285
1942	209
1943	319
1944	266
1945	880
1946	1,172
1947	390
1948	590
1949	308
1950	455
1951	406
1952	419
1953	249
1954	493
1955	288
1956	744
1957	314
1958	535
1959	821
1960	295
1961	496
1962	652
1963	1,123
1964	951
1965	678
1966	689
1967	928
1968	377
1969	611
1970	894
1971	384
1972	510
1973	680
1974	894
1975	1,806
1976	767
1977	524
1978	1,013
1979	738
1980	797
1981	1,115
1982	884
1983	643
1984	662
1985	826
1986	982
1987	1,762
1988	1,259
1989	1,098
1990	952
1991	693
1992	981
1993	783
1994	739
1995	1,056
1996	996
1997	1,255
1998	1,703
1999	1,341
2000	690
2001	575
2002	985
2003	1,366
2004	926
2005	1,086
2006	929
2007	963
2008	1,457
2009	846
2010	1,022
2011	1,105
2012	1,327
2013	719
2014	657
2015	606
2016	842
2017	792
2018	870
2019	674
2020	719
2021	790
2022	853
2023	1,069
2024	788
2025	779
2026	1,042

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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	697
25 to 50	33
50 to 75	12
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	6
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1