Weather Records on 7 April 1974

576 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 April 1974. Highest significance: Cobar (Tambua), AU.

Key Facts for 7 April 1974

On 7 April 1974, 576 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
107 were record highs and 115 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 567 daily.
Cobar (Tambua) set a daily record precipitation of 64.8 mm (2.6 in) on 7 April 1974.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

576 stations

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

Weather records on 7 April 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Fossil Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Marydale (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	138.5 mm (5.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lamboo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Moola Bulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dalhousie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Victoria Storage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Witchelina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Lock Number 9	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nagambie (Goulburn Weir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Erldunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Batalha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	128.4 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Corrente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wantiool (Caithness)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Merbein Csiro Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wandearah North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cheltenham Kingston Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenbayne (Baddaginnie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzroy Crossing Comp.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Irymple (Arlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eugenio Lefevre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Creightons Creek (Baronga (Cre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moyhu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (Pernatty Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Molka (Lowana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stanhope	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Amarante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan (Mudall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Myrrhee (Joelyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Espirito Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Klipfontein"Potfontein"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fleming	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Killdeer 8 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sucesso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grobelershoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tweefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gogo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo (Kylmorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Euston ( Benington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mincha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waranga Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Euston (Sunnyside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland Station	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

576 records

Records set or tied on 7 April 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 321, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 7 April 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	321
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 7 April 1974 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 567.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

511 broken records

Margins by which the 511 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 April 1974

Top 20 records on 7 April 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 April 1974	Cobar (Tambua), AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	84 years	73 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1974	Fossil Downs, AU	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1974	Marydale (Pol), ZA	all-time rain	138.5 mm (5.5 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1974	Lamboo, AU	monthly rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1974	Moola Bulla, AU	monthly rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1974	Port Germein (Telowie), AU	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1974	Port Dalhousie, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	98 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1974	Lake Victoria Storage, AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1974	Strathbogie North, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	84 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1974	Marree (Witchelina), AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1974	Murray Lock Number 9, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1974	Nagambie (Goulburn Weir), AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1974	Erldunda, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1974	Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1974	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	17.0 C (62.6 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	114 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1974	Batalha, BR	daily rain	128.4 mm (5.1 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1974	Liafoss, NO	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1974	Ribeirao Corrente, BR	daily rain	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1974	Wantiool (Caithness), AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1974	Merbein Csiro Research Station, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	46 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

1800 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1974. 1974 had 576 records.

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

Records on 04-07 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1808	1
1809	3
1811	1
1815	2
1839	1
1844	1
1851	1
1854	2
1858	2
1859	1
1863	1
1864	4
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	2
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1890	3
1891	2
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	8
1900	5
1901	6
1902	14
1903	10
1904	11
1905	12
1906	2
1907	33
1908	20
1909	33
1910	24
1911	24
1912	59
1913	55
1914	23
1915	33
1916	62
1917	83
1918	37
1919	157
1920	63
1921	319
1922	57
1923	83
1924	138
1925	152
1926	343
1927	99
1928	378
1929	835
1930	327
1931	406
1932	132
1933	174
1934	230
1935	381
1936	1,184
1937	170
1938	803
1939	956
1940	294
1941	258
1942	420
1943	720
1944	166
1945	356
1946	397
1947	278
1948	734
1949	237
1950	1,030
1951	311
1952	491
1953	425
1954	514
1955	198
1956	458
1957	293
1958	358
1959	384
1960	532
1961	665
1962	572
1963	630
1964	457
1965	342
1966	302
1967	569
1968	302
1969	449
1970	494
1971	1,260
1972	1,290
1973	722
1974	576
1975	1,305
1976	329
1977	1,050
1978	686
1979	691
1980	497
1981	353
1982	3,747
1983	1,517
1984	583
1985	599
1986	901
1987	724
1988	1,402
1989	1,386
1990	813
1991	2,007
1992	693
1993	590
1994	1,144
1995	897
1996	1,112
1997	1,996
1998	1,231
1999	898
2000	634
2001	1,556
2002	755
2003	2,205
2004	554
2005	1,002
2006	856
2007	2,249
2008	807
2009	1,183
2010	1,691
2011	1,187
2012	514
2013	693
2014	936
2015	658
2016	793
2017	692
2018	1,980
2019	604
2020	529
2021	758
2022	818
2023	844
2024	1,360
2025	645
2026	381

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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 20	453
20 to 40	42
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1