Weather Records on 14 April 1974

722 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 April 1974. Highest significance: Chidlow, AU.

Key Facts for 14 April 1974

On 14 April 1974, 722 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
95 were record highs and 109 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 704 daily.
Chidlow set a daily record precipitation of 45.6 mm (1.8 in) on 14 April 1974.
Across 163 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

722 stations

722 station records on 14 April 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 April 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chidlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Brookton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
De Jong Ranch, Howic	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Quanaminning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Aiuruoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jardim de Angicos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	135.2 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bogucar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
West Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pearston (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Neendalling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Guacui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hillcroft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Germantown Wastewater Utility	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jacampari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quijingue (Triunfo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cochrane	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose de Mipibu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rive	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manjimup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Areal (Granja Gabi)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mococa C4-018	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bom Jardim de Minas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mococa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Haven Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Do Chicao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guttenberg L&D 10	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caxambu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Novais	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Amos	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Dells Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

722 records

Records set or tied on 14 April 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 488, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 14 April 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	488
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 14 April 1974 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 15, daily 704.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

629 broken records

Margins by which the 629 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 April 1974

Top 20 records on 14 April 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 April 1974	Chidlow, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 April 1974	Watertown Wwtp, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	74 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 April 1974	Brookton, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 April 1974	De Jong Ranch, Howic, ZA	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 April 1974	Quanaminning, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 April 1974	Grayling, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 April 1974	Lake City Exp Farm, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1974	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	73 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1974	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1974	Hesperia 4 WNW, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1974	Plymouth Wwtp, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1974	Aiuruoca, BR	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1974	Jardim de Angicos, BR	all-time rain	135.2 mm (5.3 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1974	Bogucar, RU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1974	West Bend, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1974	Virginia, BR	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1974	Pearston (Pol), ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1974	Neendalling, AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1974	Guacui, BR	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1974	Waukesha Wwtp, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	49 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

1801 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1974. 1974 had 722 records.

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

Records on 04-14 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1817	1
1825	1
1834	1
1836	1
1839	1
1842	2
1846	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	2
1856	2
1858	2
1859	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	5
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	1
1881	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	8
1891	1
1892	5
1893	1
1894	1
1896	7
1897	5
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	4
1902	3
1903	18
1904	33
1905	24
1906	15
1907	24
1908	11
1909	45
1910	22
1911	27
1912	29
1913	62
1914	34
1915	18
1916	34
1917	69
1918	28
1919	24
1920	106
1921	43
1922	97
1923	166
1924	143
1925	123
1926	199
1927	295
1928	518
1929	150
1930	308
1931	821
1932	247
1933	507
1934	398
1935	404
1936	539
1937	293
1938	728
1939	797
1940	1,051
1941	1,008
1942	326
1943	942
1944	227
1945	803
1946	212
1947	530
1948	362
1949	402
1950	1,104
1951	434
1952	527
1953	432
1954	997
1955	531
1956	369
1957	518
1958	421
1959	494
1960	306
1961	740
1962	660
1963	525
1964	443
1965	343
1966	362
1967	532
1968	676
1969	344
1970	728
1971	473
1972	1,107
1973	563
1974	722
1975	683
1976	874
1977	821
1978	322
1979	534
1980	1,509
1981	753
1982	711
1983	1,874
1984	398
1985	825
1986	1,422
1987	869
1988	1,011
1989	1,181
1990	1,189
1991	895
1992	817
1993	683
1994	805
1995	635
1996	972
1997	1,600
1998	1,336
1999	1,110
2000	1,177
2001	1,082
2002	1,315
2003	1,802
2004	1,047
2005	593
2006	1,601
2007	1,654
2008	1,097
2009	1,015
2010	739
2011	762
2012	693
2013	912
2014	1,420
2015	704
2016	481
2017	486
2018	1,110
2019	758
2020	1,428
2021	569
2022	1,484
2023	1,106
2024	1,208
2025	870
2026	1,067

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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	616
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1