Weather Records on 25 April 1974

919 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 April 1974. Highest significance: Moutajup, AU.

Key Facts for 25 April 1974

On 25 April 1974, 919 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
252 were record highs and 302 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 909 daily.
Moutajup set a daily record precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 25 April 1974.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

919 stations

919 station records on 25 April 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 April 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moutajup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Powell River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Kars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Skipton (Baangal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Mt Manara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Witchelina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Angledool Telephone Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Onder-Geluk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Christie (Tar 397 Mile)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wilpena Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nive Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Camocim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leaburg 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moorleah (Preolenna Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Swaziland Ranch-Homest	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canbelego Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman (Narrina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Griffith Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Ailsa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Warrana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Musquash	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Basin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
De Emigratie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fleming	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harlem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pura Pura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Jose de Mipibu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baependi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Amersfoort (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Silver Bell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wondalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goodooga (Mogila)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Piranhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jucurutu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vlakplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kafferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

919 records

Records set or tied on 25 April 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 107, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 145, Lowest daily minimum 203, Heaviest daily rainfall 335, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 25 April 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	107
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	145
Lowest daily minimum	203
Heaviest daily rainfall	335
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 25 April 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 909.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

712 broken records

Margins by which the 712 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 April 1974

Top 20 records on 25 April 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 April 1974	Moutajup, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1974	Powell River, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1974	Broken Hill (Kars), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1974	Skipton (Baangal), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1974	Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1974	Ivanhoe (Mt Manara), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1974	Marree (Witchelina), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1974	New Angledool Telephone Office, AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1974	Onder-Geluk, ZA	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1974	Mount Christie (Tar 397 Mile), AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1974	Wilpena Head Station, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1974	Nive Downs, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1974	Silverton Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1974	Camocim, BR	daily rain	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1974	Leaburg 1 SW, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1974	Moorleah (Preolenna Road), AU	monthly rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1974	Swaziland Ranch-Homest, SZ	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1974	Canbelego Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1974	Driefontein, ZA	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1974	Blinman (Narrina), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	40 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 919 records.

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

Records on 04-25 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1796	1
1805	1
1807	1
1808	1
1812	1
1813	1
1817	2
1841	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	1
1854	7
1856	1
1857	3
1861	1
1862	1
1865	2
1867	2
1873	3
1874	4
1875	2
1882	2
1883	5
1884	1
1885	2
1887	2
1888	3
1889	3
1890	9
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1895	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	2
1901	6
1902	3
1903	29
1904	10
1905	8
1906	20
1907	22
1908	26
1909	47
1910	42
1911	14
1912	16
1913	53
1914	14
1915	82
1916	54
1917	28
1918	136
1919	103
1920	41
1921	83
1922	66
1923	95
1924	142
1925	231
1926	439
1927	175
1928	143
1929	288
1930	280
1931	269
1932	362
1933	133
1934	360
1935	248
1936	175
1937	494
1938	375
1939	371
1940	534
1941	223
1942	644
1943	340
1944	294
1945	638
1946	379
1947	324
1948	599
1949	572
1950	647
1951	370
1952	636
1953	369
1954	767
1955	644
1956	607
1957	442
1958	569
1959	385
1960	992
1961	563
1962	1,116
1963	437
1964	538
1965	526
1966	541
1967	837
1968	1,011
1969	419
1970	462
1971	629
1972	508
1973	434
1974	919
1975	764
1976	561
1977	812
1978	696
1979	622
1980	784
1981	900
1982	628
1983	1,860
1984	874
1985	649
1986	1,031
1987	1,009
1988	736
1989	1,382
1990	1,553
1991	1,003
1992	1,032
1993	862
1994	1,200
1995	1,128
1996	866
1997	1,348
1998	777
1999	986
2000	1,026
2001	1,170
2002	1,194
2003	859
2004	801
2005	1,435
2006	791
2007	1,149
2008	998
2009	1,366
2010	862
2011	1,166
2012	1,676
2013	1,193
2014	469
2015	743
2016	692
2017	705
2018	660
2019	660
2020	477
2021	386
2022	588
2023	540
2024	485
2025	493
2026	581

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Data for records on 1974-04-25: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	672
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1