Weather Records on 9 June 1974

780 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 June 1974. Highest significance: Harlan Co Lake, US.

Key Facts for 9 June 1974

On 9 June 1974, 780 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
188 were record highs and 214 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 740 daily.
Harlan Co Lake set a daily record precipitation of 90.2 mm (3.6 in) on 9 June 1974.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

780 stations

780 station records on 9 June 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 June 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Charles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Siloam Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	230.9 mm (9.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wauneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gregory	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wallace 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Parkston 8 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Winter Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jodhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haigler	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paxton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mingo 6E	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Cambalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmer (Gemaal Buma)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tioga 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carter Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

780 records

Records set or tied on 9 June 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 129, Lowest daily minimum 146, Heaviest daily rainfall 373, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 9 June 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	129
Lowest daily minimum	146
Heaviest daily rainfall	373
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 9 June 1974 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 37, daily 740.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

631 broken records

Margins by which the 631 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1346.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 June 1974

Top 20 records on 9 June 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 June 1974	Harlan Co Lake, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	67 years	68 of 100 (Major)
9 June 1974	Charles City, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	78 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 June 1974	Siloam Springs, US	all-time rain	230.9 mm (9.1 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 June 1974	Wauneta, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 June 1974	Gregory, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 June 1974	Grundy Ctr, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	75 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 June 1974	Dresden, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	69 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 June 1974	Wallace 2W, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1974	White Lake, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1974	Claremore 2 ENE, US	monthly rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1974	Winterset 4N, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1974	Quinter, US	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1974	Gore Bay, CA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1974	Seligman, US	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1974	Newport, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1974	Parkston 8 ENE, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1974	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1974	Winter Park, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1974	Winona, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	13 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1974	Sterling, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	51 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

1797 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1974. 1974 had 780 records.

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

Records on 06-09 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1804	1
1811	3
1812	1
1814	1
1816	1
1822	1
1838	3
1841	1
1844	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1861	1
1862	2
1863	1
1866	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	5
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1894	2
1896	2
1897	8
1899	1
1900	3
1901	4
1902	15
1903	7
1904	9
1905	12
1906	16
1907	15
1908	25
1909	32
1910	19
1911	47
1912	54
1913	62
1914	70
1915	111
1916	110
1917	23
1918	28
1919	42
1920	32
1921	320
1922	64
1923	108
1924	121
1925	116
1926	72
1927	112
1928	137
1929	176
1930	251
1931	318
1932	180
1933	785
1934	233
1935	171
1936	238
1937	406
1938	339
1939	257
1940	184
1941	1,167
1942	376
1943	189
1944	369
1945	300
1946	289
1947	531
1948	500
1949	366
1950	477
1951	368
1952	362
1953	706
1954	388
1955	1,058
1956	801
1957	537
1958	547
1959	504
1960	265
1961	614
1962	271
1963	458
1964	688
1965	389
1966	651
1967	517
1968	670
1969	520
1970	737
1971	320
1972	585
1973	690
1974	780
1975	505
1976	604
1977	1,013
1978	993
1979	971
1980	936
1981	1,275
1982	634
1983	769
1984	961
1985	1,014
1986	652
1987	864
1988	973
1989	1,112
1990	746
1991	756
1992	726
1993	1,031
1994	844
1995	2,141
1996	1,477
1997	1,262
1998	1,108
1999	1,217
2000	1,134
2001	974
2002	1,395
2003	859
2004	1,158
2005	1,141
2006	718
2007	1,160
2008	1,743
2009	835
2010	751
2011	1,311
2012	644
2013	642
2014	988
2015	1,044
2016	728
2017	549
2018	625
2019	653
2020	999
2021	939
2022	473
2023	586
2024	641
2025	1,208
2026	536

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Data for records on 1974-06-09: 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 200	629
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	1