Weather Records on 4 July 1974

546 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 July 1974. Highest significance: Steppes (Old Post Office), AU.

Key Facts for 4 July 1974

On 4 July 1974, 546 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
136 were record highs and 147 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 530 daily.
Steppes (Old Post Office) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 103.0 mm (4.1 in) on 4 July 1974.
Across 163 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 421 records.

Record Map

546 stations

546 station records on 4 July 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 July 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Steppes (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tlanchinol (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	253.0 mm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Canton L&D 20	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lucerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sulak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cochrane	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hrazdan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Labelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alagoa Nova (Laranjeiras)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palmyra	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Scranton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Thompsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Edina	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Castricum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Porter 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-USA	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Botlih	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rantoul	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huberdeau	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	230.1 mm (9.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ojinaga (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

546 records

Records set or tied on 4 July 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 261, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 4 July 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	261
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 4 July 1974 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 12, daily 530.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

433 broken records

Margins by which the 433 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 July 1974

Top 20 records on 4 July 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 July 1974	Steppes (Old Post Office), AU	monthly rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 July 1974	Tlanchinol (Smn), MX	monthly rain	253.0 mm (10.0 in)	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1974	Kon-Kolodez, RU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1974	Canton L&D 20, US	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1974	Lucerne, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1974	Sulak, RU	monthly rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1974	Cochrane, CA	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1974	Unionville, US	monthly rain	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1974	Hrazdan, AM	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1974	Milan, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1974	Charlevoix, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1974	Petoskey, US	monthly rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1974	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1974	Centerville, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1974	Shelbina, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1974	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1974	Brome, CA	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1974	Labelle, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1974	Alagoa Nova (Laranjeiras), BR	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1974	Bederkesa, DE	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 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

1806 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1974. 1974 had 546 records.

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

Records on 07-04 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1815	2
1827	1
1828	1
1836	1
1837	1
1838	1
1839	2
1845	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	2
1858	2
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	2
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1898	6
1899	4
1900	10
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	12
1905	6
1906	15
1907	26
1908	14
1909	20
1910	33
1911	62
1912	28
1913	25
1914	48
1915	36
1916	25
1917	107
1918	72
1919	49
1920	105
1921	50
1922	61
1923	59
1924	230
1925	137
1926	139
1927	290
1928	150
1929	255
1930	276
1931	479
1932	635
1933	459
1934	521
1935	319
1936	1,189
1937	341
1938	353
1939	389
1940	504
1941	409
1942	495
1943	348
1944	553
1945	151
1946	288
1947	258
1948	293
1949	474
1950	335
1951	388
1952	285
1953	431
1954	291
1955	433
1956	381
1957	449
1958	517
1959	280
1960	562
1961	525
1962	619
1963	417
1964	383
1965	258
1966	473
1967	935
1968	668
1969	746
1970	675
1971	385
1972	1,195
1973	656
1974	546
1975	879
1976	785
1977	593
1978	1,020
1979	604
1980	674
1981	850
1982	858
1983	942
1984	851
1985	729
1986	1,129
1987	611
1988	1,158
1989	981
1990	871
1991	872
1992	1,023
1993	1,053
1994	1,131
1995	1,128
1996	1,014
1997	1,251
1998	925
1999	1,632
2000	891
2001	1,120
2002	1,152
2003	617
2004	668
2005	834
2006	924
2007	1,052
2008	764
2009	845
2010	1,124
2011	777
2012	1,205
2013	866
2014	456
2015	1,384
2016	919
2017	496
2018	653
2019	528
2020	365
2021	789
2022	700
2023	627
2024	765
2025	737
2026	717

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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 100	430
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1