Weather Records on 6 July 1974

456 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 July 1974. Highest significance: Brejo Do Cruz, BR.

Key Facts for 6 July 1974

On 6 July 1974, 456 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
130 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 433 daily.
Brejo Do Cruz set a daily record precipitation of 55.0 mm (2.2 in) on 6 July 1974.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

456 stations

456 station records on 6 July 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 July 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brejo Do Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sao Tome	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Areia (Ufpb)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
La Paz (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Birsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Irtyshsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhnyaya Pesha	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Adams	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Rafael	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pennant	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belzoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chappells 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Inukjuak Ua	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aksakovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Troitsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	40.4 C (104.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tamiami Trail 40 Mi Bend	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Qabala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
South Nietta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	40.2 C (104.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Salto (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Moma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Maloya	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shelburne Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gull Lake Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salamanca	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boylston	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moroni	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Petrun	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Raevsky	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Irgiz	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Maracanau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Soledade (Ibiapinopolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ribeira Do Pombal (Pombal)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
C.A.E. Llera	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zinder	Niger	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

456 records

Records set or tied on 6 July 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 77, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 190, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 6 July 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	77
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	190
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 6 July 1974 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 21, daily 433.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

363 broken records

Margins by which the 363 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 July 1974

Top 20 records on 6 July 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 July 1974	Brejo Do Cruz, BR	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 July 1974	Sao Tome, BR	monthly rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1974	Vysnij Volocek, RU	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1974	Areia (Ufpb), BR	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1974	Bedford, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1974	La Paz (Dge), MX	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1974	Birsk, RU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1974	Irtyshsk, KZ	all-time high min	28.0 C (82.4 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1974	Nizhnyaya Pesha, RU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1974	Spanish Fk Pwr House, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	55 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1974	Adams, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1974	Petersburg 2 N, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1974	Wattle Hill, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1974	Arecibo 3 ESE, PR	daily low min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1974	Kislovodsk, RU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1974	Holyoke, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1974	Sao Rafael, BR	monthly rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1974	Pennant, CA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1974	Sable Island, CA	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	72 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1974	Butler, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	35 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

1793 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1974. 1974 had 456 records.

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

Records on 07-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1812	1
1813	1
1819	1
1821	1
1828	3
1839	1
1845	1
1848	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1865	1
1868	2
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	3
1879	3
1881	4
1883	1
1885	1
1887	2
1889	1
1890	7
1892	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	5
1900	12
1901	7
1902	6
1903	2
1904	4
1905	8
1906	16
1907	9
1908	22
1909	22
1910	31
1911	45
1912	32
1913	18
1914	50
1915	83
1916	38
1917	26
1918	28
1919	36
1920	36
1921	80
1922	159
1923	177
1924	163
1925	160
1926	133
1927	255
1928	231
1929	106
1930	285
1931	489
1932	470
1933	310
1934	400
1935	222
1936	683
1937	385
1938	269
1939	425
1940	437
1941	337
1942	543
1943	349
1944	320
1945	337
1946	172
1947	506
1948	698
1949	405
1950	541
1951	623
1952	456
1953	656
1954	494
1955	388
1956	722
1957	359
1958	717
1959	285
1960	687
1961	501
1962	434
1963	350
1964	579
1965	442
1966	319
1967	684
1968	739
1969	786
1970	497
1971	412
1972	1,368
1973	1,196
1974	456
1975	743
1976	595
1977	848
1978	1,072
1979	1,092
1980	587
1981	1,016
1982	803
1983	1,002
1984	782
1985	874
1986	870
1987	636
1988	2,036
1989	838
1990	854
1991	888
1992	936
1993	1,419
1994	1,345
1995	779
1996	1,034
1997	792
1998	1,238
1999	1,603
2000	753
2001	1,020
2002	650
2003	723
2004	903
2005	927
2006	1,122
2007	1,303
2008	937
2009	935
2010	1,199
2011	617
2012	1,398
2013	607
2014	494
2015	1,160
2016	778
2017	808
2018	714
2019	523
2020	380
2021	746
2022	890
2023	548
2024	1,185
2025	619
2026	517

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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	362
50 to 100	0
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1