Weather Records on 11 July 1974

858 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 July 1974. Highest significance: Koonmarra, AU.

Key Facts for 11 July 1974

On 11 July 1974, 858 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
109 were record highs and 483 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 820 daily.
Koonmarra set an all-time record daily precipitation of 114.7 mm (4.5 in) on 11 July 1974.
Across 167 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

858 stations

858 station records on 11 July 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 July 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Koonmarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.7 mm (4.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Regensburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sion	Canada	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kajlastuj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Campsie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wetaskiwin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Berezovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tehachapi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Panuco (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Turner	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Phillip	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pierson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rocklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fernie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yahualica de Gonzalez Gallo (	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pemfling-Pitzling	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Magiscatzin (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stony Gorge Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waskada	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco de Los Romo (Sm	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Salto (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis de la Paz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Council	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Powell River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Villagran (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarence	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Redmond 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dom Mauricio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jasper	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zajsan	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	40.5 C (104.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

858 records

Records set or tied on 11 July 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 320, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 163, Heaviest daily rainfall 265, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 11 July 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	320
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	163
Heaviest daily rainfall	265
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 11 July 1974 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 26, daily 820.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

710 broken records

Margins by which the 710 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

11 July 1974

Top 20 records on 11 July 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 July 1974	Koonmarra, AU	all-time rain	114.7 mm (4.5 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 July 1974	Regensburg, DE	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 July 1974	Sion, CA	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1974	Yellow Grass, CA	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1974	Astana, KZ	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1974	Bens Run 1 SSE, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1974	Kajlastuj, RU	daily rain	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1974	Campsie, CA	monthly rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1974	Wetaskiwin, CA	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	65 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1974	Berezovo, RU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1974	Crosby, US	all-time rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1974	Lyndon, AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1974	Cedarville, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1974	Tehachapi, US	monthly low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	81 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1974	Panuco (Smn), MX	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1974	Garden Valley, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	80 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1974	Turner, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1974	Mount Phillip, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1974	Pierson, CA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1974	Orland, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	69 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

1813 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1974. 1974 had 858 records.

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

Records on 07-11 in each year
Year	Records
1813	2
1815	1
1816	1
1821	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	2
1851	2
1856	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	1
1876	3
1878	2
1879	3
1882	2
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	9
1890	5
1891	4
1894	12
1895	3
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	7
1900	4
1901	4
1902	3
1903	7
1904	14
1905	16
1906	17
1907	23
1908	36
1909	16
1910	24
1911	87
1912	21
1913	36
1914	45
1915	21
1916	29
1917	121
1918	18
1919	37
1920	22
1921	179
1922	56
1923	107
1924	100
1925	425
1926	215
1927	106
1928	91
1929	121
1930	572
1931	206
1932	291
1933	705
1934	413
1935	387
1936	1,268
1937	405
1938	244
1939	496
1940	296
1941	517
1942	734
1943	369
1944	702
1945	978
1946	275
1947	388
1948	313
1949	286
1950	619
1951	849
1952	519
1953	554
1954	758
1955	343
1956	534
1957	495
1958	519
1959	523
1960	373
1961	731
1962	536
1963	706
1964	482
1965	406
1966	503
1967	368
1968	482
1969	569
1970	404
1971	547
1972	486
1973	658
1974	858
1975	1,107
1976	734
1977	537
1978	829
1979	519
1980	1,002
1981	663
1982	642
1983	984
1984	1,174
1985	607
1986	691
1987	1,030
1988	973
1989	832
1990	1,010
1991	1,038
1992	926
1993	1,227
1994	839
1995	1,037
1996	1,283
1997	686
1998	1,235
1999	1,175
2000	862
2001	874
2002	1,438
2003	1,033
2004	658
2005	1,105
2006	809
2007	962
2008	759
2009	801
2010	1,210
2011	1,016
2012	1,053
2013	553
2014	540
2015	766
2016	1,035
2017	589
2018	439
2019	606
2020	814
2021	935
2022	581
2023	873
2024	1,064
2025	440
2026	705

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Data for records on 1974-07-11: 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 50	706
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1