Weather Records on 27 July 1974

403 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 July 1974. Highest significance: Maroonah, AU.

Key Facts for 27 July 1974

On 27 July 1974, 403 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
115 were record highs and 101 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 392 daily.
Maroonah set a monthly record daily precipitation of 73.0 mm (2.9 in) on 27 July 1974.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

403 stations

403 station records on 27 July 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 July 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maroonah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Koonmarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
El Salto (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Apsley (Parki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Augustus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Diamond Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Phillip	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Suolovuopmi	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Prentiss	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Holland 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adak AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Falkville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Indiga	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Long Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hempstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gnaraloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
W Palm Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rosebery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cedartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrenceville 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alberton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tapalpa (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buhta Providenja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blackleaf	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jasper 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hyndman	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
French Island (McLeod Prison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

403 records

Records set or tied on 27 July 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 186, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 27 July 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	186
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 27 July 1974 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 8, daily 392.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

314 broken records

Margins by which the 314 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 660.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 July 1974

Top 20 records on 27 July 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 July 1974	Maroonah, AU	monthly rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1974	Koonmarra, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1974	El Salto (Smn), MX	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1974	Apsley (Parki), AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1974	Mount Augustus, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1974	Wellwood, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1974	Bjoernoeya, NO	monthly rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1974	Anderson, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1974	Diamond Springs, US	daily rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1974	Mount Phillip, AU	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1974	Suolovuopmi, NO	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1974	Prentiss, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1974	Holland 1 E, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1974	Adak AP, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1974	Poowong (Post Office), AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	78 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1974	Falkville 1 E, US	daily rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	7 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1974	Bartow 1SE, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	68 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1974	Indiga, RU	all-time high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1974	Randolph 5 NNE, US	monthly rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1974	Long Creek, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	36 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

1805 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1974. 1974 had 403 records.

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

Records on 07-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	2
1820	1
1832	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	2
1857	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	2
1868	4
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	5
1884	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	3
1889	4
1890	5
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	4
1900	5
1901	11
1902	4
1903	13
1904	13
1905	7
1906	16
1907	14
1908	17
1909	18
1910	7
1911	51
1912	89
1913	43
1914	44
1915	31
1916	143
1917	46
1918	103
1919	86
1920	67
1921	123
1922	95
1923	142
1924	71
1925	234
1926	131
1927	69
1928	222
1929	177
1930	786
1931	429
1932	172
1933	414
1934	471
1935	289
1936	971
1937	407
1938	287
1939	284
1940	632
1941	457
1942	258
1943	326
1944	398
1945	337
1946	680
1947	389
1948	485
1949	418
1950	797
1951	207
1952	476
1953	248
1954	294
1955	521
1956	325
1957	372
1958	491
1959	395
1960	385
1961	277
1962	1,009
1963	584
1964	335
1965	434
1966	594
1967	559
1968	391
1969	588
1970	379
1971	1,083
1972	790
1973	751
1974	403
1975	588
1976	426
1977	878
1978	583
1979	749
1980	760
1981	1,233
1982	584
1983	1,455
1984	1,613
1985	571
1986	836
1987	1,108
1988	936
1989	1,103
1990	846
1991	763
1992	791
1993	1,317
1994	1,851
1995	1,192
1996	950
1997	1,173
1998	1,363
1999	820
2000	1,019
2001	1,265
2002	816
2003	1,064
2004	1,552
2005	1,743
2006	1,321
2007	904
2008	784
2009	829
2010	1,330
2011	1,007
2012	823
2013	1,110
2014	591
2015	744
2016	564
2017	460
2018	737
2019	597
2020	842
2021	1,131
2022	855
2023	826
2024	646
2025	853
2026	1,170

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Data for records on 1974-07-27: 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 100	313
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1