Weather Records on 28 July 1974

343 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 1974. Highest significance: Wiluna, AU.

Key Facts for 28 July 1974

On 28 July 1974, 343 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
111 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 307 daily.
Wiluna set a monthly record daily precipitation of 73.5 mm (2.9 in) on 28 July 1974.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

343 stations

343 station records on 28 July 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 July 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wiluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Wonganoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Doolgunna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lyndon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mount Augustus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mulgul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Murchison Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Buttah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hillview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Giralia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yarlerweelor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Clere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Old Cunyu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Karasjok	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
The Warriups	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Milgun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bryah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mileura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leonora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glenorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ningaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Towera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Unskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Millrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cobra Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kookynie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Albion Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yerilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mulyie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mia Mia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nanutarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cardabia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orford South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shorja	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minnie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shurabad	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moogooree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dairy Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Vernon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Redington	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bernalillo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yundamindra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

343 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 147, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 28 July 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 28 July 1974 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 31, daily 307.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

260 broken records

Margins by which the 260 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 685.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 1974

Top 20 records on 28 July 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 1974	Wiluna, AU	monthly rain	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1974	Wonganoo, AU	monthly rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1974	Doolgunna, AU	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1974	Lyndon, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1974	Mount Augustus, AU	monthly rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1974	Mulgul, AU	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1974	Murchison Downs, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1974	Buttah, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1974	Hillview, AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1974	Elizabethtown, US	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1974	Giralia, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1974	Sherwood, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1974	Three Rivers, AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1974	Yarlerweelor, AU	monthly rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1974	Mount Clere, AU	monthly rain	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1974	Old Cunyu, AU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1974	Karasjok, NO	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1974	The Warriups, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1974	Milgun, AU	monthly rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1974	Bryah, AU	monthly rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	49 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

1815 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1974. 1974 had 343 records.

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

Records on 07-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1832	2
1834	1
1838	1
1846	1
1848	1
1853	1
1857	1
1860	2
1866	2
1867	1
1872	3
1873	1
1874	1
1882	1
1883	3
1884	3
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	3
1891	8
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	6
1900	8
1901	14
1902	4
1903	16
1904	23
1905	10
1906	18
1907	39
1908	15
1909	19
1910	18
1911	61
1912	32
1913	54
1914	42
1915	36
1916	134
1917	84
1918	34
1919	53
1920	95
1921	92
1922	82
1923	193
1924	79
1925	361
1926	175
1927	129
1928	341
1929	215
1930	603
1931	464
1932	184
1933	390
1934	533
1935	354
1936	471
1937	315
1938	264
1939	339
1940	507
1941	525
1942	165
1943	429
1944	349
1945	399
1946	380
1947	630
1948	535
1949	496
1950	1,035
1951	320
1952	669
1953	251
1954	355
1955	537
1956	309
1957	298
1958	549
1959	417
1960	416
1961	357
1962	772
1963	484
1964	422
1965	422
1966	349
1967	458
1968	547
1969	737
1970	343
1971	1,161
1972	675
1973	500
1974	343
1975	537
1976	493
1977	724
1978	681
1979	692
1980	1,170
1981	1,315
1982	774
1983	1,389
1984	1,373
1985	627
1986	868
1987	1,202
1988	761
1989	936
1990	757
1991	768
1992	678
1993	1,026
1994	2,266
1995	1,251
1996	1,178
1997	1,024
1998	1,835
1999	985
2000	857
2001	938
2002	866
2003	932
2004	1,345
2005	1,387
2006	1,398
2007	998
2008	923
2009	964
2010	1,306
2011	1,143
2012	731
2013	1,428
2014	713
2015	911
2016	648
2017	476
2018	655
2019	469
2020	721
2021	831
2022	990
2023	765
2024	668
2025	845
2026	863

Download the Data

Data for records on 1974-07-28: 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	259
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1