Weather Records on 1 August 1974

526 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 1974. Highest significance: Tapalpa (Smn), MX.

Key Facts for 1 August 1974

On 1 August 1974, 526 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 146 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 514 daily.
Tapalpa (Smn) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 115.1 mm (4.5 in) on 1 August 1974.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

526 stations

526 station records on 1 August 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tapalpa (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Bento Do Una	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Edenholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record snow depth	167.6 cm (66.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gnowanallup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Craigie-Lea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Zhigansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Idracowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hargraves (the Elders)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Doodenanning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kwobrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yealering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kupino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nyabing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Graball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canguaretama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anniston Metro AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pingaring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wagin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toliman	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kayenta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Geneseo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bowelling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kostroma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Abbott 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eden	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Isseka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roelands Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Noggerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Inkpen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
McAllen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Luiz Do Quitunde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Njaksimvol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pasamonte	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mys Shmidta	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Magdagaci	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mundaring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

526 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 93, Heaviest daily rainfall 291, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 1 August 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	93
Heaviest daily rainfall	291
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 1 August 1974 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 514.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

437 broken records

Margins by which the 437 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 863.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 1974

Top 20 records on 1 August 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 1974	Tapalpa (Smn), MX	monthly rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 August 1974	Uil, KZ	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1974	Sao Bento Do Una, BR	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1974	Edenholme, AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1974	Rainier Paradise Rs, US	monthly snow depth	167.6 cm (66.0 in)	86.3 cm (34.0 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1974	Gnowanallup, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1974	Chernjaevo, RU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1974	Craigie-Lea, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1974	Zhigansk, RU	monthly rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1974	Idracowra, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1974	Hargraves (the Elders), AU	daily rain	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1974	Doodenanning, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1974	Kwobrup, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1974	Yealering, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1974	Kupino, RU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1974	Nyabing, AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1974	Millen 4 N, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1974	Graball, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	59 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1974	Canguaretama, BR	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1974	Morgan 1 W, US	monthly high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	71 years	41 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

1797 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1974. 1974 had 526 records.

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

Records on 08-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1816	2
1829	1
1833	1
1834	2
1836	1
1838	1
1842	1
1851	1
1856	1
1858	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1886	2
1887	1
1890	1
1891	7
1892	4
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	1
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	19
1904	10
1905	12
1906	18
1907	13
1908	18
1909	15
1910	30
1911	46
1912	49
1913	25
1914	17
1915	49
1916	16
1917	108
1918	55
1919	32
1920	101
1921	87
1922	44
1923	203
1924	93
1925	281
1926	252
1927	266
1928	132
1929	161
1930	252
1931	362
1932	408
1933	487
1934	448
1935	547
1936	636
1937	492
1938	523
1939	335
1940	333
1941	341
1942	388
1943	398
1944	410
1945	975
1946	336
1947	401
1948	354
1949	324
1950	552
1951	420
1952	391
1953	565
1954	462
1955	796
1956	441
1957	270
1958	389
1959	352
1960	677
1961	404
1962	602
1963	270
1964	883
1965	669
1966	383
1967	250
1968	625
1969	453
1970	482
1971	1,135
1972	609
1973	766
1974	526
1975	915
1976	886
1977	636
1978	706
1979	580
1980	906
1981	668
1982	742
1983	931
1984	532
1985	987
1986	846
1987	999
1988	880
1989	1,301
1990	927
1991	740
1992	1,024
1993	907
1994	1,217
1995	1,513
1996	1,118
1997	904
1998	1,281
1999	1,707
2000	1,020
2001	1,079
2002	1,249
2003	1,155
2004	740
2005	878
2006	1,655
2007	746
2008	795
2009	932
2010	1,182
2011	1,191
2012	850
2013	542
2014	853
2015	864
2016	499
2017	758
2018	987
2019	479
2020	838
2021	1,009
2022	915
2023	627
2024	879
2025	785
2026	1,085

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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 200	436
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1