Weather Records on 4 August 1974

1,040 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 August 1974. Highest significance: Muncheberg, DE.

Key Facts for 4 August 1974

On 4 August 1974, 1,040 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
191 were record highs and 582 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 1,009 daily.
Muncheberg set a daily record precipitation of 33.8 mm (1.3 in) on 4 August 1974.
Across 165 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

1,040 stations

1,040 station records on 4 August 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 August 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Goldfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Booroorban Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Winderie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nordhorn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Samara	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saittarova_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Little Hickman Lock 8	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ford Lock 1O	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record snow depth	137.2 cm (54.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Swannanoa 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Meedo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Broderup	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clarinda	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pasamonte	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arnett 3NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Temiscamingue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,040 records

Records set or tied on 4 August 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 177, Highest daily minimum 144, Lowest daily minimum 405, Heaviest daily rainfall 266, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 4 August 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	177
Highest daily minimum	144
Lowest daily minimum	405
Heaviest daily rainfall	266
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 4 August 1974 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 30, daily 1,009.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

812 broken records

Margins by which the 812 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 864.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 August 1974

Top 20 records on 4 August 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 August 1974	Muncheberg, DE	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 August 1974	Scottsboro, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 August 1974	Mt Sterling, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	59 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1974	Goldfield, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1974	Booroorban Post Office, AU	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1974	Winderie, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1974	Nordhorn, DE	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1974	Samara, RU	daily rain	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1974	Saittarova_D, SE	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1974	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily low min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	69 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1974	Glomfjord, NO	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1974	Little Hickman Lock 8, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1974	Ford Lock 1O, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1974	Beaver City, US	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	79 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1974	Hereford, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1974	Rainier Paradise Rs, US	daily snow depth	137.2 cm (54.0 in)	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1974	Richmond, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1974	Oswego, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1974	Scheveningen, NL	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	85 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1974	N Fk 2, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	43 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 1,040 records.

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

Records on 08-04 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1827	1
1830	2
1833	1
1835	1
1843	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1857	1
1859	2
1860	2
1863	1
1865	3
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1874	3
1875	1
1878	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1888	4
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	1
1899	7
1900	6
1902	4
1903	18
1904	11
1905	19
1906	14
1907	20
1908	31
1909	27
1910	17
1911	23
1912	51
1913	15
1914	33
1915	85
1916	97
1917	29
1918	95
1919	34
1920	79
1921	67
1922	68
1923	146
1924	132
1925	77
1926	334
1927	136
1928	352
1929	224
1930	698
1931	371
1932	258
1933	347
1934	521
1935	367
1936	719
1937	258
1938	489
1939	433
1940	236
1941	383
1942	303
1943	468
1944	662
1945	355
1946	265
1947	845
1948	558
1949	421
1950	666
1951	680
1952	465
1953	1,017
1954	426
1955	624
1956	437
1957	343
1958	533
1959	303
1960	331
1961	745
1962	470
1963	438
1964	885
1965	409
1966	552
1967	428
1968	280
1969	638
1970	415
1971	813
1972	773
1973	748
1974	1,040
1975	772
1976	801
1977	599
1978	1,051
1979	510
1980	998
1981	636
1982	703
1983	920
1984	722
1985	634
1986	905
1987	892
1988	1,204
1989	738
1990	1,013
1991	769
1992	754
1993	1,046
1994	1,265
1995	1,117
1996	1,143
1997	891
1998	1,423
1999	762
2000	840
2001	1,087
2002	928
2003	1,309
2004	968
2005	1,246
2006	1,131
2007	685
2008	883
2009	681
2010	1,665
2011	1,536
2012	738
2013	452
2014	980
2015	505
2016	732
2017	1,134
2018	760
2019	499
2020	778
2021	691
2022	1,185
2023	1,150
2024	809
2025	840
2026	1,044

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 200	811
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1