Weather Records on 23 August 1974

612 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 1974. Highest significance: Lottering (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 23 August 1974

On 23 August 1974, 612 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
132 were record highs and 167 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 593 daily.
Lottering (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 136.0 mm (5.4 in) on 23 August 1974.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

612 stations

612 station records on 23 August 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 August 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Fantan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Shorja	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kvareli	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Garnovit	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Delta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Itapicuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mudgeacca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Perola Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Semenovka	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Krakmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barnsdall	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstown Pittsgrov 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alagoinhas (Vfflb)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bethesdaweg (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Garber	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shaki	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coorabulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zuur Anys	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	149.2 mm (5.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hobbs	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Archer City 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Follett	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nova Soure	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Heilbron "Smoordrif"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hominy	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Menard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kedabek	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plainview	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

612 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 309, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 23 August 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	309
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 23 August 1974 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 17, daily 593.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

492 broken records

Margins by which the 492 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 1974

Top 20 records on 23 August 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 1974	Lottering (Bos), ZA	daily rain	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	97.9 mm (3.9 in)	73 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1974	Fantan, AM	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1974	Cheviot Fells, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1974	Shorja, AM	all-time rain	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1974	Sidney 6NNW, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1974	Ganca, AZ	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1974	Gavar, AM	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1974	Toronto, CA	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	114 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1974	Kvareli, GE	daily rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1974	Ft Robinson, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1974	Garnovit, AM	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1974	Burkes Flat, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1974	Tarkastad (Pol), ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	72 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1974	Delta, US	monthly low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	77 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1974	Stillwater 2 W, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1974	Itapicuru, BR	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1974	Mudgeacca, AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1974	Perola Park, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1974	Chillicothe 2S, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1974	Semenovka, AM	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	11 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

1802 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1974. 1974 had 612 records.

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

Records on 08-23 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1813	2
1816	2
1817	1
1818	1
1829	1
1839	3
1840	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1853	2
1857	1
1858	1
1864	1
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1877	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1890	3
1891	4
1892	4
1893	4
1894	2
1895	3
1896	6
1897	1
1898	8
1899	8
1900	2
1901	10
1902	9
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	27
1907	15
1908	18
1909	10
1910	15
1911	23
1912	44
1913	9
1914	23
1915	63
1916	23
1917	26
1918	91
1919	24
1920	102
1921	280
1922	58
1923	284
1924	127
1925	182
1926	99
1927	198
1928	196
1929	240
1930	432
1931	412
1932	211
1933	342
1934	308
1935	220
1936	980
1937	522
1938	654
1939	439
1940	535
1941	375
1942	540
1943	505
1944	578
1945	338
1946	416
1947	1,071
1948	594
1949	456
1950	461
1951	347
1952	456
1953	292
1954	438
1955	375
1956	501
1957	645
1958	402
1959	494
1960	806
1961	644
1962	364
1963	380
1964	724
1965	357
1966	802
1967	541
1968	1,384
1969	728
1970	518
1971	610
1972	614
1973	650
1974	612
1975	627
1976	703
1977	557
1978	577
1979	459
1980	552
1981	663
1982	713
1983	1,264
1984	862
1985	1,187
1986	839
1987	1,119
1988	1,604
1989	902
1990	661
1991	697
1992	1,291
1993	796
1994	738
1995	1,212
1996	1,161
1997	1,599
1998	1,138
1999	802
2000	936
2001	834
2002	931
2003	1,103
2004	862
2005	786
2006	728
2007	1,513
2008	966
2009	1,241
2010	1,244
2011	1,412
2012	688
2013	397
2014	960
2015	673
2016	595
2017	543
2018	479
2019	445
2020	1,093
2021	629
2022	781
2023	1,287
2024	1,150
2025	1,295
2026	592

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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 50	488
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1