Weather Records on 7 September 1974

709 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 September 1974. Highest significance: Mount Amhurst, AU.

Key Facts for 7 September 1974

On 7 September 1974, 709 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
63 were record highs and 404 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 686 daily.
Mount Amhurst set a monthly record daily precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 7 September 1974.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

709 stations

709 station records on 7 September 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 September 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Amhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Meda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount House Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bidyadanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buckingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nossa Senhora Das Dores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Chico	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Flora Valley Old	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Irving	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Meridian Key Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans WSO City	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Towson	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rougemont	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Menard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tveitsund	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Encinal	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lamboo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cartersville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
State Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

709 records

Records set or tied on 7 September 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 234, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 170, Heaviest daily rainfall 238, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 7 September 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	234
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	170
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 September 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 686.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

591 broken records

Margins by which the 591 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 September 1974

Top 20 records on 7 September 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 September 1974	Mount Amhurst, AU	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1974	Leakesville 6 WSW, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	75 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1974	Vestervig, DK	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	92 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1974	Greensboro, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1974	Meda, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1974	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1974	Mount House Station, AU	monthly rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1974	Bidyadanga, AU	monthly rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1974	Randolph 5 NNE, US	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1974	Siler City 2 N, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1974	Thiruvananthapuram, IN	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1974	Waynesboro 2 W, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	80 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1974	Buckingham, US	monthly rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	79 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1974	Nossa Senhora Das Dores, BR	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1974	Newark Ag Farm, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1974	El Chico, MX	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1974	Logan, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	69 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1974	Flora Valley Old, AU	monthly rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	53 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1974	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1974	Ballinger 2 NW, US	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	56 years	37 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 709 records.

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

Records on 09-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	2
1816	1
1833	1
1845	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	4
1872	3
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	7
1892	3
1894	8
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1899	3
1900	1
1901	6
1902	3
1903	7
1904	8
1905	20
1906	8
1907	5
1908	26
1909	11
1910	15
1911	20
1912	39
1913	20
1914	29
1915	28
1916	39
1917	44
1918	35
1919	184
1920	375
1921	80
1922	98
1923	125
1924	232
1925	303
1926	117
1927	147
1928	130
1929	355
1930	108
1931	400
1932	478
1933	287
1934	566
1935	275
1936	370
1937	260
1938	348
1939	634
1940	226
1941	451
1942	415
1943	591
1944	519
1945	482
1946	356
1947	625
1948	353
1949	705
1950	704
1951	342
1952	301
1953	446
1954	390
1955	405
1956	752
1957	498
1958	570
1959	583
1960	763
1961	312
1962	729
1963	448
1964	463
1965	672
1966	365
1967	535
1968	417
1969	696
1970	917
1971	648
1972	534
1973	674
1974	709
1975	423
1976	763
1977	674
1978	1,165
1979	583
1980	613
1981	622
1982	684
1983	1,235
1984	1,396
1985	1,459
1986	1,062
1987	956
1988	1,266
1989	553
1990	900
1991	957
1992	1,257
1993	720
1994	523
1995	1,093
1996	982
1997	799
1998	1,262
1999	1,087
2000	1,320
2001	1,068
2002	1,169
2003	768
2004	865
2005	708
2006	1,105
2007	1,171
2008	1,210
2009	713
2010	1,147
2011	1,452
2012	699
2013	981
2014	491
2015	637
2016	868
2017	966
2018	723
2019	743
2020	1,352
2021	794
2022	2,096
2023	1,116
2024	1,216
2025	711
2026	760

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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 10	492
10 to 20	52
20 to 30	25
30 to 40	13
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1