Weather Records on 9 September 1974

689 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 September 1974. Highest significance: Moola Bulla, AU.

Key Facts for 9 September 1974

On 9 September 1974, 689 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
232 were record highs and 176 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 666 daily.
Moola Bulla set a daily record precipitation of 42.0 mm (1.7 in) on 9 September 1974.
Across 162 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

689 stations

689 station records on 9 September 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 September 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moola Bulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Flora Valley Old	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gigant	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Zavetnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Elista	Russia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Napier Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sugartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tecamachalco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hausstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jubilee Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shubuta	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Divnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bronson	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhneangarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Keithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buckatunna 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beagle Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesburg 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sumrall	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bella Bella	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salamanca	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kirbyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berea College	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Broaddus	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Entrance	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tapalpa (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Toliman	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Duncan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kojnas	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dunmor	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Center	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

689 records

Records set or tied on 9 September 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 176, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 278, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 9 September 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	176
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	278
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 September 1974 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 666.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

555 broken records

Margins by which the 555 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 September 1974

Top 20 records on 9 September 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 September 1974	Moola Bulla, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 September 1974	Leitchfield 2 N, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	64 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 September 1974	Gordon Downs, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 September 1974	Flora Valley Old, AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 September 1974	Sturt Creek, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 September 1974	Gigant, RU	monthly rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1974	Abbeville, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	67 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1974	Zavetnoe, RU	monthly rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1974	Elista, RU	all-time rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1974	Napier Downs, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1974	Rotenburg (Wumme), DE	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1974	Lebanon, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1974	Du Quoin 4 SE, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1974	Sugartown, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1974	Tecamachalco, MX	monthly low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1974	Ruston la Tech, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	73 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1974	Hausstein, DE	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1974	Jubilee Downs, AU	monthly rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1974	Shubuta, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1974	Divnoe, RU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	46 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

1806 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1974. 1974 had 689 records.

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

Records on 09-09 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1812	1
1813	1
1814	2
1834	1
1836	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1850	1
1854	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	3
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1883	3
1884	4
1886	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	4
1893	4
1894	3
1895	7
1897	3
1898	5
1899	6
1900	1
1901	4
1902	5
1903	14
1904	9
1905	8
1906	24
1907	9
1908	5
1909	9
1910	17
1911	27
1912	48
1913	12
1914	69
1915	48
1916	16
1917	44
1918	40
1919	74
1920	145
1921	92
1922	115
1923	58
1924	232
1925	248
1926	168
1927	246
1928	108
1929	362
1930	211
1931	558
1932	302
1933	433
1934	256
1935	461
1936	297
1937	242
1938	416
1939	429
1940	294
1941	763
1942	357
1943	596
1944	719
1945	355
1946	366
1947	465
1948	307
1949	1,407
1950	426
1951	338
1952	511
1953	344
1954	283
1955	608
1956	742
1957	390
1958	419
1959	736
1960	492
1961	383
1962	847
1963	400
1964	488
1965	326
1966	366
1967	367
1968	440
1969	603
1970	584
1971	498
1972	464
1973	517
1974	689
1975	555
1976	773
1977	410
1978	702
1979	878
1980	829
1981	1,011
1982	814
1983	958
1984	1,304
1985	1,269
1986	1,026
1987	676
1988	836
1989	983
1990	762
1991	882
1992	620
1993	886
1994	892
1995	937
1996	809
1997	837
1998	1,667
1999	1,013
2000	811
2001	1,647
2002	1,355
2003	786
2004	1,603
2005	1,068
2006	917
2007	948
2008	1,161
2009	792
2010	1,049
2011	1,328
2012	681
2013	974
2014	590
2015	806
2016	1,210
2017	661
2018	876
2019	953
2020	2,579
2021	1,458
2022	1,094
2023	1,222
2024	1,146
2025	520
2026	815

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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	444
10 to 20	56
20 to 30	22
30 to 40	17
40 to 50	9
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	1