Weather Records on 10 September 1974

522 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 September 1974. Highest significance: Waianae 798, US.

Key Facts for 10 September 1974

On 10 September 1974, 522 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
209 were record highs and 153 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 510 daily.
Waianae 798 set a daily record precipitation of 62.2 mm (2.4 in) on 10 September 1974.
Across 166 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

522 stations

522 station records on 10 September 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 September 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waianae 798	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nokomis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crane Nsa	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Neuville	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tunka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
The Cedars	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mourilyan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toliman	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Strasbourg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Teocaltiche (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco de Los Romo (Sm	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
C.A.E. Llera	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maliye_Karmakuly	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vevay	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Emery	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fruita	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tecamachalco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Acambaro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Millerstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elberta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Tlalcilalcalpan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tlacotepec de Benito Juarez	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dime Box	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgewick	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Poncitlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

522 records

Records set or tied on 10 September 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 151, Lowest daily maximum 90, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 155, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 10 September 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	151
Lowest daily maximum	90
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 September 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 510.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

417 broken records

Margins by which the 417 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 September 1974

Top 20 records on 10 September 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 September 1974	Waianae 798, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
10 September 1974	Bedford, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1974	Nokomis, CA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1974	Moultrie 2 ESE, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1974	Crane Nsa, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1974	Neuville, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1974	Everett, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1974	Tunka, RU	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1974	The Cedars, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1974	Mourilyan Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1974	Toliman, MX	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1974	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1974	1 ENE Fairfield, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1974	Leitchfield 2 N, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1974	Strasbourg, CA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1974	Teocaltiche (Dge), MX	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1974	Bartow 1SE, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	80 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1974	Irapuato, MX	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	64 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1974	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily high min	10.4 C (50.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	80 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1974	Greenville 2 W, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

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

1812 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1974. 1974 had 522 records.

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

Records on 09-10 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1813	1
1814	2
1818	1
1838	2
1841	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1850	2
1854	3
1857	1
1858	1
1865	5
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1883	3
1884	4
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	1
1897	7
1898	4
1899	10
1901	1
1902	10
1903	13
1904	5
1905	7
1906	23
1907	15
1908	15
1909	25
1910	26
1911	8
1912	62
1913	24
1914	43
1915	53
1916	15
1917	79
1918	33
1919	42
1920	132
1921	207
1922	78
1923	38
1924	335
1925	197
1926	68
1927	262
1928	109
1929	282
1930	161
1931	724
1932	258
1933	333
1934	247
1935	478
1936	336
1937	376
1938	369
1939	386
1940	410
1941	389
1942	271
1943	352
1944	470
1945	334
1946	295
1947	534
1948	432
1949	793
1950	394
1951	344
1952	476
1953	250
1954	271
1955	376
1956	834
1957	332
1958	435
1959	670
1960	376
1961	459
1962	798
1963	384
1964	710
1965	355
1966	330
1967	512
1968	846
1969	635
1970	582
1971	400
1972	477
1973	559
1974	522
1975	528
1976	1,041
1977	391
1978	883
1979	563
1980	716
1981	629
1982	687
1983	1,329
1984	824
1985	1,140
1986	960
1987	574
1988	783
1989	1,098
1990	782
1991	827
1992	745
1993	936
1994	816
1995	643
1996	1,003
1997	829
1998	1,832
1999	1,068
2000	1,088
2001	1,129
2002	1,298
2003	1,149
2004	652
2005	1,173
2006	1,110
2007	866
2008	975
2009	636
2010	1,273
2011	1,235
2012	793
2013	1,198
2014	894
2015	789
2016	1,085
2017	674
2018	1,030
2019	816
2020	2,105
2021	1,311
2022	633
2023	1,114
2024	933
2025	583
2026	832

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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	372
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1