Weather Records on 19 September 1974

637 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 September 1974. Highest significance: Miriam Vale, AU.

Key Facts for 19 September 1974

On 19 September 1974, 637 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 613 daily.
Miriam Vale set a daily record precipitation of 57.6 mm (2.3 in) on 19 September 1974.
Across 166 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

637 stations

637 station records on 19 September 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 September 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Rosedale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Noongall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wydgee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Yuin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Menzies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tiaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wolvi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pindathuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Biggenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Goomboorian	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
New Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Boona-Choppa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mescalero	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Muralgarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Narndee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Broadwater Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
McCamey	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Halaula 1110	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lowmead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tierra Blanca (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgorong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yalgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Euleilah Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brooweena Lahey St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Booyal Central State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Comanche	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yallalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moningarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Viewmount	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bullardoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cashmere Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Edah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wurarga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kalpowar Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bauple	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Redbank Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Youanmi Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gin Gin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Howard Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Joseph	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

637 records

Records set or tied on 19 September 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 434, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 19 September 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	434
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 September 1974 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 23, daily 613.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

558 broken records

Margins by which the 558 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 134.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 September 1974

Top 20 records on 19 September 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 September 1974	Miriam Vale, AU	daily rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
19 September 1974	Rosedale Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	74 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 September 1974	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 September 1974	Noongall, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 September 1974	Waterloo, AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 September 1974	Fairymead Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 September 1974	Wydgee, AU	monthly rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	57 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 September 1974	Yuin, AU	monthly rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 September 1974	Menzies, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 September 1974	Mungar Junction, AU	daily rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 September 1974	Tiaro, AU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1974	Wolvi, AU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1974	Pindathuna, AU	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1974	Biggenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1974	Goomboorian, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1974	Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1974	New Forest, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1974	Boona-Choppa, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1974	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1974	Mescalero, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	55 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

1805 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1974. 1974 had 637 records.

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

Records on 09-19 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1818	1
1820	1
1825	1
1830	1
1833	1
1834	1
1837	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	3
1851	2
1854	1
1855	1
1856	1
1859	1
1862	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1877	2
1881	2
1882	4
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	7
1890	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	5
1896	2
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1901	17
1902	6
1903	16
1904	9
1905	18
1906	33
1907	9
1908	5
1909	16
1910	16
1911	4
1912	39
1913	200
1914	48
1915	174
1916	38
1917	134
1918	62
1919	52
1920	53
1921	109
1922	81
1923	83
1924	90
1925	356
1926	171
1927	152
1928	211
1929	435
1930	154
1931	400
1932	292
1933	343
1934	171
1935	240
1936	152
1937	331
1938	519
1939	292
1940	459
1941	430
1942	830
1943	540
1944	406
1945	417
1946	802
1947	694
1948	457
1949	303
1950	474
1951	240
1952	545
1953	467
1954	557
1955	578
1956	661
1957	638
1958	354
1959	774
1960	344
1961	445
1962	387
1963	403
1964	350
1965	1,080
1966	529
1967	417
1968	433
1969	493
1970	437
1971	1,127
1972	629
1973	438
1974	637
1975	570
1976	390
1977	719
1978	1,139
1979	727
1980	591
1981	1,462
1982	594
1983	1,630
1984	970
1985	926
1986	737
1987	1,113
1988	973
1989	911
1990	874
1991	2,027
1992	752
1993	885
1994	736
1995	1,096
1996	1,069
1997	1,107
1998	1,039
1999	611
2000	947
2001	1,188
2002	866
2003	1,094
2004	964
2005	814
2006	851
2007	633
2008	647
2009	700
2010	1,414
2011	848
2012	775
2013	578
2014	715
2015	520
2016	999
2017	703
2018	871
2019	584
2020	668
2021	511
2022	666
2023	622
2024	707
2025	554
2026	711

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Data for records on 1974-09-19: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	463
20 to 40	73
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1