Weather Records on 7 October 1974

773 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 1974. Highest significance: Irene, ZA.

Key Facts for 7 October 1974

On 7 October 1974, 773 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 464 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 767 daily.
Irene set a daily record precipitation of 62.8 mm (2.5 in) on 7 October 1974.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

773 stations

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

Weather records on 7 October 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Irene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vincent Fs Fc 120	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Maraisburg (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Middelweg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Randsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Caballo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malhada Real	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Zoological Garden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Verwoedburg-Mu"Lytteltn"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Forest Res	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grangeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gracemere Russell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Colton Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roodekop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Primghar	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wynnum Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bowenville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gage AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tanana AP	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buderim Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Geneseo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

773 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 223, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 241, Heaviest daily rainfall 204, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 7 October 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	223
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	241
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 7 October 1974 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 767.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

622 broken records

Margins by which the 622 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 1974

Top 20 records on 7 October 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 1974	Irene, ZA	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1974	Melrose, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1974	Vincent Fs Fc 120, US	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1974	Maraisburg (Gm), ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1974	Middelweg, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1974	Hull, GB	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1974	Cooroy Composite, AU	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1974	Hull, GB	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1974	Randsburg, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1974	Caballo Dam, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1974	Woodleigh, AU	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1974	Whiteriver 1 SW, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1974	Yandina Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1974	Algona, US	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	77 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1974	New Ulm 2 SE, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	77 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1974	Sac City, US	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	77 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1974	Spencer 1 N, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	77 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1974	Hatteras, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1974	Warwick Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	78 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1974	Malhada Real, BR	monthly rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	36 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 773 records.

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

Records on 10-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1811	1
1824	1
1839	1
1843	1
1852	2
1853	1
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	2
1873	4
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	6
1900	6
1901	14
1902	3
1903	11
1904	27
1905	9
1906	5
1907	10
1908	14
1909	14
1910	18
1911	24
1912	36
1913	32
1914	20
1915	22
1916	35
1917	47
1918	121
1919	28
1920	106
1921	68
1922	43
1923	117
1924	86
1925	247
1926	157
1927	173
1928	120
1929	121
1930	517
1931	603
1932	476
1933	166
1934	237
1935	918
1936	436
1937	359
1938	471
1939	769
1940	159
1941	892
1942	184
1943	424
1944	265
1945	257
1946	1,128
1947	557
1948	333
1949	576
1950	363
1951	604
1952	1,470
1953	524
1954	465
1955	629
1956	548
1957	567
1958	598
1959	770
1960	413
1961	721
1962	449
1963	453
1964	961
1965	584
1966	398
1967	432
1968	764
1969	365
1970	1,148
1971	629
1972	537
1973	461
1974	773
1975	760
1976	1,087
1977	808
1978	406
1979	774
1980	1,253
1981	737
1982	1,079
1983	555
1984	717
1985	1,089
1986	519
1987	834
1988	753
1989	389
1990	948
1991	1,189
1992	872
1993	918
1994	1,144
1995	658
1996	1,073
1997	1,903
1998	1,331
1999	895
2000	2,427
2001	823
2002	704
2003	1,364
2004	518
2005	1,476
2006	1,004
2007	2,285
2008	621
2009	1,926
2010	994
2011	1,216
2012	1,350
2013	675
2014	569
2015	439
2016	537
2017	581
2018	1,063
2019	569
2020	1,175
2021	586
2022	557
2023	705
2024	849
2025	525
2026	917

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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	552
10 to 20	42
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2