Weather Records on 9 October 1974

513 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 October 1974. Highest significance: Karlshamn, SE.

Key Facts for 9 October 1974

On 9 October 1974, 513 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
101 were record highs and 254 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 505 daily.
Karlshamn set a daily record precipitation of 29.1 mm (1.1 in) on 9 October 1974.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

513 stations

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

Weather records on 9 October 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lazdijai	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Uruburetama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Itapeim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zinder	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Im. Poliny Osipenko	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tanana AP	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pedro II	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huskvarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Guirapa (Umburanas)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zinapecuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Porter 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pjarnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg I	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zoetveld	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salique (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grebenhain-Herchenhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Balcon Diablo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Daroca	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Birtle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Skukuza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dry Canyon Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tlacotepec de Benito Juarez	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Verhneimbatsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burukan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marcus Hook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Coremas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sandbackshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewood	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Musquash	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Trier	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

513 records

Records set or tied on 9 October 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 175, Heaviest daily rainfall 152, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 9 October 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	175
Heaviest daily rainfall	152
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 9 October 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 505.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

411 broken records

Margins by which the 411 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

9 October 1974

Top 20 records on 9 October 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 October 1974	Karlshamn, SE	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	88 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1974	Lazdijai, LT	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1974	Uruburetama, BR	monthly rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1974	Itapeim, BR	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1974	Zinder, NE	daily low max	31.2 C (88.2 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	57 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1974	Huntingdon, CA	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1974	Im. Poliny Osipenko, RU	monthly rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	7 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1974	Henichesk, UA	daily high min	16.4 C (61.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	81 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1974	Tanana AP, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	69 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1974	Kinston 7 SE, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	67 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1974	Dale Enterprise, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	77 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1974	Glenville, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	77 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1974	Pedro II, BR	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1974	Lowestoft, GB	daily low max	9.0 C (48.2 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1974	Huskvarna, SE	monthly rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	9 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1974	Russellville, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	68 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1974	Guirapa (Umburanas), BR	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1974	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	65 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1974	Zinapecuaro, MX	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1974	Porter 2 E, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	29 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

1793 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1974. 1974 had 513 records.

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

Records on 10-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1834	1
1837	1
1846	2
1847	1
1854	2
1858	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1893	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	1
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	2
1902	3
1903	15
1904	8
1905	14
1906	29
1907	6
1908	19
1909	34
1910	20
1911	16
1912	23
1913	57
1914	22
1915	25
1916	126
1917	65
1918	16
1919	68
1920	36
1921	217
1922	40
1923	72
1924	95
1925	272
1926	123
1927	107
1928	290
1929	196
1930	276
1931	298
1932	271
1933	187
1934	298
1935	208
1936	569
1937	405
1938	462
1939	877
1940	119
1941	570
1942	330
1943	442
1944	144
1945	539
1946	317
1947	277
1948	438
1949	1,531
1950	618
1951	347
1952	658
1953	343
1954	341
1955	643
1956	468
1957	256
1958	639
1959	1,432
1960	397
1961	622
1962	508
1963	474
1964	841
1965	349
1966	489
1967	347
1968	538
1969	389
1970	1,805
1971	423
1972	371
1973	1,454
1974	513
1975	552
1976	1,448
1977	586
1978	589
1979	914
1980	627
1981	653
1982	1,579
1983	548
1984	579
1985	1,724
1986	556
1987	850
1988	1,060
1989	679
1990	1,714
1991	707
1992	1,050
1993	1,043
1994	772
1995	1,139
1996	1,047
1997	2,113
1998	622
1999	1,017
2000	3,177
2001	855
2002	701
2003	1,386
2004	665
2005	807
2006	640
2007	1,450
2008	473
2009	1,772
2010	1,311
2011	1,046
2012	706
2013	562
2014	652
2015	780
2016	463
2017	1,457
2018	1,290
2019	964
2020	738
2021	751
2022	696
2023	643
2024	963
2025	503
2026	691

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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	367
10 to 20	32
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2