Weather Records on 13 October 1974

423 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 1974. Highest significance: Minneapolis, US.

Key Facts for 13 October 1974

On 13 October 1974, 423 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 155 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 416 daily.
Minneapolis set a daily record precipitation of 62.0 mm (2.4 in) on 13 October 1974.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

423 stations

423 station records on 13 October 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 October 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
McCracken	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record snow depth	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Odessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wairuna Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Prestwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Locke	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pecos	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lencois	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ellis	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsborg 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Loretta 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Didcot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dinmore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville 8 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Claflin	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Afton 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Inukjuak Ua	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dilia	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Candelaria	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cornudas Svc STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Davis	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Farland	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hecla	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wink FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Collyer 10 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lenorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Antonio de Jesus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alicante	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cintalapa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

423 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 210, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 13 October 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	210
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 13 October 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 416.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

374 broken records

Margins by which the 374 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 800.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 1974

Top 20 records on 13 October 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 1974	Minneapolis, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	71 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1974	McCracken, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1974	Tribune 1W, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1974	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1974	Barrow Creek, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1974	Syracuse 1NE, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1974	Feldberg/Schwarzwald, DE	daily snow depth	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1974	Midland Odessa, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1974	Wairuna Station, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1974	Prestwood Station, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1974	Mt Locke, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1974	Holly, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1974	Winona, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1974	Torrevieja, ES	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1974	Enterprise, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1974	Pecos, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1974	Lencois, BR	monthly rain	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1974	Ellis, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1974	Leoti, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1974	Lindsborg 3E, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	38 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

1793 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1974. 1974 had 423 records.

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

Records on 10-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1817	1
1831	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1885	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	6
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	8
1902	16
1903	10
1904	18
1905	5
1906	10
1907	16
1908	13
1909	39
1910	26
1911	13
1912	21
1913	29
1914	21
1915	79
1916	52
1917	30
1918	28
1919	47
1920	41
1921	74
1922	22
1923	159
1924	77
1925	208
1926	137
1927	225
1928	470
1929	169
1930	375
1931	317
1932	315
1933	186
1934	445
1935	310
1936	251
1937	371
1938	525
1939	203
1940	267
1941	555
1942	351
1943	501
1944	350
1945	252
1946	374
1947	399
1948	294
1949	599
1950	704
1951	411
1952	335
1953	275
1954	1,071
1955	535
1956	857
1957	629
1958	535
1959	536
1960	383
1961	433
1962	840
1963	519
1964	515
1965	180
1966	878
1967	307
1968	577
1969	2,308
1970	672
1971	576
1972	534
1973	811
1974	423
1975	1,002
1976	900
1977	1,036
1978	800
1979	922
1980	742
1981	973
1982	1,328
1983	1,412
1984	495
1985	979
1986	1,468
1987	1,155
1988	1,499
1989	571
1990	1,391
1991	807
1992	1,150
1993	932
1994	904
1995	1,224
1996	619
1997	1,790
1998	840
1999	696
2000	768
2001	1,112
2002	922
2003	764
2004	735
2005	761
2006	1,571
2007	602
2008	1,479
2009	1,777
2010	626
2011	772
2012	819
2013	478
2014	552
2015	853
2016	572
2017	708
2018	1,475
2019	874
2020	532
2021	1,413
2022	972
2023	1,060
2024	962
2025	760
2026	776

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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 100	373
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1