Weather Records on 14 October 1974

622 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 October 1974. Highest significance: Liffey, AU.

Key Facts for 14 October 1974

On 14 October 1974, 622 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 233 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 619 daily.
Liffey set a daily record precipitation of 68.2 mm (2.7 in) on 14 October 1974.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

622 stations

622 station records on 14 October 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 October 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Liffey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Macaubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record snow depth	91.0 cm (35.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Koumala Hatfields Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willowghby East Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rotan	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Throckmorton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Odessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Knapp 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Fereol	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy Mem Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Giligulgul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stephenville Clark Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Hill Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dululu Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tiaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Flin Flon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rising Star 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wowan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trier	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gwalior	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Taloga	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

622 records

Records set or tied on 14 October 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 131, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 316, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 14 October 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	131
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	316
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 14 October 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 619.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

555 broken records

Margins by which the 555 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 850.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 October 1974

Top 20 records on 14 October 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 October 1974	Liffey, AU	daily rain	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1974	Arad, RO	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1974	Macaubas, BR	monthly rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1974	Feldberg/Schwarzwald, DE	daily snow depth	91.0 cm (35.8 in)	85.0 cm (33.5 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1974	Koumala Hatfields Road, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1974	Nebo, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	81 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1974	Wooroona, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1974	Palestine, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1974	Coleman, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1974	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1974	Cassville 1 NE, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1974	Willowghby East Lake, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1974	Rotan, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1974	Throckmorton, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1974	Midland Odessa, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1974	Woodford Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	76 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1974	Elgin Water, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1974	Knapp 2 SW, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1974	Bustard Head Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1974	Karlsruhe, DE	daily low max	7.7 C (45.9 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	85 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

1793 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1974. 1974 had 622 records.

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

Records on 10-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1809	1
1811	2
1817	1
1834	1
1836	1
1838	1
1849	1
1850	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	2
1866	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	6
1877	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	6
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1894	9
1895	6
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	7
1900	7
1901	6
1902	7
1903	6
1904	5
1905	10
1906	7
1907	11
1908	12
1909	13
1910	14
1911	8
1912	33
1913	37
1914	26
1915	80
1916	29
1917	47
1918	26
1919	36
1920	63
1921	107
1922	35
1923	90
1924	61
1925	237
1926	120
1927	167
1928	251
1929	286
1930	233
1931	338
1932	278
1933	231
1934	435
1935	305
1936	239
1937	1,219
1938	491
1939	268
1940	320
1941	413
1942	411
1943	358
1944	277
1945	419
1946	398
1947	667
1948	292
1949	697
1950	432
1951	319
1952	447
1953	318
1954	982
1955	540
1956	523
1957	491
1958	630
1959	747
1960	437
1961	578
1962	1,082
1963	573
1964	477
1965	252
1966	1,224
1967	259
1968	942
1969	1,507
1970	759
1971	645
1972	463
1973	553
1974	622
1975	991
1976	862
1977	954
1978	856
1979	1,056
1980	674
1981	1,155
1982	684
1983	889
1984	639
1985	816
1986	1,457
1987	1,078
1988	1,297
1989	587
1990	1,469
1991	817
1992	1,350
1993	1,223
1994	1,049
1995	1,277
1996	559
1997	1,098
1998	930
1999	957
2000	1,073
2001	1,431
2002	868
2003	771
2004	721
2005	755
2006	1,298
2007	610
2008	1,017
2009	2,473
2010	642
2011	695
2012	806
2013	503
2014	971
2015	991
2016	704
2017	1,048
2018	2,218
2019	616
2020	639
2021	1,230
2022	876
2023	468
2024	918
2025	853
2026	488

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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 200	554
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1