Weather Records on 15 October 1974

768 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 October 1974. Highest significance: Artern, DE.

Key Facts for 15 October 1974

On 15 October 1974, 768 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
124 were record highs and 312 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 757 daily.
Artern set a daily record precipitation of 35.0 mm (1.4 in) on 15 October 1974.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

768 stations

768 station records on 15 October 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 October 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Warburton Airfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wyberba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	223.6 mm (8.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcoola (Mulgathing)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moningarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roopena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Cowie Rd. Nursery	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tanana AP	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minjilky	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cosamaloapan de Carpio (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Byfield Childs Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Serrinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nopalapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New London Lock #22	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Okolona	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manoa Tun 2 716	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Hazelton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dunmor	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Scott Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vercniy-Gorel'nik	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Murray	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

768 records

Records set or tied on 15 October 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 171, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 141, Heaviest daily rainfall 322, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 15 October 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	171
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	141
Heaviest daily rainfall	322
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 15 October 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 757.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

648 broken records

Margins by which the 648 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 October 1974

Top 20 records on 15 October 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 October 1974	Artern, DE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 October 1974	Warburton Airfield, AU	monthly rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 October 1974	Wyberba, AU	monthly rain	223.6 mm (8.8 in)	111.1 mm (4.4 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1974	Capella Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	71 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1974	Tarcoola (Mulgathing), AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1974	Hoyleton, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1974	Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1974	Moningarin, AU	monthly rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1974	Roopena, AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1974	Enisejsk, RU	daily low min	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	84 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1974	Canton 4N, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1974	Clermont Sirius St, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1974	Durban-Cowie Rd. Nursery, ZA	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1974	Chester, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1974	Tanana AP, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1974	Minjilky, KZ	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1974	Cosamaloapan de Carpio (Smn), MX	monthly rain	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1974	Milan, IT	daily low max	8.0 C (46.4 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	86 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1974	Przhevalsk, KG	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	64 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1974	Byfield Childs Road, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	34 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

1794 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1974. 1974 had 768 records.

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

Records on 10-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1796	1
1807	1
1808	2
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1849	1
1859	2
1862	1
1870	2
1871	4
1873	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	3
1879	3
1881	3
1882	4
1885	2
1886	1
1887	8
1889	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	5
1894	9
1895	3
1896	8
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	7
1903	13
1904	10
1905	13
1906	7
1907	11
1908	13
1909	17
1910	14
1911	18
1912	17
1913	70
1914	28
1915	48
1916	21
1917	29
1918	21
1919	65
1920	38
1921	160
1922	43
1923	66
1924	118
1925	221
1926	125
1927	94
1928	385
1929	200
1930	282
1931	461
1932	213
1933	255
1934	434
1935	303
1936	126
1937	1,444
1938	598
1939	461
1940	458
1941	330
1942	494
1943	704
1944	246
1945	487
1946	354
1947	963
1948	224
1949	546
1950	321
1951	341
1952	662
1953	374
1954	945
1955	444
1956	555
1957	461
1958	606
1959	411
1960	600
1961	834
1962	1,009
1963	522
1964	488
1965	299
1966	1,265
1967	464
1968	1,111
1969	1,074
1970	642
1971	744
1972	584
1973	525
1974	768
1975	808
1976	791
1977	543
1978	886
1979	720
1980	1,006
1981	965
1982	297
1983	653
1984	1,236
1985	1,068
1986	768
1987	900
1988	896
1989	560
1990	1,134
1991	1,139
1992	1,530
1993	1,066
1994	1,103
1995	1,008
1996	458
1997	964
1998	806
1999	766
2000	625
2001	705
2002	965
2003	737
2004	716
2005	610
2006	1,305
2007	702
2008	959
2009	2,365
2010	1,095
2011	906
2012	909
2013	632
2014	901
2015	1,139
2016	674
2017	1,091
2018	2,682
2019	479
2020	499
2021	983
2022	633
2023	319
2024	748
2025	697

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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 20	610
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1