Weather Records on 23 October 1974

653 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 1974. Highest significance: Pinjarra, AU.

Key Facts for 23 October 1974

On 23 October 1974, 653 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 222 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 639 daily.
Pinjarra set a daily record precipitation of 27.8 mm (1.1 in) on 23 October 1974.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

653 stations

653 station records on 23 October 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 October 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pinjarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Barrinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	120.2 mm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Avalon	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Palmas de Monte Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Euclides da Cunha (Cumbe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Korsakov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rive	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Quartzsite	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Feira de Santana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alamogordo	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tanana AP	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boyanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dwellingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kirovskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Farnsworth Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hiawatha	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parateca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mandiroba (Laranjeiras)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Serpentine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paling Yards (Ulabri)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mayhill Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rockingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Svijagino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sento SE	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wasserkuppe	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anucino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bernalillo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ragland 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saluda	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Denmark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

653 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 77, Lowest daily minimum 170, Heaviest daily rainfall 311, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 23 October 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	77
Lowest daily minimum	170
Heaviest daily rainfall	311
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 23 October 1974 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 639.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

564 broken records

Margins by which the 564 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 1974

Top 20 records on 23 October 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 1974	Pinjarra, AU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1974	Barrinha, BR	monthly rain	120.2 mm (4.7 in)	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1974	Portales, US	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1974	Corozal Substn, PR	daily rain	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1974	Manati 2 E, PR	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	73 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1974	Lake Avalon, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1974	Harvey Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1974	Palmas de Monte Alto, BR	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1974	Cidra 1 E, PR	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1974	San Juan City, PR	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1974	Euclides da Cunha (Cumbe), BR	daily rain	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1974	Korsakov, RU	all-time rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1974	Rive, BR	daily rain	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1974	Quartzsite, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1974	Elk, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1974	Hiasen I Sigdal, NO	daily snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	71 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1974	Artesia 6S, US	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1974	Castle Dale, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1974	Feira de Santana, BR	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1974	Alamogordo, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	46 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

1795 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1974. 1974 had 653 records.

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

Records on 10-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1843	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1859	2
1861	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1878	1
1880	7
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	3
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	8
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	7
1905	15
1906	17
1907	5
1908	19
1909	12
1910	6
1911	40
1912	50
1913	38
1914	9
1915	167
1916	290
1917	62
1918	12
1919	42
1920	262
1921	58
1922	38
1923	165
1924	160
1925	191
1926	131
1927	266
1928	120
1929	352
1930	310
1931	353
1932	310
1933	241
1934	333
1935	519
1936	490
1937	816
1938	403
1939	717
1940	304
1941	499
1942	306
1943	446
1944	283
1945	533
1946	258
1947	631
1948	251
1949	432
1950	507
1951	626
1952	432
1953	373
1954	317
1955	266
1956	587
1957	1,266
1958	255
1959	682
1960	341
1961	329
1962	141
1963	1,297
1964	264
1965	330
1966	625
1967	297
1968	175
1969	1,200
1970	617
1971	705
1972	601
1973	712
1974	653
1975	1,028
1976	879
1977	578
1978	570
1979	1,094
1980	584
1981	1,502
1982	1,071
1983	853
1984	1,261
1985	846
1986	968
1987	694
1988	619
1989	1,363
1990	954
1991	1,232
1992	1,176
1993	670
1994	558
1995	1,471
1996	1,396
1997	1,172
1998	1,221
1999	1,011
2000	1,275
2001	1,091
2002	1,868
2003	1,952
2004	1,224
2005	679
2006	1,976
2007	1,673
2008	993
2009	838
2010	683
2011	701
2012	1,017
2013	754
2014	755
2015	760
2016	460
2017	603
2018	322
2019	459
2020	1,777
2021	298
2022	1,342
2023	544
2024	674
2025	343

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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 25	527
25 to 50	20
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	2