Weather Records on 27 October 1974

384 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 October 1974. Highest significance: Feldberg/Schwarzwald, DE.

Key Facts for 27 October 1974

On 27 October 1974, 384 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
126 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 370 daily.
Feldberg/Schwarzwald set a daily record snow depth of 115.0 cm (45.3 in) on 27 October 1974.
Across 159 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

384 stations

384 station records on 27 October 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 October 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record snow depth	115.0 cm (45.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Giralia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Anta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guacui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pecos Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Volta Redonda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sahuaripa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Utuado	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oderen	France	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rankins Pass	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Chapadao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
McNary 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Didcot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bom Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Iroquois Falls	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mauth-Finsterau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Badiraguato (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barrett Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Porciuncula	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vallecito Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nuuanu Rsch 4 783	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carmo da Mata	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Irmaos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Torreoes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Powell River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harris	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Manoa Tun 2 716	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gluckstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sahty	Russia	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Finspang	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

384 records

Records set or tied on 27 October 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 174, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 27 October 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 27 October 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 370.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

305 broken records

Margins by which the 305 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

27 October 1974

Top 20 records on 27 October 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 October 1974	Feldberg/Schwarzwald, DE	daily snow depth	115.0 cm (45.3 in)	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1974	Kohala Mis 175.1, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1974	Baddeck, CA	daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	98 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1974	Giralia, AU	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1974	Cloudskraal, ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1974	Aztec Ruins Nm, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1974	Anta, BR	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1974	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily high max	29.6 C (85.3 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	76 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1974	Guacui, BR	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1974	Fergus Falls, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	73 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1974	Pecos Nm, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1974	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high min	14.1 C (57.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	76 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1974	Elk, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	77 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1974	Bederkesa, DE	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	79 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1974	Volta Redonda, BR	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1974	Sahuaripa, MX	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1974	Utuado, PR	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1974	Cambridge, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	59 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1974	Gaspe, CA	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1974	Oderen, FR	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	30 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

1802 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1974. 1974 had 384 records.

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

Records on 10-27 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1807	1
1816	1
1831	1
1838	1
1840	1
1841	2
1847	2
1849	2
1856	2
1861	1
1866	4
1869	4
1870	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	5
1888	3
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1898	4
1899	14
1900	9
1901	5
1902	8
1903	23
1904	6
1905	11
1906	11
1907	9
1908	16
1909	13
1910	14
1911	20
1912	42
1913	91
1914	54
1915	65
1916	28
1917	45
1918	77
1919	74
1920	98
1921	37
1922	97
1923	63
1924	104
1925	383
1926	176
1927	521
1928	162
1929	92
1930	158
1931	241
1932	319
1933	313
1934	173
1935	266
1936	725
1937	477
1938	160
1939	836
1940	605
1941	409
1942	629
1943	479
1944	519
1945	674
1946	450
1947	551
1948	160
1949	182
1950	603
1951	269
1952	640
1953	285
1954	493
1955	578
1956	339
1957	1,116
1958	163
1959	376
1960	180
1961	428
1962	704
1963	798
1964	294
1965	284
1966	256
1967	485
1968	436
1969	532
1970	1,071
1971	1,157
1972	694
1973	719
1974	384
1975	424
1976	1,387
1977	608
1978	593
1979	553
1980	1,148
1981	1,076
1982	793
1983	707
1984	1,183
1985	592
1986	531
1987	863
1988	829
1989	1,506
1990	441
1991	1,722
1992	703
1993	667
1994	894
1995	1,238
1996	1,651
1997	2,783
1998	1,696
1999	991
2000	832
2001	1,100
2002	1,040
2003	1,669
2004	1,546
2005	897
2006	1,442
2007	950
2008	650
2009	954
2010	1,676
2011	690
2012	991
2013	706
2014	973
2015	395
2016	761
2017	582
2018	701
2019	1,364
2020	2,886
2021	536
2022	657
2023	1,668
2024	694
2025	524

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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	302
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1