Weather Records on 28 October 1974

805 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1974. Highest significance: Austin #2, US.

Key Facts for 28 October 1974

On 28 October 1974, 805 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
249 were record highs and 125 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 793 daily.
Austin #2 set a daily record precipitation of 29.7 mm (1.2 in) on 28 October 1974.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

805 stations

805 station records on 28 October 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 October 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Austin #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mariposa	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record snow depth	106.0 cm (41.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Okay	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Natoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlett Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brooweena Lahey St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhni Sirohozy	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kentfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Timasevskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Electra P H	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Utuado	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sheridan Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Plain	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sisseton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hamakuapoko 485	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shreveport	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock AP Adams Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tulsa Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zinder	Niger	Record low minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Pardee	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glendora Fc 287B	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

805 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 191, Lowest daily minimum 81, Heaviest daily rainfall 411, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 28 October 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	191
Lowest daily minimum	81
Heaviest daily rainfall	411
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 28 October 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 793.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

698 broken records

Margins by which the 698 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 660.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1974

Top 20 records on 28 October 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1974	Austin #2, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1974	Mariposa, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1974	Feldberg/Schwarzwald, DE	daily snow depth	106.0 cm (41.7 in)	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1974	Okay, US	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1974	Natoma, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1974	Bartlett Dam, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1974	Tejon Rancho, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1974	Maxwell 3 NW, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1974	Brooweena Lahey St, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1974	Gold Run 4 SW, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1974	Nizhni Sirohozy, UA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1974	Boonara, AU	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1974	Holbrook, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1974	Marquette, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1974	Sonora, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1974	Bright Angel Rs, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1974	Bayfield 6 N, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	73 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1974	Kohala Mis 175.1, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1974	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1974	Malvern, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 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

1802 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1974. 1974 had 805 records.

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

Records on 10-28 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1827	1
1842	1
1856	2
1861	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	4
1873	1
1876	1
1880	3
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	6
1889	2
1890	3
1891	1
1892	7
1893	4
1894	1
1895	3
1896	5
1897	4
1898	5
1899	8
1900	8
1901	15
1902	18
1903	11
1904	13
1905	8
1906	15
1907	15
1908	12
1909	18
1910	26
1911	16
1912	28
1913	153
1914	31
1915	66
1916	13
1917	31
1918	79
1919	87
1920	48
1921	32
1922	90
1923	74
1924	109
1925	598
1926	123
1927	504
1928	77
1929	224
1930	144
1931	205
1932	164
1933	240
1934	227
1935	406
1936	578
1937	697
1938	170
1939	279
1940	652
1941	324
1942	355
1943	310
1944	501
1945	462
1946	712
1947	462
1948	370
1949	341
1950	544
1951	195
1952	485
1953	341
1954	486
1955	462
1956	353
1957	812
1958	198
1959	430
1960	225
1961	437
1962	432
1963	492
1964	332
1965	402
1966	254
1967	404
1968	523
1969	651
1970	846
1971	1,666
1972	1,012
1973	444
1974	805
1975	282
1976	1,606
1977	616
1978	292
1979	387
1980	1,657
1981	922
1982	578
1983	427
1984	1,553
1985	754
1986	590
1987	973
1988	816
1989	1,083
1990	917
1991	2,462
1992	676
1993	576
1994	675
1995	1,049
1996	1,396
1997	1,767
1998	1,457
1999	1,092
2000	935
2001	1,089
2002	982
2003	1,403
2004	1,641
2005	949
2006	1,295
2007	906
2008	1,207
2009	984
2010	1,029
2011	655
2012	1,097
2013	1,007
2014	850
2015	753
2016	1,139
2017	755
2018	710
2019	1,437
2020	1,646
2021	605
2022	879
2023	1,381
2024	650
2025	462

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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	694
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1