Weather Records on 4 November 1974

686 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 November 1974. Highest significance: 1 N McLeansboro, US.

Key Facts for 4 November 1974

On 4 November 1974, 686 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
331 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 663 daily.
1 N McLeansboro set a daily record precipitation of 51.1 mm (2.0 in) on 4 November 1974.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

686 stations

686 station records on 4 November 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 November 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	110.0 cm (43.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mulege	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carmi 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Durbanville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Johnson Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Twr 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record snow depth	395.0 cm (155.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wasserkuppe	Germany	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Panhandle	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Des Arc	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Condamine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tafjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Peoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Limbunya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gulargambone (Yalcogrin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fisk	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zalma 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

686 records

Records set or tied on 4 November 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 207, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 124, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 217, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 4 November 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	207
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	124
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	217
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 4 November 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 663.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

537 broken records

Margins by which the 537 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 November 1974

Top 20 records on 4 November 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 November 1974	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	77 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1974	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	110.0 cm (43.3 in)	82.0 cm (32.3 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1974	Albion, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	77 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1974	Anna 4 N, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	77 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1974	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	77 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1974	Mulege, MX	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1974	Carmi 6 NW, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1974	Norddal, NO	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1974	Marion 4 NNE, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1974	Arcadia, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	77 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1974	1 ENE Fairfield, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1974	Cassville 1 NE, US	monthly rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1974	Durbanville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1974	Johnson Exp Farm, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1974	Jackson, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1974	Fichtelberg, DE	daily snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1974	Grand Twr 2 N, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1974	Fredericktown, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1974	Montpelier, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1974	1 WSW Princeton, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	42 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

1803 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1974. 1974 had 686 records.

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

Records on 11-04 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1820	1
1821	2
1825	1
1826	1
1828	1
1835	1
1837	1
1838	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	2
1852	1
1853	1
1857	1
1858	6
1862	3
1863	1
1865	1
1866	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	3
1891	1
1893	4
1894	4
1895	7
1896	3
1897	1
1898	4
1899	12
1900	1
1901	6
1902	8
1903	21
1904	7
1905	9
1906	14
1907	34
1908	13
1909	14
1910	43
1911	25
1912	32
1913	19
1914	28
1915	12
1916	76
1917	39
1918	14
1919	72
1920	70
1921	71
1922	119
1923	89
1924	99
1925	197
1926	182
1927	287
1928	220
1929	175
1930	157
1931	248
1932	413
1933	337
1934	516
1935	1,219
1936	1,005
1937	326
1938	725
1939	752
1940	335
1941	315
1942	343
1943	248
1944	333
1945	506
1946	784
1947	583
1948	746
1949	598
1950	667
1951	2,037
1952	376
1953	219
1954	592
1955	354
1956	855
1957	401
1958	286
1959	757
1960	262
1961	669
1962	435
1963	244
1964	510
1965	537
1966	1,041
1967	599
1968	391
1969	516
1970	512
1971	434
1972	613
1973	1,393
1974	686
1975	1,654
1976	596
1977	981
1978	1,158
1979	559
1980	973
1981	645
1982	1,073
1983	1,116
1984	441
1985	844
1986	546
1987	1,049
1988	1,211
1989	663
1990	1,233
1991	4,265
1992	1,241
1993	735
1994	1,808
1995	991
1996	1,242
1997	611
1998	704
1999	796
2000	781
2001	639
2002	1,314
2003	2,177
2004	895
2005	1,212
2006	1,321
2007	747
2008	1,093
2009	511
2010	1,197
2011	1,000
2012	814
2013	541
2014	508
2015	1,249
2016	759
2017	932
2018	355
2019	449
2020	1,448
2021	545
2022	904
2023	667
2024	981
2025	615

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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	532
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	1
800 to 1000	1
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	1