Weather Records on 5 November 1974

423 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 November 1974. Highest significance: Toledo Blade, US.

Key Facts for 5 November 1974

On 5 November 1974, 423 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
114 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 420 daily.
Toledo Blade set a daily record precipitation of 40.4 mm (1.6 in) on 5 November 1974.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

423 stations

423 station records on 5 November 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 November 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Tobias Barreto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	110.0 cm (43.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Charles	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record snow depth	395.0 cm (155.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Millersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose del Cabo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wasserkuppe	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Van Reenen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Favela	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fleming	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw 3WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericktown 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
S. Joaquim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Swan River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jeremiah 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Don Muang	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Copperhill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Freeport 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Garibaldi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Francis	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Swaziland Ranch-Homest	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

423 records

Records set or tied on 5 November 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 199, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 5 November 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	199
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 5 November 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 420.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

358 broken records

Margins by which the 358 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

5 November 1974

Top 20 records on 5 November 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 November 1974	Toledo Blade, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	96 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1974	Tobias Barreto, BR	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	88.3 mm (3.5 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1974	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	110.0 cm (43.3 in)	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1974	Carrollton 3 NNE, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1974	Monroe, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1974	Griggsville, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1974	Saint Charles, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1974	Alexandria 4 WSW, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1974	Mbabane, SZ	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1974	Fichtelberg, DE	daily snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1974	Zugspitze, DE	daily snow depth	395.0 cm (155.5 in)	125.0 cm (49.2 in)	61 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1974	Millersburg, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1974	Wooster Exp STN, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1974	San Jose del Cabo, MX	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1974	Millport 4 NE, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	75 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1974	Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1974	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily high min	15.1 C (59.2 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1974	Wasserkuppe, DE	daily snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1974	Clarion 3 SW, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1974	Van Reenen, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	33 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

1801 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1974. 1974 had 423 records.

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

Records on 11-05 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1806	1
1834	1
1835	2
1842	1
1845	1
1848	2
1851	1
1857	1
1858	4
1862	3
1863	1
1867	1
1868	2
1872	1
1873	2
1877	2
1878	3
1880	2
1881	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1889	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	6
1897	1
1898	2
1899	11
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	8
1904	6
1905	9
1906	16
1907	5
1908	17
1909	9
1910	62
1911	21
1912	55
1913	22
1914	29
1915	18
1916	69
1917	36
1918	32
1919	82
1920	72
1921	221
1922	88
1923	230
1924	301
1925	138
1926	122
1927	248
1928	128
1929	86
1930	162
1931	298
1932	316
1933	706
1934	479
1935	1,196
1936	453
1937	186
1938	720
1939	485
1940	239
1941	604
1942	446
1943	224
1944	357
1945	503
1946	615
1947	408
1948	1,330
1949	572
1950	610
1951	1,815
1952	404
1953	599
1954	611
1955	416
1956	820
1957	452
1958	171
1959	1,516
1960	254
1961	660
1962	343
1963	278
1964	317
1965	424
1966	580
1967	755
1968	298
1969	745
1970	639
1971	384
1972	480
1973	1,622
1974	423
1975	1,499
1976	835
1977	902
1978	799
1979	504
1980	1,033
1981	538
1982	991
1983	980
1984	528
1985	1,249
1986	693
1987	895
1988	1,275
1989	596
1990	1,286
1991	3,388
1992	1,316
1993	770
1994	1,864
1995	1,399
1996	1,380
1997	676
1998	792
1999	872
2000	1,108
2001	758
2002	1,303
2003	2,232
2004	909
2005	1,114
2006	1,258
2007	566
2008	1,326
2009	606
2010	1,454
2011	984
2012	812
2013	594
2014	510
2015	1,659
2016	755
2017	972
2018	426
2019	420
2020	1,419
2021	439
2022	1,029
2023	758
2024	1,118
2025	862

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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	354
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	2
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	1