Weather Records on 6 November 1974

355 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 November 1974. Highest significance: Spitskrans, ZA.

Key Facts for 6 November 1974

On 6 November 1974, 355 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
49 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 342 daily.
Spitskrans set a daily record precipitation of 68.0 mm (2.7 in) on 6 November 1974.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

355 stations

355 station records on 6 November 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 November 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Spitskrans	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
San Jose del Cabo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cabo San Lucas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
La Paz (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Setlagodi (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Palmira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leeukop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	110.0 cm (43.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record snow depth	157.0 cm (61.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Meleiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Caduao	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ficksburg;Kersieproe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record snow depth	385.0 cm (151.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kestell (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mankayane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Los Divisaderos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Do Pouso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Todos Santos (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Reivilo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Morgan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wasserkuppe	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ficksburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bremerton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Gertrudis	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boschkloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clifford Chambers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kaallaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lajeado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Perdeberg (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Schweizer-Reneke (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Edenville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bothithong"Bothitho(Pol)"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Schoongezicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alger-Dar El Beida	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jaina	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Van Reenen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans-Montante (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Paz (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clarens (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Olivine	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Odendaalsrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrix	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Ludgero	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

355 records

Records set or tied on 6 November 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 223, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 6 November 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	223
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 6 November 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 342.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

308 broken records

Margins by which the 308 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 November 1974

Top 20 records on 6 November 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 November 1974	Spitskrans, ZA	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1974	San Jose del Cabo, MX	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1974	Cabo San Lucas, MX	monthly rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1974	San Felipe, MX	monthly rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1974	La Paz (Dge), MX	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1974	Setlagodi (Pol), ZA	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1974	Nova Palmira, BR	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1974	Santiago, MX	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1974	Fichtelberg, DE	daily snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	61 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1974	Leeukop, ZA	daily rain	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1974	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	110.0 cm (43.3 in)	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1974	Feldberg/Schwarzwald, DE	daily snow depth	157.0 cm (61.8 in)	87.0 cm (34.3 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1974	Meleiro, BR	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1974	Caduao, MX	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1974	Ficksburg;Kersieproe, ZA	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1974	Zugspitze, DE	daily snow depth	385.0 cm (151.6 in)	115.0 cm (45.3 in)	61 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1974	Highlands, ZA	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1974	Kestell (Pol), ZA	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1974	Hopewell, ZA	daily rain	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1974	Mankayane, SZ	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	38 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

1793 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1974. 1974 had 355 records.

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

Records on 11-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	1
1812	1
1819	1
1828	2
1834	1
1835	2
1840	1
1842	3
1845	1
1849	1
1851	2
1856	2
1858	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	7
1896	3
1898	3
1899	12
1900	2
1901	4
1902	6
1903	4
1904	6
1905	15
1906	13
1907	13
1908	21
1909	7
1910	52
1911	27
1912	53
1913	20
1914	36
1915	20
1916	127
1917	30
1918	40
1919	60
1920	53
1921	98
1922	84
1923	119
1924	737
1925	139
1926	123
1927	405
1928	86
1929	89
1930	439
1931	284
1932	307
1933	661
1934	626
1935	527
1936	356
1937	124
1938	1,098
1939	390
1940	201
1941	512
1942	373
1943	238
1944	459
1945	498
1946	682
1947	405
1948	1,219
1949	517
1950	314
1951	1,832
1952	193
1953	1,218
1954	442
1955	311
1956	431
1957	359
1958	227
1959	1,800
1960	388
1961	480
1962	343
1963	493
1964	259
1965	272
1966	548
1967	889
1968	463
1969	756
1970	407
1971	789
1972	387
1973	1,110
1974	355
1975	1,381
1976	653
1977	966
1978	762
1979	581
1980	1,353
1981	673
1982	698
1983	650
1984	536
1985	664
1986	810
1987	806
1988	1,010
1989	1,048
1990	1,240
1991	2,360
1992	1,450
1993	965
1994	1,368
1995	1,464
1996	1,720
1997	849
1998	752
1999	1,367
2000	1,575
2001	879
2002	1,220
2003	2,143
2004	828
2005	1,176
2006	1,397
2007	591
2008	1,266
2009	916
2010	1,349
2011	1,046
2012	894
2013	871
2014	453
2015	1,664
2016	838
2017	1,069
2018	633
2019	561
2020	1,351
2021	456
2022	907
2023	719
2024	1,239
2025	502

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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	304
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	2
800 to 1000	1
1000 to 1200	1