Weather Records on 7 November 1974

511 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 November 1974. Highest significance: Kovda, RU.

Key Facts for 7 November 1974

On 7 November 1974, 511 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
85 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 492 daily.
Kovda set an all-time record daily precipitation of 52.3 mm (2.1 in) on 7 November 1974.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

511 stations

511 station records on 7 November 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 November 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kovda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Ojo de Agua	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Gertrudis	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose del Cabo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Sao Vicente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record snow depth	150.0 cm (59.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	110.0 cm (43.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
El Molino	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Todos Santos (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Porto da Folha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nazareth House Farm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pao de Acucar	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aquidaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Olivine	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Bartolo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Senekal (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lagarto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record snow depth	380.0 cm (149.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zastron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sunny Hills	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Passo Tainhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.3 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
De Rust	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hollowaysrust	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caduao	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso de Iritu	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Reedsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Encantado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chorrocho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leribe	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grootkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kalkpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Remanso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wesselsbron (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Driekoppies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Willamina	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harper 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fern Ridge-Veneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Copperas Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record low minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nelsdrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kaallaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harrismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

511 records

Records set or tied on 7 November 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 328, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 7 November 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	328
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 7 November 1974 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 16, daily 492.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

452 broken records

Margins by which the 452 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 950.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 November 1974

Top 20 records on 7 November 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 November 1974	Kovda, RU	all-time rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	72 of 100 (Major)
7 November 1974	Ojo de Agua, MX	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1974	Santa Gertrudis, MX	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1974	San Jose del Cabo, MX	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1974	Acude Sao Vicente, BR	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1974	Fichtelberg, DE	daily snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	61 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1974	Feldberg/Schwarzwald, DE	daily snow depth	150.0 cm (59.1 in)	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1974	San Felipe, MX	monthly rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1974	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	110.0 cm (43.3 in)	62.0 cm (24.4 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1974	El Molino, MX	all-time rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1974	Todos Santos (Dge), MX	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1974	Porto da Folha, BR	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1974	San Bernardo (Smn), MX	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1974	Nazareth House Farm, ZA	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1974	Newlands, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	82 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1974	Pao de Acucar, BR	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1974	Aquidaba, BR	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1974	Olivine, ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1974	Fredericksburg, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1974	San Bartolo, MX	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	0 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

1794 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1974. 1974 had 511 records.

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

Records on 11-07 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1796	1
1805	1
1811	2
1828	1
1834	1
1835	1
1842	1
1845	2
1847	1
1851	1
1852	2
1856	2
1858	2
1859	3
1864	3
1868	2
1871	1
1873	1
1876	1
1878	1
1885	4
1887	3
1888	2
1889	3
1890	5
1891	3
1893	4
1894	1
1895	9
1896	2
1899	14
1900	3
1901	2
1902	9
1903	16
1904	4
1905	4
1906	14
1907	12
1908	18
1909	11
1910	44
1911	19
1912	68
1913	25
1914	35
1915	26
1916	94
1917	34
1918	41
1919	59
1920	18
1921	112
1922	72
1923	90
1924	858
1925	438
1926	79
1927	398
1928	104
1929	104
1930	476
1931	500
1932	320
1933	449
1934	714
1935	302
1936	649
1937	209
1938	1,381
1939	214
1940	198
1941	344
1942	467
1943	550
1944	612
1945	846
1946	471
1947	313
1948	516
1949	554
1950	212
1951	1,356
1952	249
1953	1,170
1954	297
1955	487
1956	295
1957	314
1958	206
1959	1,315
1960	374
1961	347
1962	337
1963	694
1964	277
1965	241
1966	657
1967	780
1968	534
1969	624
1970	483
1971	1,487
1972	565
1973	912
1974	511
1975	1,233
1976	493
1977	1,030
1978	622
1979	513
1980	1,522
1981	616
1982	482
1983	835
1984	460
1985	489
1986	1,198
1987	760
1988	746
1989	980
1990	1,501
1991	3,082
1992	1,084
1993	1,211
1994	910
1995	1,165
1996	2,102
1997	1,053
1998	921
1999	1,535
2000	2,129
2001	1,024
2002	711
2003	1,424
2004	766
2005	1,443
2006	1,556
2007	557
2008	875
2009	798
2010	1,271
2011	1,039
2012	852
2013	809
2014	368
2015	1,676
2016	1,048
2017	848
2018	514
2019	594
2020	1,508
2021	490
2022	1,293
2023	684
2024	1,293
2025	319

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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	448
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	1
800 to 1000	2