Weather Records on 8 November 1974

593 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 November 1974. Highest significance: Palmeiro Dos Indios, BR.

Key Facts for 8 November 1974

On 8 November 1974, 593 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
146 were record highs and 166 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 575 daily.
Palmeiro Dos Indios set a daily record precipitation of 62.2 mm (2.4 in) on 8 November 1974.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

593 stations

593 station records on 8 November 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 November 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Palmeiro Dos Indios	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dom Mauricio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
El Oregano	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Moctezuma	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nueva Casas Grandes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
El Rosarito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fran?A	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Caduao	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Quiriego (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Simao Dias (Anapolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cosamaloapan de Carpio (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Esperanza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jaina	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Whyenbah	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pao de Acucar	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palmaryville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Caninde de Sao Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Curaca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record snow depth	146.0 cm (57.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Comondu	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Colton Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pesqueira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Flores (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	110.0 cm (43.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	105.0 cm (41.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Delmiro Gouveia (Pedra)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Piranhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tripoli Sidi El Mesri	Libya	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ures (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Biesjiesfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Booyal Central State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paripiranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Howard Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yengarie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barro Vermelho (Ibipitanga)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Doongul State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moxoto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tobias Barreto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nuevo Casas Grandes (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Malhada Real	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Jose Do Belmonte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nova Soure	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Gertrudis	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grootpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aguas Belas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Klipplaat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

593 records

Records set or tied on 8 November 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 108, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 266, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 8 November 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	108
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	266
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 8 November 1974 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 575.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

529 broken records

Margins by which the 529 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 760.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 November 1974

Top 20 records on 8 November 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 November 1974	Palmeiro Dos Indios, BR	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1974	Dom Mauricio, BR	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1974	El Oregano, MX	monthly rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1974	Moctezuma, MX	monthly rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1974	Childers Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	79 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1974	Nueva Casas Grandes, MX	monthly rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1974	El Rosarito, MX	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1974	Fran?A, BR	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1974	Caduao, MX	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1974	San Bernardo (Smn), MX	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1974	Riversdale, ZA	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1974	Quiriego (Smn), MX	monthly rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1974	Simao Dias (Anapolis), BR	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1974	Cosamaloapan de Carpio (Smn), MX	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1974	Esperanza, ZA	daily rain	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1974	Jaina, MX	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1974	Whyenbah, ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1974	Pao de Acucar, BR	daily rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1974	Palmaryville, ZA	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1974	Caninde de Sao Francisco, BR	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	45 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 593 records.

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

Records on 11-08 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1807	1
1811	1
1812	1
1813	1
1815	1
1818	1
1821	1
1828	1
1835	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	2
1849	2
1852	1
1856	1
1858	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	2
1875	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	2
1881	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	4
1888	3
1890	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	3
1895	12
1898	2
1899	9
1900	2
1901	1
1902	6
1903	4
1904	21
1905	11
1906	13
1907	5
1908	15
1909	11
1910	15
1911	10
1912	34
1913	38
1914	20
1915	32
1916	76
1917	102
1918	27
1919	71
1920	38
1921	162
1922	16
1923	155
1924	629
1925	392
1926	108
1927	324
1928	60
1929	137
1930	340
1931	685
1932	412
1933	467
1934	763
1935	266
1936	579
1937	356
1938	819
1939	208
1940	357
1941	513
1942	238
1943	767
1944	561
1945	1,293
1946	608
1947	475
1948	505
1949	331
1950	653
1951	939
1952	316
1953	483
1954	328
1955	448
1956	278
1957	418
1958	231
1959	456
1960	430
1961	246
1962	265
1963	670
1964	368
1965	346
1966	1,701
1967	747
1968	532
1969	579
1970	570
1971	1,239
1972	571
1973	928
1974	593
1975	1,204
1976	1,058
1977	1,429
1978	839
1979	728
1980	1,440
1981	823
1982	591
1983	1,007
1984	864
1985	718
1986	1,702
1987	548
1988	602
1989	811
1990	1,079
1991	3,151
1992	804
1993	842
1994	789
1995	1,168
1996	1,340
1997	897
1998	1,302
1999	1,786
2000	2,194
2001	789
2002	1,050
2003	1,038
2004	888
2005	1,935
2006	1,403
2007	717
2008	809
2009	755
2010	1,167
2011	1,442
2012	814
2013	631
2014	440
2015	930
2016	1,057
2017	478
2018	552
2019	810
2020	2,160
2021	505
2022	1,464
2023	689
2024	1,184
2025	328

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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	525
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	2