Weather Records on 11 November 1974

540 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 November 1974. Highest significance: Chilliwack, CA.

Key Facts for 11 November 1974

On 11 November 1974, 540 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
76 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 534 daily.
Chilliwack set a daily record precipitation of 75.7 mm (3.0 in) on 11 November 1974.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

540 stations

540 station records on 11 November 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 November 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sorrento	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Enderby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
De Doorns	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Krielsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lansdowne House	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morpara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnigan Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mbarara	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Atkinson Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marinette	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sitio Do Mato	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alouette Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Klipkop-Irr	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Helena (Mariquita)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Comox A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cultus Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stave Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hartbeesfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saanichton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	95.0 cm (37.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Setlagodi (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wharton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jose de Freitas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Noupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stambaugh 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Steelville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clallam Bay 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Germantown Wastewater Utility	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Holcombe	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bronkhorstspruit (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kameeldrift-Irr	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fordyce	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Catingueira (Juca)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Armstrong (Aut)	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Indiga	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-24.2 C (-11.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

540 records

Records set or tied on 11 November 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 369, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 11 November 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	369
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 11 November 1974 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 534.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

489 broken records

Margins by which the 489 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 260.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 November 1974

Top 20 records on 11 November 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 November 1974	Chilliwack, CA	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	76 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 November 1974	Sorrento, CA	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 November 1974	Enderby, CA	monthly rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1974	Oconto 4 W, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1974	De Doorns, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1974	Krielsfontein, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1974	Chilton, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1974	Dunolly, AU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1974	Watertown Wwtp, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1974	Cameron Lake, CA	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1974	Lansdowne House, CA	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1974	Bonham 3NNE, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1974	Shawano 2SSW, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1974	Morpara, BR	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1974	Manistee 3SE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1974	Houston, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1974	Eagle Bay, CA	monthly rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1974	Fayette 4 SW, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1974	Shawnigan Lake, CA	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1974	Big Creek, CA	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11 years	39 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

1800 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1974. 1974 had 540 records.

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

Records on 11-11 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1811	2
1813	1
1815	1
1835	1
1837	1
1846	1
1848	1
1849	1
1858	2
1864	2
1866	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	13
1896	4
1897	5
1898	5
1899	9
1900	6
1901	11
1902	1
1903	7
1904	13
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	12
1909	26
1910	31
1911	35
1912	17
1913	49
1914	54
1915	34
1916	72
1917	31
1918	25
1919	144
1920	118
1921	129
1922	25
1923	61
1924	343
1925	87
1926	368
1927	365
1928	88
1929	297
1930	202
1931	365
1932	252
1933	391
1934	216
1935	761
1936	479
1937	256
1938	250
1939	198
1940	873
1941	291
1942	235
1943	260
1944	333
1945	693
1946	811
1947	599
1948	305
1949	932
1950	1,035
1951	248
1952	356
1953	396
1954	543
1955	855
1956	587
1957	404
1958	206
1959	496
1960	404
1961	354
1962	324
1963	369
1964	782
1965	471
1966	769
1967	421
1968	737
1969	554
1970	1,330
1971	677
1972	423
1973	963
1974	540
1975	597
1976	644
1977	843
1978	1,558
1979	892
1980	854
1981	809
1982	1,507
1983	1,027
1984	742
1985	1,803
1986	2,470
1987	1,673
1988	685
1989	1,161
1990	1,012
1991	1,307
1992	1,418
1993	840
1994	734
1995	2,065
1996	1,159
1997	1,456
1998	1,442
1999	1,138
2000	1,623
2001	718
2002	1,553
2003	652
2004	1,069
2005	1,076
2006	1,228
2007	686
2008	950
2009	1,072
2010	1,110
2011	621
2012	1,455
2013	426
2014	828
2015	796
2016	766
2017	690
2018	967
2019	905
2020	1,558
2021	805
2022	1,583
2023	409
2024	487
2025	1,123

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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 50	479
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1