Weather Records on 12 November 1974

559 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 November 1974. Highest significance: Alexandria, BR.

Key Facts for 12 November 1974

On 12 November 1974, 559 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
127 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 552 daily.
Alexandria set a daily record precipitation of 40.0 mm (1.6 in) on 12 November 1974.
Across 156 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

559 stations

559 station records on 12 November 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 November 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alexandria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Utrecht (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marcelino Vieira (Panatis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerslie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Malta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.1 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Montebello Seigniory	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Athens 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Freeling Railway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grayson 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Farias Brito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Petawawa Nat Forestry	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beechy	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.4 C (101.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisburg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Mercier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nominingue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Swift Current A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Darnley Island School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Porto da Folha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Notre Dame du Laus	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Condado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maniwaki 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Luis Gomes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
W Liberty 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgewick	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gravelbourg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.9 C (-21.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bom Conselho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ceylon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Rodriguez	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.1 C (-16.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boyds 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Watersmeet	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Piripiri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

559 records

Records set or tied on 12 November 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 302, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 12 November 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	302
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 12 November 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 552.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

497 broken records

Margins by which the 497 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 November 1974

Top 20 records on 12 November 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 November 1974	Alexandria, BR	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1974	Utrecht (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1974	Marcelino Vieira (Panatis), BR	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1974	Ottawa Cda, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1974	Ellerslie Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1974	Malta, BR	monthly rain	94.1 mm (3.7 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1974	Warmun, AU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1974	Hawkesdale (Post Office), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	83 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1974	Alexandria 4 WSW, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1974	Woolsthorpe, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	80 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1974	Assiniboia, CA	daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1974	Montebello Seigniory, CA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1974	Carlisle, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	125 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1974	Athens 5 NW, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1974	Humacao 2 SSE, PR	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1974	Freeling Railway, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1974	Grayson 3 SW, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1974	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1974	Farias Brito, BR	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1974	Petawawa Nat Forestry, CA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	40 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

1802 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1974. 1974 had 559 records.

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

Records on 11-12 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1804	1
1823	1
1835	3
1848	1
1849	1
1859	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1881	7
1882	3
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	6
1895	20
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1899	1
1901	6
1902	20
1903	7
1904	10
1905	14
1906	15
1907	6
1908	9
1909	30
1910	34
1911	56
1912	21
1913	51
1914	18
1915	20
1916	217
1917	29
1918	16
1919	85
1920	198
1921	141
1922	61
1923	99
1924	355
1925	203
1926	224
1927	193
1928	99
1929	203
1930	191
1931	442
1932	237
1933	267
1934	292
1935	458
1936	418
1937	227
1938	529
1939	171
1940	806
1941	294
1942	173
1943	178
1944	398
1945	500
1946	428
1947	532
1948	156
1949	891
1950	458
1951	489
1952	312
1953	413
1954	393
1955	807
1956	243
1957	282
1958	290
1959	605
1960	629
1961	348
1962	233
1963	273
1964	790
1965	362
1966	517
1967	400
1968	1,185
1969	670
1970	872
1971	566
1972	716
1973	1,029
1974	559
1975	580
1976	1,236
1977	767
1978	1,278
1979	686
1980	860
1981	805
1982	1,338
1983	1,116
1984	738
1985	1,727
1986	1,839
1987	1,480
1988	941
1989	1,385
1990	971
1991	1,150
1992	1,247
1993	1,145
1994	1,025
1995	1,856
1996	1,235
1997	1,334
1998	1,214
1999	1,762
2000	1,796
2001	772
2002	1,057
2003	1,100
2004	847
2005	1,017
2006	827
2007	617
2008	680
2009	1,124
2010	1,229
2011	572
2012	1,008
2013	703
2014	1,192
2015	711
2016	609
2017	446
2018	1,277
2019	2,525
2020	1,086
2021	895
2022	1,516
2023	437
2024	396
2025	734

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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 20	455
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	4