Weather Records on 17 November 1974

485 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1974. Highest significance: Hughenden Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 17 November 1974

On 17 November 1974, 485 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
145 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 472 daily.
Hughenden Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 47.8 mm (1.9 in) on 17 November 1974.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

485 stations

485 station records on 17 November 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Arcturus Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Graball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Merlin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Didcot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cocanarup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Holt Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.6 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Warren	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Madden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fernlees Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
The Cedars	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Adavale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Telemon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Nardoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Peppermint Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Ringo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mannersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wyberba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tangorin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jedburgh Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Memooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emmet Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Petrusberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glendower Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newdegate South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lerida	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rewan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albilbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uanda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goombie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Melville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ewan Plains Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Nuntherungie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kuttabul Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Islet Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harden Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wooroona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Home Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pau Ferro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tiree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marvel Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

485 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 271, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 17 November 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 17 November 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 472.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

444 broken records

Margins by which the 444 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 1974

Top 20 records on 17 November 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1974	Hughenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	86 years	69 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1974	Ravensthorpe, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1974	Hughenden Station, AU	daily rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1974	Arcturus Downs, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1974	Graball, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1974	Merlin Station, AU	daily rain	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1974	Didcot, AU	daily rain	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1974	Angleton 2 W, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1974	Cocanarup, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1974	Sutton Downs, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1974	Holt Rock, AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1974	Pleystowe Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	122.6 mm (4.8 in)	99.2 mm (3.9 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1974	Glen Warren, AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1974	Mount Madden, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1974	Fernlees Post Office, AU	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1974	The Cedars, AU	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1974	Adavale Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1974	Mirani Post Office, AU	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1974	Telemon Station, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1974	Coonamble (Nardoo), AU	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	31 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

1793 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1974. 1974 had 485 records.

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

Records on 11-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1805	1
1816	1
1828	1
1835	1
1840	2
1841	1
1845	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	2
1885	3
1887	6
1888	5
1889	1
1890	2
1893	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	4
1897	7
1898	2
1899	7
1900	8
1901	2
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	13
1906	14
1907	9
1908	15
1909	18
1910	6
1911	42
1912	58
1913	20
1914	121
1915	15
1916	79
1917	46
1918	81
1919	106
1920	193
1921	43
1922	22
1923	129
1924	178
1925	79
1926	214
1927	477
1928	547
1929	224
1930	407
1931	966
1932	462
1933	569
1934	384
1935	172
1936	279
1937	410
1938	245
1939	372
1940	203
1941	647
1942	362
1943	475
1944	339
1945	345
1946	427
1947	352
1948	424
1949	346
1950	521
1951	681
1952	1,076
1953	715
1954	304
1955	1,596
1956	262
1957	593
1958	1,811
1959	1,710
1960	236
1961	795
1962	317
1963	552
1964	639
1965	697
1966	408
1967	567
1968	368
1969	421
1970	426
1971	630
1972	505
1973	294
1974	485
1975	512
1976	904
1977	538
1978	970
1979	479
1980	1,575
1981	945
1982	497
1983	1,132
1984	413
1985	906
1986	860
1987	1,008
1988	805
1989	1,098
1990	980
1991	745
1992	570
1993	1,120
1994	1,016
1995	1,535
1996	1,583
1997	1,596
1998	638
1999	1,018
2000	1,255
2001	1,252
2002	1,083
2003	607
2004	745
2005	894
2006	1,389
2007	699
2008	901
2009	986
2010	880
2011	782
2012	392
2013	724
2014	2,110
2015	1,333
2016	1,064
2017	751
2018	744
2019	611
2020	832
2021	294
2022	959
2023	558
2024	522
2025	693

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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	379
20 to 40	49
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1