Weather Records on 26 November 1974

439 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 November 1974. Highest significance: Wentworth Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 26 November 1974

On 26 November 1974, 439 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 161 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 404 daily.
Wentworth Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 98.0 mm (3.9 in) on 26 November 1974.
Across 158 earlier years (1838 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

439 stations

439 station records on 26 November 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 November 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
Houlton	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gazimammad Aerodrom	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kizljar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Houlton	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bontfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kasumkent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kurdamir	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Cavenagh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gudermes	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chambarak	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Khankandy	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cnory	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buynaksk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Burno-Oktyabrsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Derbent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Qabala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gunib	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Don	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shamhor	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aroostook	Canada	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kvareli	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Black Hills	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Musquash	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Forest Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey Station	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Evart	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shamakhy	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Keats Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cruz Do Espirito Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shaki	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Auvergne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Netherby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Plymouth AWS	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

439 records

Records set or tied on 26 November 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 118, Heaviest daily rainfall 179, Heaviest daily snowfall 64, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 26 November 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	118
Heaviest daily rainfall	179
Heaviest daily snowfall	64
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 26 November 1974 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 34, daily 404.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

362 broken records

Margins by which the 362 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 November 1974

Top 20 records on 26 November 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 November 1974	Wentworth Post Office, AU	monthly rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	103 years	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 November 1974	Houlton, US	monthly snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	71 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1974	Woodstock, CA	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1974	Gazimammad Aerodrom, AZ	monthly rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1974	Kizljar, RU	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1974	Houlton, US	monthly snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	71 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1974	Bontfontein, ZA	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1974	Mahackala, RU	monthly rain	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1974	Kasumkent, RU	monthly rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1974	Belfast, US	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1974	Kurdamir, AZ	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1974	Mount Cavenagh, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1974	Lawrence, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	79 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1974	Gudermes, RU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1974	Chambarak, AM	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1974	Khankandy, AZ	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1974	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily low max	13.7 C (56.7 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	104 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1974	Cnory, GE	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1974	Buynaksk, RU	monthly rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1974	Burno-Oktyabrsk, KZ	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	48 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

1838 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1838 to 1974. 1974 had 439 records.

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

Records on 11-26 in each year
Year	Records
1838	2
1849	3
1851	1
1853	1
1856	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	3
1874	5
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	2
1880	4
1882	3
1883	1
1885	2
1887	2
1889	1
1890	5
1891	5
1892	2
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	4
1897	2
1898	15
1899	1
1900	3
1901	1
1902	6
1903	20
1904	5
1905	10
1906	15
1907	11
1908	39
1909	26
1910	6
1911	16
1912	18
1913	19
1914	44
1915	19
1916	102
1917	43
1918	36
1919	46
1920	29
1921	119
1922	53
1923	43
1924	62
1925	37
1926	151
1927	354
1928	224
1929	202
1930	255
1931	239
1932	327
1933	216
1934	241
1935	221
1936	277
1937	144
1938	926
1939	176
1940	582
1941	162
1942	314
1943	217
1944	375
1945	145
1946	709
1947	354
1948	379
1949	909
1950	1,417
1951	620
1952	1,715
1953	519
1954	306
1955	617
1956	259
1957	353
1958	894
1959	397
1960	947
1961	574
1962	543
1963	525
1964	563
1965	1,268
1966	565
1967	380
1968	262
1969	335
1970	746
1971	561
1972	682
1973	1,047
1974	439
1975	1,779
1976	613
1977	1,535
1978	966
1979	1,774
1980	837
1981	725
1982	886
1983	1,817
1984	917
1985	2,719
1986	1,129
1987	732
1988	863
1989	685
1990	1,198
1991	711
1992	1,581
1993	2,284
1994	838
1995	859
1996	1,198
1997	953
1998	1,267
1999	922
2000	515
2001	1,102
2002	1,030
2003	448
2004	579
2005	906
2006	1,371
2007	543
2008	853
2009	662
2010	1,277
2011	1,264
2012	336
2013	910
2014	736
2015	710
2016	293
2017	991
2018	574
2019	532
2020	257
2021	569
2022	438
2023	617
2024	561
2025	391

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	325
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1