Weather Records on 27 November 1974

556 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 November 1974. Highest significance: Boonara, AU.

Key Facts for 27 November 1974

On 27 November 1974, 556 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 206 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 539 daily.
Boonara set a daily record precipitation of 88.0 mm (3.5 in) on 27 November 1974.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

556 stations

556 station records on 27 November 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 November 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bredbo (Bredbo Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Widgee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Palen Creek Correctional	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Irvingdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boonah Stark Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nukinenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Piracicaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.6 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Green Mountains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maffra Forestry Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Belle	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Christmas Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Myra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bungarby (Merambego)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
The Hermatige	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
West Haldon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson (Yendalock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarens (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Crosby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rathdowney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Indooroopilly Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Benarkin Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
University of Queensland Gatto	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alcozauca (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tarome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carawatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma (Kiaora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wingaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma (Gurrabeal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

556 records

Records set or tied on 27 November 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 155, Heaviest daily rainfall 297, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 27 November 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	155
Heaviest daily rainfall	297
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 27 November 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 539.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

467 broken records

Margins by which the 467 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

27 November 1974

Top 20 records on 27 November 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 November 1974	Boonara, AU	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	53 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1974	Bredbo (Bredbo Station), AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1974	Widgee, AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1974	Palen Creek Correctional, AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1974	Irvingdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1974	Boonah Stark Ave, AU	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1974	Bungendore Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1974	Nukinenda, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1974	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low max	12.5 C (54.5 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	83 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1974	Piracicaba, BR	daily rain	95.6 mm (3.8 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1974	Southport Ridgeway Ave, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1974	Gatton Allan Street, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1974	Green Mountains, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1974	Cooma Lambie Street, AU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	88 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1974	Maffra Forestry Office, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1974	Harrisville Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1974	Houlton, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1974	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily low max	19.5 C (67.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	87 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1974	La Belle, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1974	Christmas Creek, AU	daily rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	38 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 556 records.

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

Records on 11-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1796	1
1815	1
1829	2
1838	2
1846	1
1849	3
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1856	4
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	7
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1887	2
1890	10
1891	2
1892	1
1894	5
1895	3
1896	5
1897	3
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	3
1902	1
1903	28
1904	5
1905	5
1906	13
1907	14
1908	32
1909	36
1910	12
1911	22
1912	9
1913	18
1914	13
1915	34
1916	78
1917	94
1918	32
1919	55
1920	98
1921	108
1922	31
1923	48
1924	30
1925	93
1926	152
1927	375
1928	71
1929	118
1930	596
1931	181
1932	361
1933	331
1934	259
1935	272
1936	300
1937	258
1938	773
1939	310
1940	560
1941	173
1942	334
1943	127
1944	268
1945	265
1946	489
1947	255
1948	696
1949	1,141
1950	534
1951	685
1952	1,351
1953	521
1954	220
1955	690
1956	335
1957	159
1958	585
1959	476
1960	896
1961	348
1962	692
1963	388
1964	527
1965	864
1966	639
1967	360
1968	458
1969	450
1970	670
1971	450
1972	499
1973	1,453
1974	556
1975	1,222
1976	1,389
1977	1,190
1978	1,031
1979	851
1980	941
1981	769
1982	952
1983	2,097
1984	1,264
1985	2,808
1986	687
1987	786
1988	821
1989	927
1990	1,626
1991	742
1992	951
1993	1,674
1994	1,355
1995	832
1996	1,155
1997	980
1998	1,433
1999	954
2000	642
2001	1,247
2002	1,029
2003	641
2004	556
2005	853
2006	1,304
2007	472
2008	884
2009	726
2010	1,199
2011	1,213
2012	392
2013	1,165
2014	1,136
2015	1,183
2016	388
2017	1,136
2018	628
2019	997
2020	287
2021	565
2022	420
2023	623
2024	736
2025	296

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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	459
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1