Weather Records on 28 November 1974

398 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 November 1974. Highest significance: Raymond Terrace Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 28 November 1974

On 28 November 1974, 398 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 388 daily.
Raymond Terrace Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 112.0 mm (4.4 in) on 28 November 1974.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

398 stations

398 station records on 28 November 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 November 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Carnarvon	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Broke (Harrowby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pokolbin (Ben Ean)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
East Maitland Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cessnock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Terrace (Wallaroo Stat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maasbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sarelsrivier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Odendaalsrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Turvinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Parysfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rahden-Varl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wunstorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Groenkloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cockle Creek (Pasminco Metals)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chileka	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Olivine	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mangochi	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bulahdelah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kykrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tweeling (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kasane	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pouso Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zevenfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bothaville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshoni	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marulan (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Matias Romero (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tamiami Trail 40 Mi Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waterfall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

398 records

Records set or tied on 28 November 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 250, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 28 November 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	250
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 28 November 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 388.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

357 broken records

Margins by which the 357 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 November 1974

Top 20 records on 28 November 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 November 1974	Raymond Terrace Post Office, AU	monthly rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	90 years	77 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1974	Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio, AU	daily rain	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1974	Tahlee (Carrington (Church St), AU	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	69 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1974	Seal Rocks Camping Reserve, AU	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1974	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	61 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 November 1974	Carnarvon, ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1974	Broke (Harrowby), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1974	Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P., AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1974	Pokolbin (Ben Ean), AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1974	Raymond Terrace (Kinross), AU	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1974	East Maitland Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	69 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1974	Paterson Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1974	Cessnock Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1974	Clarence Town (Grey St), AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1974	Raymond Terrace (Wallaroo Stat, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1974	Eldorado, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1974	Maasbult, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1974	Somerset East, ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1974	Sarelsrivier, ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1974	Bordeaux, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	47 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 398 records.

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

Records on 11-28 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1797	1
1807	1
1815	1
1827	1
1829	1
1831	2
1838	1
1839	1
1844	1
1849	2
1850	1
1851	1
1856	4
1857	1
1869	2
1870	1
1871	2
1872	3
1873	2
1874	2
1875	2
1878	2
1879	1
1883	2
1884	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	8
1892	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	5
1901	4
1902	7
1903	25
1904	11
1905	24
1906	21
1907	10
1908	4
1909	39
1910	8
1911	62
1912	24
1913	34
1914	19
1915	33
1916	27
1917	68
1918	13
1919	31
1920	166
1921	50
1922	38
1923	77
1924	55
1925	76
1926	90
1927	545
1928	62
1929	192
1930	749
1931	143
1932	307
1933	203
1934	544
1935	257
1936	252
1937	629
1938	553
1939	240
1940	445
1941	349
1942	232
1943	143
1944	193
1945	236
1946	372
1947	201
1948	752
1949	1,211
1950	506
1951	272
1952	1,051
1953	277
1954	200
1955	1,042
1956	355
1957	240
1958	1,066
1959	730
1960	986
1961	325
1962	413
1963	246
1964	690
1965	301
1966	807
1967	421
1968	799
1969	631
1970	567
1971	500
1972	360
1973	1,483
1974	398
1975	1,069
1976	2,175
1977	1,024
1978	825
1979	536
1980	799
1981	677
1982	842
1983	1,979
1984	1,014
1985	2,376
1986	718
1987	927
1988	810
1989	809
1990	1,642
1991	782
1992	926
1993	1,290
1994	1,267
1995	963
1996	1,161
1997	1,128
1998	1,922
1999	775
2000	726
2001	1,543
2002	1,104
2003	657
2004	770
2005	1,430
2006	1,710
2007	412
2008	849
2009	609
2010	1,533
2011	1,139
2012	698
2013	946
2014	1,210
2015	986
2016	474
2017	751
2018	852
2019	1,197
2020	318
2021	1,137
2022	496
2023	592
2024	456
2025	306

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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	343
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1