Weather Records on 7 December 1974

508 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 December 1974. Highest significance: Passau-Maierhof, DE.

Key Facts for 7 December 1974

On 7 December 1974, 508 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
54 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 494 daily.
Passau-Maierhof set a daily record precipitation of 38.8 mm (1.5 in) on 7 December 1974.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

508 stations

508 station records on 7 December 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 December 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wamsutter	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pemfling-Pitzling	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rems-Murr-Kreis Winterbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Herzberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Straubing	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Selb/Oberfranken-Lauterbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hollenstein (Kraftwerk)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Munsingen-Apfelstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Reichenhall	Germany	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Afogados da Ingazeira (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro Alexandre (Voturuna)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hausstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aldersbach-Kriestorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kr.Rottal-Inn Falkenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bandelier Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ipueiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ebersberg-Halbing	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stammbach-Querenbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brilon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lajedinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sandberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trostberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heartsease	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
White Oak 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Millersburg	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wasserkuppe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Marks 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Bonito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Ceraima	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
D'Lo 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wonganoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg/Oberfranken-Huttst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winchester Airport 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saude	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charles Mill Lake	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hackberry 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Senhor Do Bonfim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

508 records

Records set or tied on 7 December 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 366, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 7 December 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	366
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 7 December 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 494.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

457 broken records

Margins by which the 457 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 December 1974

Top 20 records on 7 December 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 December 1974	Passau-Maierhof, DE	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1974	Chemnitz, DE	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	69 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1974	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1974	Wamsutter, US	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1974	Lichtentanne, DE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	69 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1974	Pemfling-Pitzling, DE	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1974	Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler, DE	daily rain	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1974	Rems-Murr-Kreis Winterbach, DE	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1974	Reit Im Winkl, DE	daily rain	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1974	Herzberg, DE	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1974	Straubing, DE	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1974	Selb/Oberfranken-Lauterbach, DE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1974	Monroe, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1974	Hollenstein (Kraftwerk), DE	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1974	Munsingen-Apfelstetten, DE	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1974	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1974	Bad Reichenhall, DE	daily rain	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1974	Afogados da Ingazeira (Dnocs), BR	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1974	Versailles, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1974	Pedro Alexandre (Voturuna), BR	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	7 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

1801 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1974. 1974 had 508 records.

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

Records on 12-07 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1805	1
1812	2
1815	1
1825	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1844	4
1848	3
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1866	1
1868	5
1871	5
1875	6
1879	5
1881	1
1884	2
1885	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	1
1893	5
1894	1
1895	1
1896	8
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	16
1903	9
1904	7
1905	3
1906	21
1907	4
1908	24
1909	21
1910	26
1911	7
1912	21
1913	19
1914	32
1915	53
1916	36
1917	52
1918	30
1919	38
1920	81
1921	39
1922	272
1923	128
1924	374
1925	119
1926	372
1927	404
1928	105
1929	146
1930	534
1931	180
1932	555
1933	130
1934	274
1935	270
1936	602
1937	890
1938	279
1939	780
1940	145
1941	139
1942	526
1943	199
1944	357
1945	240
1946	855
1947	240
1948	320
1949	187
1950	1,472
1951	1,751
1952	447
1953	673
1954	445
1955	195
1956	1,358
1957	589
1958	831
1959	539
1960	561
1961	206
1962	642
1963	436
1964	467
1965	476
1966	1,047
1967	386
1968	461
1969	952
1970	724
1971	854
1972	2,239
1973	448
1974	508
1975	404
1976	1,037
1977	1,369
1978	1,882
1979	827
1980	1,314
1981	896
1982	542
1983	957
1984	957
1985	922
1986	1,126
1987	866
1988	582
1989	675
1990	744
1991	698
1992	906
1993	544
1994	1,772
1995	912
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	2,384
1999	674
2000	1,085
2001	743
2002	917
2003	1,184
2004	1,096
2005	1,433
2006	1,246
2007	1,402
2008	833
2009	972
2010	1,405
2011	1,507
2012	643
2013	2,119
2014	479
2015	1,079
2016	389
2017	508
2018	558
2019	447
2020	597
2021	547
2022	579
2023	952
2024	712
2025	665

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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	435
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1