Weather Records on 11 December 1974

313 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 December 1974. Highest significance: Altastenberg, DE.

Key Facts for 11 December 1974

On 11 December 1974, 313 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 307 daily.
Altastenberg set a daily record precipitation of 39.2 mm (1.5 in) on 11 December 1974.
Across 154 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

313 stations

313 station records on 11 December 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 December 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Halfway	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mutual	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Premier Mine-Cullinan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Council	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Feira de Santana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Syferfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
List/Sylt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vectis, Winterton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harper	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mercedes	Uruguay	Record low maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beagle Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stammbach-Querenbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Geary	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Summit WSO AP	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sayre	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Meander	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Luverne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arnett 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fairview	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record low maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wick	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Cobb	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Juarez	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gibb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Camargo	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Indep Hts	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
La Estanzuela (Eele)	Uruguay	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Homberg/Ohm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Okeene	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hof (Stadt)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Neustadt/Weinstrasse	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Makwassie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Saba	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Joao Do Jaguaribe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mayen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandhammaren	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

313 records

Records set or tied on 11 December 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 171, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 11 December 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	171
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 11 December 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 307.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

252 broken records

Margins by which the 252 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

11 December 1974

Top 20 records on 11 December 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 December 1974	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1974	Monroe, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1974	Coraki Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1974	Jefferson 3SE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	75 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1974	Halfway, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1974	Cloud Chief 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1974	Mutual, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1974	Hobart Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	63 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1974	Premier Mine-Cullinan, ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	68 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1974	Council, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	59 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1974	Feira de Santana, BR	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1974	Syferfontein, ZA	monthly rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	30 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1974	El Dorado, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1974	List/Sylt, DE	monthly rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	9 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1974	Vectis, Winterton, ZA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1974	Pontiac Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1974	Harper, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	55 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1974	Dillon, US	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	64 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1974	Mercedes, UY	daily low max	15.8 C (60.4 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 December 1974	Beagle Bay, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	60 years	27 of 100 (Routine)

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

1796 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1974. 1974 had 313 records.

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

Records on 12-11 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1815	2
1825	2
1841	1
1852	1
1855	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	4
1872	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1880	2
1882	3
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1897	2
1898	14
1899	5
1900	4
1901	5
1902	6
1903	2
1904	28
1905	15
1906	12
1907	30
1908	18
1909	7
1910	31
1911	49
1912	36
1913	8
1914	13
1915	93
1916	55
1917	103
1918	32
1919	40
1920	58
1921	49
1922	143
1923	88
1924	84
1925	81
1926	77
1927	232
1928	111
1929	345
1930	72
1931	762
1932	696
1933	260
1934	480
1935	290
1936	357
1937	839
1938	231
1939	626
1940	302
1941	353
1942	263
1943	196
1944	407
1945	234
1946	717
1947	342
1948	153
1949	1,201
1950	463
1951	261
1952	923
1953	157
1954	492
1955	312
1956	300
1957	517
1958	985
1959	322
1960	746
1961	1,300
1962	723
1963	604
1964	542
1965	1,216
1966	525
1967	945
1968	543
1969	587
1970	617
1971	900
1972	1,514
1973	334
1974	313
1975	454
1976	380
1977	1,182
1978	678
1979	847
1980	522
1981	949
1982	657
1983	971
1984	1,013
1985	1,471
1986	561
1987	639
1988	850
1989	584
1990	747
1991	1,102
1992	1,357
1993	749
1994	1,243
1995	1,837
1996	1,307
1997	1,203
1998	1,012
1999	769
2000	1,584
2001	626
2002	1,139
2003	646
2004	1,166
2005	816
2006	858
2007	1,613
2008	1,312
2009	1,091
2010	1,284
2011	416
2012	618
2013	737
2014	893
2015	1,183
2016	489
2017	670
2018	353
2019	442
2020	517
2021	1,175
2022	679
2023	814
2024	539
2025	1,691

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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	235
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1