Weather Records on 14 December 1974

328 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 December 1974. Highest significance: Genoa 2 W, US.

Key Facts for 14 December 1974

On 14 December 1974, 328 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 321 daily.
Genoa 2 W set a daily record snowfall of 29.5 cm (11.6 in) on 14 December 1974.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

328 stations

328 station records on 14 December 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 December 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lovelock	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dull Ctr 1SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Central City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Central City	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Registro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pul'-I-Hatum	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tagtabazar	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orick Prairie Creek Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rochelle 7ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Geneseo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crater Lake Nps HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Meade	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atar	Mauritania	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Congonhal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record snow depth	400.0 cm (157.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent Lake Nwr	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Juquia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-25.9 C (-14.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsley Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Caetano Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coronel Macedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.2 cm (11.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wellpinit	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Andradina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tonala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskaja	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskaja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.9 C (-25.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fleming	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsley Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plattsmouth 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

328 records

Records set or tied on 14 December 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 130, Heaviest daily snowfall 64, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 14 December 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	130
Heaviest daily snowfall	64
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 14 December 1974 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 321.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

256 broken records

Margins by which the 256 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 580.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 December 1974

Top 20 records on 14 December 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 December 1974	Genoa 2 W, US	daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1974	Lovelock, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	74 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1974	Vale, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	79 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1974	Crete 4ESE, US	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1974	Mc Cool Junction, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1974	Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1974	Eldorado, BR	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1974	Dull Ctr 1SE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1974	Newcastle, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1974	Central City, US	monthly rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1974	Central City, US	all-time snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1974	Registro, BR	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1974	Pul'-I-Hatum, TM	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1974	Tagtabazar, TM	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1974	Orick Prairie Creek Park, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1974	Shoshone, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1974	Port Washington, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	79 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1974	Rochelle 7ENE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1974	Timovskoe, RU	daily low max	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	79 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1974	Geneseo, US	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	77 years	32 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 328 records.

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

Records on 12-14 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1808	4
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	1
1840	2
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1855	3
1863	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1882	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	4
1892	2
1893	4
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	11
1900	3
1901	20
1902	10
1903	11
1904	12
1905	2
1906	7
1907	22
1908	10
1909	14
1910	14
1911	13
1912	41
1913	9
1914	85
1915	99
1916	96
1917	55
1918	97
1919	29
1920	67
1921	52
1922	112
1923	255
1924	238
1925	319
1926	206
1927	384
1928	332
1929	410
1930	92
1931	418
1932	260
1933	571
1934	141
1935	158
1936	384
1937	325
1938	81
1939	182
1940	237
1941	433
1942	323
1943	331
1944	243
1945	415
1946	397
1947	490
1948	818
1949	139
1950	305
1951	724
1952	382
1953	370
1954	225
1955	388
1956	443
1957	244
1958	814
1959	294
1960	654
1961	823
1962	886
1963	663
1964	337
1965	610
1966	483
1967	959
1968	337
1969	498
1970	174
1971	864
1972	907
1973	628
1974	328
1975	2,092
1976	445
1977	1,023
1978	389
1979	709
1980	774
1981	1,031
1982	496
1983	1,197
1984	1,862
1985	1,400
1986	397
1987	1,317
1988	674
1989	2,058
1990	629
1991	1,098
1992	1,308
1993	954
1994	558
1995	1,331
1996	832
1997	1,401
1998	1,227
1999	793
2000	1,950
2001	1,391
2002	863
2003	978
2004	738
2005	845
2006	1,445
2007	636
2008	1,319
2009	848
2010	1,891
2011	867
2012	938
2013	565
2014	1,046
2015	2,200
2016	650
2017	563
2018	699
2019	588
2020	551
2021	763
2022	1,028
2023	619
2024	363
2025	1,772

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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 100	250
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1