Weather Records on 21 December 1974

374 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 December 1974. Highest significance: Beaverlodge Cda, CA.

Key Facts for 21 December 1974

On 21 December 1974, 374 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
124 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 367 daily.
Beaverlodge Cda set a monthly record daily snowfall of 39.4 cm (15.5 in) on 21 December 1974.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

374 stations

374 station records on 21 December 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 December 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beaverlodge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kimberley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cartwright	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sequim	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Muccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beaverlodge Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Deloraine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boissevain	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kukaiau 222	United States	Record daily precipitation	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Whitecourt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waskada	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Campsie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Meda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carlyle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Midale	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gary	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sion	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaceburg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pineview Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View Birdseye	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View Birdseye	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Midville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehorse A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pitangueiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.5 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elk Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke City	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rimini 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ibitiuva	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Enderby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

374 records

Records set or tied on 21 December 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 127, Heaviest daily snowfall 79, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 21 December 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	127
Heaviest daily snowfall	79
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 21 December 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 367.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

318 broken records

Margins by which the 318 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 930.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 December 1974

Top 20 records on 21 December 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 December 1974	Beaverlodge Cda, CA	monthly snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	27 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 December 1974	Kimberley Downs, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 December 1974	Cartwright, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	86 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1974	Sequim, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1974	Muccan, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1974	Beaverlodge Cda, CA	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1974	Hillsdale, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1974	Ranfurly, CA	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1974	Deloraine, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	69 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1974	Boissevain, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1974	Kukaiau 222, US	daily rain	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	98.1 mm (3.9 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1974	Banff, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	12.5 cm (4.9 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1974	Putbus, DE	daily high min	7.5 C (45.5 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	117 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1974	Springer, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1974	Whitecourt, CA	monthly snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	5.5 cm (2.2 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1974	Waskada, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1974	Paauilo 221, US	daily rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1974	Campsie, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1974	Indian Head Cda, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	69 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1974	Hull, GB	daily high min	9.5 C (49.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	68 years	36 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 374 records.

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

Records on 12-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1799	1
1801	2
1808	3
1825	1
1828	1
1839	1
1846	1
1850	1
1855	7
1859	1
1860	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	2
1874	2
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1884	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	4
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1900	8
1901	15
1902	5
1903	25
1904	3
1905	15
1906	15
1907	17
1908	19
1909	20
1910	29
1911	36
1912	23
1913	11
1914	107
1915	43
1916	40
1917	18
1918	41
1919	57
1920	30
1921	104
1922	34
1923	323
1924	377
1925	120
1926	178
1927	147
1928	70
1929	156
1930	66
1931	556
1932	150
1933	581
1934	230
1935	398
1936	323
1937	189
1938	145
1939	140
1940	622
1941	651
1942	968
1943	148
1944	762
1945	396
1946	495
1947	700
1948	297
1949	1,281
1950	504
1951	1,061
1952	197
1953	256
1954	444
1955	888
1956	672
1957	846
1958	516
1959	272
1960	585
1961	254
1962	563
1963	1,137
1964	613
1965	247
1966	400
1967	1,923
1968	818
1969	828
1970	547
1971	680
1972	651
1973	1,292
1974	374
1975	548
1976	446
1977	470
1978	517
1979	558
1980	726
1981	1,476
1982	702
1983	3,324
1984	1,012
1985	979
1986	404
1987	775
1988	717
1989	3,203
1990	2,701
1991	1,125
1992	751
1993	967
1994	793
1995	878
1996	1,114
1997	810
1998	1,142
1999	851
2000	944
2001	650
2002	579
2003	1,103
2004	675
2005	606
2006	1,443
2007	946
2008	1,062
2009	1,097
2010	2,039
2011	653
2012	759
2013	1,029
2014	878
2015	1,173
2016	543
2017	459
2018	742
2019	755
2020	965
2021	323
2022	528
2023	1,170
2024	778
2025	1,100

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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 200	315
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1