Weather Records on 9 July 1974

1,013 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 July 1974. Highest significance: Tahoe City, US.

Key Facts for 9 July 1974

On 9 July 1974, 1,013 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
231 were record highs and 333 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 110 monthly and 901 daily.
Tahoe City set a monthly record daily precipitation of 41.4 mm (1.6 in) on 9 July 1974.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

1,013 stations

1,013 station records on 9 July 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 July 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Conconully	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Boca	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Shasta Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Salt Springs Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Klaipeda	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Electra P H	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific House	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose de Mipibu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brush Creek Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Foresthill Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Portola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Republic	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kelso	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dunsmuir	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rocklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shasta Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Imlay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Timber	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Occidental	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tapoco	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (Canobolas Public Schoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tuba City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Canyon Nyack AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Pardee	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Electra P H	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbrook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jogeva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Angwin Pacific Union College	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,013 records

Records set or tied on 9 July 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 89, Lowest daily maximum 254, Highest daily minimum 142, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 448, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 9 July 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	89
Lowest daily maximum	254
Highest daily minimum	142
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	448
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 9 July 1974 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 110, daily 901.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

831 broken records

Margins by which the 831 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 July 1974

Top 20 records on 9 July 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 July 1974	Tahoe City, US	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	75 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1974	Santa Cruz, US	monthly rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1974	Conconully, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1974	Boca, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	67 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1974	Shasta Dam, US	monthly rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1974	Plain, US	monthly rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1974	Salt Springs Pwr House, US	monthly rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1974	Tiger Creek Ph, US	monthly rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	11 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1974	Klaipeda, LT	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1974	Bowman Dam, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1974	Iowa Hill, US	monthly rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1974	Placerville, US	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1974	Truckee Rs, US	monthly rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1974	Electra P H, US	monthly rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1974	Sierraville Rs, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1974	Cameron Lake, CA	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1974	Pacific House, US	monthly rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1974	Liepaja, LV	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1974	Watsonville Wtr Wks, US	monthly rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1974	Downieville, US	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	54 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 1,013 records.

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

Records on 07-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1815	3
1826	1
1828	2
1837	1
1845	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1867	4
1868	1
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	4
1879	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	4
1897	2
1898	4
1899	5
1900	10
1901	10
1902	8
1903	15
1904	31
1905	28
1906	4
1907	10
1908	16
1909	16
1910	19
1911	26
1912	28
1913	42
1914	54
1915	42
1916	43
1917	19
1918	60
1919	33
1920	28
1921	73
1922	145
1923	90
1924	140
1925	135
1926	242
1927	123
1928	115
1929	250
1930	436
1931	202
1932	216
1933	444
1934	339
1935	433
1936	1,128
1937	274
1938	196
1939	345
1940	319
1941	273
1942	324
1943	252
1944	415
1945	371
1946	436
1947	684
1948	377
1949	433
1950	522
1951	502
1952	694
1953	450
1954	479
1955	513
1956	438
1957	385
1958	472
1959	483
1960	332
1961	564
1962	253
1963	1,029
1964	425
1965	444
1966	428
1967	216
1968	645
1969	619
1970	471
1971	406
1972	606
1973	588
1974	1,013
1975	567
1976	740
1977	617
1978	882
1979	721
1980	970
1981	1,009
1982	598
1983	1,039
1984	783
1985	1,228
1986	843
1987	882
1988	1,109
1989	965
1990	770
1991	1,295
1992	1,126
1993	1,454
1994	1,151
1995	939
1996	1,690
1997	930
1998	1,403
1999	952
2000	1,055
2001	965
2002	1,127
2003	906
2004	824
2005	1,373
2006	965
2007	949
2008	1,188
2009	1,165
2010	1,477
2011	1,047
2012	904
2013	478
2014	806
2015	1,221
2016	631
2017	638
2018	555
2019	602
2020	614
2021	1,198
2022	674
2023	833
2024	1,530
2025	696
2026	508

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Data for records on 1974-07-09: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	820
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1