Weather Records on 1 October 1974

1,104 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1974. Highest significance: Woomera (Mahanewo), AU.

Key Facts for 1 October 1974

On 1 October 1974, 1,104 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
152 were record highs and 643 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 78 monthly and 1,026 daily.
Woomera (Mahanewo) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 97.6 mm (3.8 in) on 1 October 1974.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

1,104 stations

1,104 station records on 1 October 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woomera (Mahanewo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.6 mm (3.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Condobolin (Borambil Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Minnipa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bookaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ustordynskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tunka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Siauliai	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oodnadatta Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Temora Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehorse A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tuba City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cashmere Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcoola (Commonwealth Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Temora Ambulance Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Eba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pjarnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Riga	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Caragabal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quandialla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston (Hunthawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
West Wyalong (Tallimbalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yalgogrin North (Roloma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bond Springs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kojnas	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alberga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wombat (Tumbleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Buffalo Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warroo (Geeron)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carcross	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muskoka A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,104 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 383, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 260, Heaviest daily rainfall 258, Heaviest daily snowfall 46, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 1 October 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	383
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	260
Heaviest daily rainfall	258
Heaviest daily snowfall	46
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 1 October 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 78, daily 1,026.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

930 broken records

Margins by which the 930 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 132.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1974

Top 20 records on 1 October 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1974	Woomera (Mahanewo), AU	monthly rain	97.6 mm (3.8 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	49 years	70 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1974	Mount Wedge, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1974	Condobolin (Borambil Park), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	104 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1974	Irkutsk, RU	monthly rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1974	Bajandaj, RU	monthly rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1974	Minnipa, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1974	Bookaloo, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1974	Ustordynskij, RU	monthly rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1974	Tunka, RU	monthly rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1974	Hamar-Daban, RU	monthly rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1974	Bancroft, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	91 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1974	Pimba, AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1974	Durham, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	91 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1974	Siauliai, LT	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1974	Arhangelsk, RU	monthly high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	84 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1974	Oodnadatta Airport, AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1974	Temora Research Station, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1974	Haliburton A, CA	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	89 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1974	Whitehorse A, CA	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1974	Lock, AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	48 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

1813 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1974. 1974 had 1,104 records.

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

Records on 10-01 in each year
Year	Records
1813	1
1814	1
1817	1
1819	1
1820	2
1823	1
1828	1
1845	1
1847	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	4
1876	1
1877	3
1879	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1893	9
1894	4
1895	1
1897	7
1898	1
1899	16
1900	2
1901	4
1902	16
1903	9
1904	8
1905	8
1906	11
1907	11
1908	20
1909	14
1910	12
1911	34
1912	37
1913	20
1914	28
1915	65
1916	105
1917	52
1918	20
1919	25
1920	98
1921	129
1922	160
1923	158
1924	86
1925	135
1926	181
1927	754
1928	129
1929	158
1930	106
1931	237
1932	220
1933	519
1934	188
1935	201
1936	388
1937	453
1938	284
1939	283
1940	207
1941	425
1942	290
1943	324
1944	583
1945	677
1946	486
1947	867
1948	271
1949	254
1950	1,019
1951	521
1952	712
1953	656
1954	976
1955	280
1956	260
1957	646
1958	1,050
1959	1,306
1960	143
1961	566
1962	376
1963	598
1964	312
1965	521
1966	646
1967	437
1968	426
1969	454
1970	275
1971	1,449
1972	625
1973	418
1974	1,104
1975	561
1976	854
1977	1,097
1978	492
1979	488
1980	600
1981	785
1982	733
1983	783
1984	1,266
1985	1,621
1986	1,476
1987	648
1988	502
1989	739
1990	612
1991	1,020
1992	1,392
1993	1,042
1994	580
1995	746
1996	1,007
1997	1,080
1998	1,345
1999	1,096
2000	1,006
2001	924
2002	951
2003	1,198
2004	826
2005	902
2006	806
2007	726
2008	573
2009	1,051
2010	1,093
2011	1,324
2012	647
2013	515
2014	397
2015	729
2016	473
2017	472
2018	694
2019	2,439
2020	566
2021	753
2022	609
2023	1,173
2024	751
2025	384
2026	553

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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 20	880
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2