Weather Records on 13 January 1970

468 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 1970. Highest significance: Feira de Santana, BR.

Key Facts for 13 January 1970

On 13 January 1970, 468 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 462 daily.
Feira de Santana set a monthly record daily precipitation of 119.6 mm (4.7 in) on 13 January 1970.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

468 stations

468 station records on 13 January 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 January 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Feira de Santana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chesterfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ceuta (Monte Hacho)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Mowbray (Mount Vernon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Queimadas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Benson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
A Coruna	Spain	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fran?A	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paramirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Monte Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tacaratu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belem de Sao Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Novo Acre (Giqui)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Langara	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Freeland	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kualapuu 534	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ituacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsfield Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nossa Senhora Das Dores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls Mill St	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Naselle 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

468 records

Records set or tied on 13 January 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 224, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 66.

Records on 13 January 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	66

Records on 13 January 1970 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 462.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

385 broken records

Margins by which the 385 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 January 1970

Top 20 records on 13 January 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 January 1970	Feira de Santana, BR	monthly rain	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1970	Rochester Gtr Intl, US	daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1970	Bagdad Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1970	Chesterfield, CA	daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1970	Virden, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	78 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1970	Ceuta (Monte Hacho), ES	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1970	Artichoke Lake 1 E, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1970	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	daily snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1970	Fredonia, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1970	Durham, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	85 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1970	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	66 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1970	Durham, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	85 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1970	Hawley 1 E, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1970	Melton Mowbray (Mount Vernon), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1970	Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho), BR	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1970	Queimadas, BR	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1970	Benson, US	monthly high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1970	Angelica, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	55 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1970	Vancouver 4 NNE, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1970	Zerbst, DE	daily snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	76 years	35 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

1794 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1970. 1970 had 468 records.

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

Records on 01-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	2
1837	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1871	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	4
1904	23
1905	5
1906	9
1907	14
1908	17
1909	8
1910	45
1911	60
1912	104
1913	6
1914	58
1915	14
1916	49
1917	39
1918	102
1919	23
1920	87
1921	55
1922	104
1923	72
1924	68
1925	418
1926	62
1927	189
1928	638
1929	116
1930	310
1931	102
1932	1,183
1933	115
1934	232
1935	174
1936	220
1937	284
1938	235
1939	357
1940	324
1941	415
1942	318
1943	377
1944	373
1945	507
1946	212
1947	341
1948	533
1949	420
1950	1,141
1951	400
1952	375
1953	669
1954	427
1955	261
1956	469
1957	552
1958	327
1959	347
1960	968
1961	264
1962	711
1963	1,727
1964	995
1965	320
1966	652
1967	470
1968	1,024
1969	615
1970	468
1971	827
1972	1,221
1973	928
1974	762
1975	916
1976	683
1977	889
1978	487
1979	1,801
1980	1,246
1981	1,168
1982	1,381
1983	1,131
1984	657
1985	923
1986	619
1987	1,851
1988	674
1989	769
1990	517
1991	627
1992	841
1993	2,132
1994	1,264
1995	1,729
1996	1,855
1997	2,435
1998	1,001
1999	679
2000	966
2001	662
2002	1,219
2003	566
2004	769
2005	1,883
2006	1,104
2007	2,370
2008	398
2009	875
2010	800
2011	1,358
2012	433
2013	1,645
2014	370
2015	916
2016	422
2017	1,126
2018	961
2019	479
2020	611
2021	631
2022	753
2023	740
2024	1,987
2025	436
2026	1,151

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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	340
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	6
250 to 300	1