Weather Records on 14 January 1970

549 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 January 1970. Highest significance: Mayaguez City, PR.

Key Facts for 14 January 1970

On 14 January 1970, 549 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
177 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 536 daily.
Mayaguez City set a monthly record daily precipitation of 116.8 mm (4.6 in) on 14 January 1970.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

549 stations

549 station records on 14 January 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 January 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lencois	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kelso	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oakville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saude	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waialua 847	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waimea 892	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Portola	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sprague	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cabrobo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shaunavon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodfords	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cabrobo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ellery Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View Birdseye	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View Birdseye	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Modesto AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Electra P H	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pennant	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Creek 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camptonville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

549 records

Records set or tied on 14 January 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 138, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 221, Heaviest daily snowfall 52, Deepest snow cover 47.

Records on 14 January 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	138
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	221
Heaviest daily snowfall	52
Deepest snow cover	47

Records on 14 January 1970 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 536.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

425 broken records

Margins by which the 425 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 January 1970

Top 20 records on 14 January 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 January 1970	Mayaguez City, PR	monthly rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 January 1970	Manati 2 E, PR	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 January 1970	Mundo Novo, BR	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1970	Arecibo 3 ESE, PR	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1970	Lencois, BR	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1970	Kelso, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1970	Bonners Ferry, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1970	Oakville, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1970	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	daily snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1970	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	66 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1970	Van Wert 1 S, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1970	Heron 2 NW, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1970	Glenbrook, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1970	Saude, BR	daily rain	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1970	Mtn View 91, US	monthly high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1970	Waialua 847, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1970	Magdeburg, DE	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	74 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1970	Cooperstown, US	daily snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	6 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1970	Brooklyn, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1970	Waimea 892, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	38 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 549 records.

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

Records on 01-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1799	1
1839	1
1852	1
1858	1
1864	3
1866	1
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1878	3
1881	3
1884	2
1885	1
1889	2
1890	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	1
1902	4
1903	2
1904	25
1905	18
1906	10
1907	12
1908	9
1909	23
1910	79
1911	53
1912	53
1913	6
1914	63
1915	36
1916	17
1917	63
1918	134
1919	35
1920	66
1921	74
1922	31
1923	120
1924	48
1925	261
1926	69
1927	119
1928	626
1929	244
1930	713
1931	92
1932	1,117
1933	82
1934	163
1935	253
1936	134
1937	536
1938	425
1939	198
1940	484
1941	481
1942	385
1943	603
1944	489
1945	481
1946	292
1947	497
1948	435
1949	355
1950	930
1951	533
1952	813
1953	629
1954	404
1955	293
1956	397
1957	796
1958	296
1959	243
1960	905
1961	414
1962	485
1963	1,887
1964	1,313
1965	486
1966	300
1967	436
1968	1,198
1969	904
1970	549
1971	706
1972	1,467
1973	645
1974	1,194
1975	718
1976	585
1977	747
1978	859
1979	1,883
1980	1,162
1981	1,042
1982	1,642
1983	685
1984	876
1985	1,211
1986	580
1987	1,305
1988	917
1989	872
1990	588
1991	542
1992	1,143
1993	1,474
1994	1,112
1995	2,049
1996	1,472
1997	1,769
1998	863
1999	754
2000	804
2001	1,140
2002	1,010
2003	524
2004	1,162
2005	1,337
2006	878
2007	2,533
2008	457
2009	841
2010	644
2011	1,565
2012	415
2013	1,619
2014	452
2015	634
2016	434
2017	801
2018	601
2019	349
2020	823
2021	677
2022	529
2023	808
2024	2,058
2025	387
2026	1,202

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Data for records on 1970-01-14: 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	386
50 to 100	23
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1