Weather Records on 17 January 1970

931 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 January 1970. Highest significance: Urana (Butherwah), AU.

Key Facts for 17 January 1970

On 17 January 1970, 931 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
222 were record highs and 239 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 912 daily.
Urana (Butherwah) set a daily record precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 17 January 1970.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

931 stations

931 station records on 17 January 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 January 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Alturas	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wodonga Express	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rolfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	169.5 mm (6.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pavlograd	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burrumbuttock (Holyrood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yarroweyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gongolgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Boonongo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corumbatai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McColl 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bungowannah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tocumwal Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wargundy	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mossgiel Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walla Walla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cobram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ibate	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stinkhoutboom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paraswada	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Supai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Penryn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kattanjhiri	India	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Collerina (Kenebree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ponte Guatapara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ribeirao Preto (Emsa)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Araraquara (US.Tamoio)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.7 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quambone (Sandy Camp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warrumbungle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vila Carmem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grimsby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jamunia	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rowan (Connorton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Urana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Do Lobo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Choshi	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

931 records

Records set or tied on 17 January 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 171, Highest daily minimum 172, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 333, Heaviest daily snowfall 94, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 17 January 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	171
Highest daily minimum	172
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	333
Heaviest daily snowfall	94
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 17 January 1970 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 17, daily 912.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

760 broken records

Margins by which the 760 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 January 1970

Top 20 records on 17 January 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 January 1970	Urana (Butherwah), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	95 years	77 of 100 (Major)
17 January 1970	Alturas, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 January 1970	Pinsk, BY	monthly rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1970	Homestead Exp STN, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1970	Lake City, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1970	Cape Schanck Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1970	Wodonga Express, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1970	Rolfontein, ZA	all-time rain	169.5 mm (6.7 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1970	Pavlograd, UA	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1970	Newington, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1970	Burrumbuttock (Holyrood), AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1970	Yarroweyah, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1970	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1970	Gongolgon Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1970	Coldwater St School, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	63 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1970	Collingwood, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	98 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1970	Urana (Boonongo), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1970	Corumbatai, BR	daily rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1970	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	daily snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1970	McColl 3 NNW, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	41 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

1795 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1970. 1970 had 931 records.

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

Records on 01-17 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1802	1
1804	1
1805	2
1809	1
1812	1
1820	1
1826	2
1828	1
1838	2
1845	3
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	2
1883	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1893	5
1894	5
1895	3
1896	4
1897	6
1899	5
1900	5
1901	1
1902	4
1903	3
1904	9
1905	2
1906	19
1907	38
1908	10
1909	13
1910	21
1911	49
1912	8
1913	66
1914	13
1915	19
1916	47
1917	32
1918	37
1919	45
1920	148
1921	70
1922	25
1923	122
1924	278
1925	184
1926	118
1927	144
1928	309
1929	118
1930	942
1931	130
1932	489
1933	203
1934	120
1935	444
1936	377
1937	196
1938	323
1939	375
1940	566
1941	644
1942	601
1943	1,086
1944	333
1945	511
1946	1,089
1947	354
1948	613
1949	566
1950	731
1951	535
1952	773
1953	531
1954	632
1955	303
1956	431
1957	1,040
1958	555
1959	760
1960	657
1961	537
1962	625
1963	537
1964	450
1965	1,180
1966	275
1967	423
1968	400
1969	526
1970	931
1971	871
1972	884
1973	1,147
1974	1,327
1975	647
1976	717
1977	2,352
1978	1,458
1979	1,182
1980	601
1981	821
1982	1,899
1983	592
1984	888
1985	988
1986	848
1987	1,375
1988	751
1989	745
1990	1,986
1991	776
1992	958
1993	1,685
1994	1,805
1995	1,186
1996	1,353
1997	791
1998	832
1999	775
2000	1,060
2001	744
2002	505
2003	764
2004	1,245
2005	682
2006	1,055
2007	1,911
2008	1,114
2009	851
2010	876
2011	972
2012	847
2013	643
2014	548
2015	489
2016	458
2017	1,002
2018	1,273
2019	582
2020	828
2021	375
2022	1,022
2023	808
2024	1,585
2025	586
2026	370

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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 25	665
25 to 50	63
50 to 75	18
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	5
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	2