Weather Records on 25 January 1970

510 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 January 1970. Highest significance: Rapalle, IN.

Key Facts for 25 January 1970

On 25 January 1970, 510 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
221 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 488 daily.
Rapalle set a daily record precipitation of 50.4 mm (2.0 in) on 25 January 1970.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

510 stations

510 station records on 25 January 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 January 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rapalle	India	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Pilger	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pendencias	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Morrison (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Betania	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Escada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jeremoabo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Upanema (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Riachao Do Jacuipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Husum	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chohataury	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Timoteo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hope	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kelvin (Kahana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Gargalheiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goode Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tularosa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Curaca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
The Downs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Luzia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Jose Do Egito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Loup City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Petrusberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Liberal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cascadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kamilaroi Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oak Ridges	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-45.6 C (-50.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holley	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-44.1 C (-47.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bothaville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winner	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Border 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Machado Portela (Juraci)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Prince	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nawanshahr	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-48.3 C (-54.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

510 records

Records set or tied on 25 January 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 145, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 169, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 25 January 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	145
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 25 January 1970 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 20, daily 488.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

411 broken records

Margins by which the 411 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 January 1970

Top 20 records on 25 January 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 January 1970	Rapalle, IN	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	68 years	65 of 100 (Major)
25 January 1970	Pilger, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1970	Pendencias, BR	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1970	Glen Morrison (Millbank), AU	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1970	Betania, BR	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1970	Escada, BR	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1970	Jeremoabo, BR	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1970	Upanema (Dnocs), BR	monthly rain	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1970	Riachao Do Jacuipe, BR	daily rain	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1970	Husum, DE	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	77 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1970	Little Falls City Rsch, US	daily snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	66 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1970	Chohataury, GE	monthly rain	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1970	Midland Water Pollution Contro, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	72 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1970	Sao Timoteo, BR	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1970	Barra, BR	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1970	Port Hope, CA	daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	81 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1970	Kelvin (Kahana), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1970	Acude Gargalheiras, BR	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1970	Corvallis State UNIV, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1970	Blair, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	63 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 510 records.

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

Records on 01-25 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1813	1
1823	3
1834	2
1845	1
1846	2
1849	2
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	3
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1887	2
1890	8
1891	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	12
1904	17
1905	19
1906	7
1907	19
1908	7
1909	43
1910	21
1911	16
1912	20
1913	28
1914	60
1915	65
1916	89
1917	42
1918	53
1919	36
1920	61
1921	34
1922	75
1923	218
1924	118
1925	54
1926	80
1927	88
1928	179
1929	323
1930	317
1931	521
1932	219
1933	513
1934	457
1935	631
1936	429
1937	1,110
1938	665
1939	189
1940	1,215
1941	1,246
1942	683
1943	640
1944	1,344
1945	296
1946	320
1947	796
1948	708
1949	1,337
1950	2,290
1951	557
1952	569
1953	548
1954	373
1955	404
1956	311
1957	493
1958	457
1959	399
1960	263
1961	673
1962	492
1963	990
1964	533
1965	246
1966	541
1967	836
1968	592
1969	953
1970	510
1971	679
1972	737
1973	621
1974	685
1975	888
1976	713
1977	773
1978	1,209
1979	1,356
1980	704
1981	1,042
1982	975
1983	627
1984	758
1985	811
1986	406
1987	833
1988	926
1989	895
1990	1,476
1991	1,018
1992	1,077
1993	851
1994	911
1995	845
1996	1,292
1997	913
1998	488
1999	1,457
2000	1,332
2001	603
2002	1,074
2003	1,242
2004	1,174
2005	929
2006	1,112
2007	1,135
2008	823
2009	849
2010	1,222
2011	664
2012	864
2013	839
2014	1,094
2015	685
2016	974
2017	1,008
2018	613
2019	469
2020	459
2021	1,094
2022	281
2023	941
2024	931
2025	958
2026	2,391

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Data for records on 1970-01-25: 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	379
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1