Weather Records on 1 February 1970

397 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 February 1970. Highest significance: Korsakov, RU.

Key Facts for 1 February 1970

On 1 February 1970, 397 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
168 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 388 daily.
Korsakov set a daily record precipitation of 31.1 mm (1.2 in) on 1 February 1970.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

397 stations

397 station records on 1 February 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 February 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Korsakov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Notinsila (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bladensburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rolfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manina (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mulungu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Whitton (Conapaira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Whim Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mallina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ntywenka (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arcade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chilton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tomazina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baziya (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nqadu Heights (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tabba Tabba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Granta	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gregory Springs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Reivilo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Midvale	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mulyie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mundabullangana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Is	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Onslow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Melmoth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Amanzamnyama (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Supai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
El Morro Natl Mon	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bungarby (Merambego)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Consul	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Denison Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nabawa	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rockhampton Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Spitskrans	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Witklip (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hipolito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cezu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hartebeespoort-Agrc.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Niceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Troickoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mungeranie (Cowarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

397 records

Records set or tied on 1 February 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 124, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 191, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 1 February 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	124
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 1 February 1970 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 388.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

308 broken records

Margins by which the 308 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 February 1970

Top 20 records on 1 February 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 February 1970	Korsakov, RU	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	70 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1970	Notinsila (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1970	Georgetown, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1970	Bladensburg, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1970	Rolfontein, ZA	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1970	Marquette, US	daily high max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1970	Manina (Bos), ZA	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1970	Peterborough, CA	daily high max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1970	Marquette, US	daily high min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	91 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1970	Mulungu, BR	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1970	Whitton (Conapaira St), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	62 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1970	Whim Creek, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1970	Mallina, AU	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1970	Ntywenka (Bos), ZA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1970	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1970	Arcade, US	daily high max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	73 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1970	Oberlin, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	67 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1970	Chilton, US	daily high max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	67 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1970	Tomazina, BR	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1970	Baziya (Bos), ZA	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	28 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 397 records.

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

Records on 02-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1830	1
1831	1
1846	1
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1862	3
1866	1
1867	1
1869	4
1871	1
1873	1
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	5
1900	2
1901	3
1902	10
1903	4
1904	9
1905	7
1906	29
1907	13
1908	85
1909	23
1910	5
1911	38
1912	37
1913	35
1914	54
1915	51
1916	68
1917	69
1918	71
1919	21
1920	84
1921	36
1922	68
1923	249
1924	193
1925	80
1926	56
1927	110
1928	281
1929	178
1930	102
1931	264
1932	142
1933	283
1934	515
1935	441
1936	514
1937	270
1938	299
1939	271
1940	328
1941	365
1942	157
1943	281
1944	240
1945	469
1946	273
1947	352
1948	397
1949	604
1950	1,223
1951	1,756
1952	907
1953	552
1954	1,012
1955	296
1956	1,013
1957	539
1958	369
1959	398
1960	646
1961	479
1962	657
1963	1,161
1964	453
1965	453
1966	756
1967	628
1968	941
1969	485
1970	397
1971	1,597
1972	385
1973	716
1974	865
1975	634
1976	723
1977	516
1978	904
1979	1,728
1980	689
1981	961
1982	1,029
1983	1,463
1984	278
1985	2,572
1986	709
1987	826
1988	1,699
1989	1,772
1990	1,122
1991	554
1992	1,501
1993	819
1994	917
1995	1,330
1996	1,632
1997	883
1998	737
1999	1,031
2000	687
2001	1,124
2002	2,087
2003	1,301
2004	1,146
2005	714
2006	638
2007	930
2008	1,136
2009	506
2010	1,239
2011	1,204
2012	1,027
2013	704
2014	635
2015	958
2016	1,496
2017	424
2018	512
2019	816
2020	1,608
2021	570
2022	254
2023	416
2024	1,204
2025	557
2026	1,241

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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 10	239
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	1