Weather Records on 2 February 1970

800 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 February 1970. Highest significance: Troickoe, RU.

Key Facts for 2 February 1970

On 2 February 1970, 800 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
255 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 786 daily.
Troickoe set a monthly record daily precipitation of 25.8 mm (1.0 in) on 2 February 1970.
Across 153 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 547 records.

Record Map

800 stations

800 station records on 2 February 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 February 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Troickoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Iserlohn-Westig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Timbo Novo (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Millstream	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rabula (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Askham	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eslohe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pomerode	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	175.2 mm (6.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cardabia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gnaraloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warroora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brilon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Big Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Tite	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eberbach/Neckar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Makanga	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alagoa Nova (Laranjeiras)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Midwest	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yanrey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yarraloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater Power House	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uitkyk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Progress	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefonte 4 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goshen	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Devoncourt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bemidji	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Diamantina Lakes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leeton Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boscobel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

800 records

Records set or tied on 2 February 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 149, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 106, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 440, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 2 February 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	149
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	106
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	440
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 2 February 1970 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 786.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

688 broken records

Margins by which the 688 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 February 1970

Top 20 records on 2 February 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 February 1970	Troickoe, RU	monthly rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	12 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1970	Lockhart Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1970	Elderslie, AU	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1970	Iserlohn-Westig, DE	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1970	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1970	Timbo Novo (Pcd), BR	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	99.2 mm (3.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1970	Ionia 2SSW, US	monthly rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1970	Millstream, AU	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1970	Rabula (Bos), ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1970	Askham, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1970	Winning, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1970	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily high max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	90 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1970	Sion 2, CH	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1970	Mount Florance, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1970	Eslohe, DE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1970	Mayaguez City, PR	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1970	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1970	Bathurst, CA	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	89 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1970	Pomerode, BR	monthly rain	175.2 mm (6.9 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1970	Sackville, CA	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	37 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 800 records.

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

Records on 02-02 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1803	2
1805	2
1830	2
1843	1
1846	1
1851	1
1852	1
1862	2
1866	4
1873	2
1874	1
1877	1
1881	3
1885	2
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1892	6
1893	3
1894	2
1895	6
1896	1
1897	7
1898	7
1899	5
1900	3
1901	3
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	18
1906	16
1907	10
1908	11
1909	28
1910	6
1911	41
1912	46
1913	28
1914	63
1915	62
1916	26
1917	86
1918	25
1919	26
1920	44
1921	118
1922	84
1923	196
1924	352
1925	125
1926	104
1927	198
1928	197
1929	159
1930	117
1931	267
1932	231
1933	314
1934	681
1935	471
1936	347
1937	158
1938	280
1939	424
1940	534
1941	372
1942	329
1943	194
1944	321
1945	648
1946	296
1947	271
1948	308
1949	425
1950	1,513
1951	1,465
1952	666
1953	480
1954	913
1955	419
1956	1,323
1957	428
1958	231
1959	427
1960	590
1961	972
1962	820
1963	850
1964	223
1965	337
1966	601
1967	826
1968	844
1969	492
1970	800
1971	1,011
1972	630
1973	1,364
1974	1,019
1975	557
1976	1,207
1977	387
1978	738
1979	1,390
1980	757
1981	1,084
1982	866
1983	1,692
1984	309
1985	2,477
1986	1,112
1987	949
1988	1,405
1989	2,587
1990	1,438
1991	869
1992	1,224
1993	851
1994	799
1995	1,222
1996	2,641
1997	551
1998	832
1999	976
2000	625
2001	1,048
2002	1,502
2003	1,561
2004	1,399
2005	1,030
2006	964
2007	1,124
2008	742
2009	478
2010	1,722
2011	2,310
2012	1,122
2013	615
2014	627
2015	837
2016	1,497
2017	386
2018	838
2019	697
2020	1,333
2021	880
2022	568
2023	297
2024	1,161
2025	1,000
2026	775

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Data for records on 1970-02-02: 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 20	638
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1