Weather Records on 10 February 1970

698 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 February 1970. Highest significance: Ny City Cntrl Park, US.

Key Facts for 10 February 1970

On 10 February 1970, 698 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
278 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 672 daily.
Ny City Cntrl Park set a daily record precipitation of 66.8 mm (2.6 in) on 10 February 1970.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

698 stations

698 station records on 10 February 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 February 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Walgoolan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
High Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan de Los Llanos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Culpeper	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nominingue	Canada	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Regina Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhousie L High Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nominingue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aguai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manouan Sanmaur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manouan Sanmaur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Galeton	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Luz (Estacao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cabralia Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mataranka Homestead Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier Int'l	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Notre Dame du Laus	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.3 cm (13.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fall River	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodcliff Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Wx	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Indaiatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Francis	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Du Bois 7 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
S Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vineland Station	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Noblesville River	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jersey City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mineola	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cresciumal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petawawa Nat Forestry	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Mercier	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Supai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Towson	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maniwaki 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rapide Blanc	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Laguardia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elbow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport River	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maniwaki 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Gouin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

698 records

Records set or tied on 10 February 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 137, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 287, Heaviest daily snowfall 90, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 10 February 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	137
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	287
Heaviest daily snowfall	90
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 10 February 1970 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 672.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

588 broken records

Margins by which the 588 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 February 1970

Top 20 records on 10 February 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 February 1970	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
10 February 1970	Walgoolan South, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1970	High Falls, CA	monthly snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	30 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1970	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	82 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1970	San Juan de Los Llanos, MX	monthly rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1970	Culpeper, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1970	Mistassini Post, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	84 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1970	Mistassini Post, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	84 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1970	Nominingue, CA	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1970	Bedford Hills, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1970	Westfield 2 SSE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1970	Regina Cda, CA	daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1970	Dalhousie L High Falls, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1970	Nominingue, CA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1970	Aguai, BR	daily rain	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1970	New Milford, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1970	Manouan Sanmaur, CA	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1970	Manouan Sanmaur, CA	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1970	Galeton, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1970	Luz (Estacao), BR	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	43 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

1798 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1970. 1970 had 698 records.

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

Records on 02-10 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1829	1
1845	1
1853	1
1856	2
1857	1
1858	1
1862	3
1864	1
1865	1
1869	3
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	4
1876	1
1878	1
1879	3
1881	2
1883	2
1885	1
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	6
1895	3
1897	1
1898	4
1899	22
1902	3
1903	11
1904	14
1905	7
1906	11
1907	6
1908	9
1909	16
1910	14
1911	105
1912	43
1913	27
1914	52
1915	20
1916	77
1917	28
1918	44
1919	69
1920	62
1921	40
1922	62
1923	107
1924	87
1925	348
1926	142
1927	61
1928	151
1929	456
1930	77
1931	95
1932	1,196
1933	583
1934	369
1935	420
1936	366
1937	401
1938	543
1939	931
1940	560
1941	221
1942	412
1943	286
1944	580
1945	144
1946	398
1947	584
1948	490
1949	396
1950	244
1951	986
1952	538
1953	558
1954	619
1955	836
1956	626
1957	668
1958	527
1959	1,173
1960	683
1961	764
1962	741
1963	625
1964	410
1965	887
1966	1,235
1967	342
1968	345
1969	1,176
1970	698
1971	1,094
1972	240
1973	755
1974	356
1975	585
1976	1,440
1977	639
1978	1,159
1979	1,807
1980	1,054
1981	1,572
1982	1,214
1983	500
1984	435
1985	912
1986	1,140
1987	762
1988	819
1989	729
1990	1,666
1991	584
1992	646
1993	857
1994	1,402
1995	757
1996	1,397
1997	778
1998	1,411
1999	1,912
2000	961
2001	1,102
2002	1,256
2003	859
2004	757
2005	1,058
2006	477
2007	854
2008	915
2009	1,543
2010	1,358
2011	2,103
2012	963
2013	602
2014	824
2015	937
2016	942
2017	1,568
2018	560
2019	973
2020	1,235
2021	837
2022	772
2023	705
2024	1,197
2025	803
2026	636

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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 50	542
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1