Weather Records on 4 March 1970

332 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 March 1970. Highest significance: Graz, AT.

Key Facts for 4 March 1970

On 4 March 1970, 332 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 320 daily.
Graz set a daily record precipitation of 41.9 mm (1.6 in) on 4 March 1970.
Across 167 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

332 stations

332 station records on 4 March 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 March 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record snow depth	138.0 cm (54.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Whatley	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bronson	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Neuville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pio IX (Patrocinio)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
D'Lo 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Center	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chandpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sertania (Alagoa de Baixo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Creek 2 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Senatobia	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton Af Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sonua	India	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tylertown 5ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls AP	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kathghora	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Robertsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pinnacles Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Astara	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bishnupur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morpara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

332 records

Records set or tied on 4 March 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 205, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 4 March 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	205
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 4 March 1970 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 320.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

297 broken records

Margins by which the 297 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 220.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 March 1970

Top 20 records on 4 March 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 March 1970	Graz, AT	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1970	Clarksdale, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1970	Hvar, HR	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	108 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1970	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	all-time snow depth	138.0 cm (54.3 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	74 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1970	Potsdam, DE	daily snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1970	Dresden-Strehlen, DE	monthly rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1970	Whatley, US	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1970	Abbeville, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1970	Collingwood, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1970	Parry Sound, CA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1970	Rosedale, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1970	Batesville, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1970	Jeanerette 5 NW, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1970	Warren 2 ENE, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1970	Bronson, US	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1970	Cheboygan, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	49 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1970	Ionia 2SSW, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1970	Wien, AT	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1970	Carville 2 SW, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1970	Neuville, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	24 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

1801 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1970. 1970 had 332 records.

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

Records on 03-04 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1804	1
1810	1
1814	1
1816	1
1817	1
1837	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	5
1846	1
1851	1
1852	2
1853	1
1857	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	6
1881	5
1882	2
1884	1
1886	3
1888	4
1889	3
1890	7
1891	3
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	11
1897	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	18
1904	8
1905	8
1906	14
1907	13
1908	15
1909	23
1910	7
1911	6
1912	46
1913	23
1914	27
1915	27
1916	37
1917	51
1918	79
1919	162
1920	76
1921	99
1922	59
1923	206
1924	139
1925	272
1926	144
1927	132
1928	100
1929	252
1930	148
1931	295
1932	341
1933	357
1934	402
1935	528
1936	171
1937	336
1938	628
1939	278
1940	242
1941	278
1942	266
1943	1,123
1944	564
1945	465
1946	679
1947	407
1948	698
1949	299
1950	638
1951	740
1952	747
1953	540
1954	528
1955	1,317
1956	504
1957	294
1958	414
1959	743
1960	2,289
1961	773
1962	536
1963	502
1964	677
1965	855
1966	1,050
1967	359
1968	1,100
1969	252
1970	332
1971	1,217
1972	632
1973	569
1974	1,456
1975	514
1976	1,696
1977	1,240
1978	1,905
1979	1,100
1980	742
1981	742
1982	758
1983	2,210
1984	671
1985	1,118
1986	1,113
1987	1,577
1988	924
1989	1,369
1990	738
1991	1,343
1992	1,283
1993	749
1994	959
1995	1,062
1996	727
1997	1,013
1998	1,720
1999	990
2000	878
2001	762
2002	2,015
2003	861
2004	1,092
2005	782
2006	711
2007	779
2008	919
2009	1,460
2010	517
2011	682
2012	755
2013	708
2014	1,792
2015	577
2016	748
2017	571
2018	645
2019	2,178
2020	873
2021	492
2022	516
2023	807
2024	1,328
2025	695
2026	747

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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	285
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1