Weather Records on 23 March 1970

380 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1970. Highest significance: Swan Island Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 23 March 1970

On 23 March 1970, 380 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 380 daily.
Swan Island Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 51.3 mm (2.0 in) on 23 March 1970.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

380 stations

380 station records on 23 March 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	303.5 mm (11.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
German Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ahuti	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lughrata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
West Wyalong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kutaisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Doornkom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
The Hermatige	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Bonito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record snow depth	110.0 cm (43.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boronia 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Espirito Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Meteghan River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	158.0 cm (62.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Show Grounds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Whitemark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mickleham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barmedman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bowning (Wanganui)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Meredith (Wattle Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Marys (Clive Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elbow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Victor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cowra Ag Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shawnigan Lake	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Point (St Pauls Clo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lewis Hill (St Pauls River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo Departure Bay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stonehouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waddamana Field Study Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rosthern	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

380 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 204, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 23 March 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 23 March 1970 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 380.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

322 broken records

Margins by which the 322 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 1970

Top 20 records on 23 March 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1970	Swan Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1970	Yarrabah Comm Council, AU	daily rain	303.5 mm (11.9 in)	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1970	German Town, AU	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1970	Ahuti, GE	daily rain	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1970	Lughrata, AU	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1970	Millport 4 NE, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	73 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1970	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1970	West Wyalong Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1970	Kutaisi, GE	daily rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1970	Doornkom, ZA	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1970	The Hermatige, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1970	Acude Bonito, BR	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1970	Schierke, DE	daily snow depth	110.0 cm (43.3 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	81 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1970	Boronia 1, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1970	Gladstone (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1970	Espirito Santo, BR	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1970	Meteghan River, CA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1970	Altastenberg, DE	daily snow depth	158.0 cm (62.2 in)	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	63 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1970	Brisbane Show Grounds, AU	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1970	St Marys (Cullenswood), AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 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

1796 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1970. 1970 had 380 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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Data for records on 1970-03-23: 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 100	316
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	2