Weather Records on 14 April 1970

728 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 April 1970. Highest significance: Schierke, DE.

Key Facts for 14 April 1970

On 14 April 1970, 728 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
105 were record highs and 257 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 702 daily.
Schierke set a daily record snow depth of 120.0 cm (47.2 in) on 14 April 1970.
Across 163 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

728 stations

728 station records on 14 April 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 April 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Schierke	Germany	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Lima	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hettinger	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	164.0 cm (64.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Phila Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Germany	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Belleplain STN Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Braunlage	Germany	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pillar Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hettinger	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rzev	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	295.0 cm (116.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mozajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Enfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marcus Hook	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Porter Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore-Washington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dudleys	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glenn Dale Bell STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

728 records

Records set or tied on 14 April 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 179, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 219, Heaviest daily snowfall 97, Deepest snow cover 50.

Records on 14 April 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	179
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	219
Heaviest daily snowfall	97
Deepest snow cover	50

Records on 14 April 1970 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 702.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

624 broken records

Margins by which the 624 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 April 1970

Top 20 records on 14 April 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 April 1970	Schierke, DE	daily snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	68.0 cm (26.8 in)	81 years	72 of 100 (Major)
14 April 1970	Lima, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
14 April 1970	Hettinger, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 April 1970	La Plata 1 W, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1970	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	78 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1970	Minot Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1970	Highmore, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	67 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1970	Hatteras, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1970	Altastenberg, DE	daily snow depth	164.0 cm (64.6 in)	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1970	Towner 2 NE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	70 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1970	Phila Intl AP, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1970	Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus, DE	daily snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1970	Belleplain STN Forest, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1970	Braunlage, DE	daily snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	82.0 cm (32.3 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1970	Pillar Valley, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1970	Hettinger, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	61 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1970	Neshaminy Falls, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1970	Ulmarra (Newsagency), AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	70 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1970	Rzev, RU	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1970	Hetch Hetchy, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 years	44 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

1801 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1970. 1970 had 728 records.

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

Records on 04-14 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1817	1
1825	1
1834	1
1836	1
1839	1
1842	2
1846	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	2
1856	2
1858	2
1859	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	5
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	1
1881	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	8
1891	1
1892	5
1893	1
1894	1
1896	7
1897	5
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	4
1902	3
1903	18
1904	33
1905	24
1906	15
1907	24
1908	11
1909	45
1910	22
1911	27
1912	29
1913	62
1914	34
1915	18
1916	34
1917	69
1918	28
1919	24
1920	106
1921	43
1922	97
1923	166
1924	143
1925	123
1926	199
1927	295
1928	518
1929	150
1930	308
1931	821
1932	247
1933	507
1934	398
1935	404
1936	539
1937	293
1938	728
1939	797
1940	1,051
1941	1,008
1942	326
1943	942
1944	227
1945	803
1946	212
1947	530
1948	362
1949	402
1950	1,104
1951	434
1952	527
1953	432
1954	997
1955	531
1956	369
1957	518
1958	421
1959	494
1960	306
1961	740
1962	660
1963	525
1964	443
1965	343
1966	362
1967	532
1968	676
1969	344
1970	728
1971	473
1972	1,107
1973	563
1974	722
1975	683
1976	874
1977	821
1978	322
1979	534
1980	1,509
1981	753
1982	711
1983	1,874
1984	398
1985	825
1986	1,422
1987	869
1988	1,011
1989	1,181
1990	1,189
1991	895
1992	817
1993	683
1994	805
1995	635
1996	972
1997	1,600
1998	1,336
1999	1,110
2000	1,177
2001	1,082
2002	1,315
2003	1,802
2004	1,047
2005	593
2006	1,601
2007	1,654
2008	1,097
2009	1,015
2010	739
2011	762
2012	693
2013	912
2014	1,420
2015	704
2016	481
2017	486
2018	1,110
2019	758
2020	1,428
2021	569
2022	1,484
2023	1,106
2024	1,208
2025	870
2026	1,067

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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 200	611
200 to 400	9
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	1
800 to 1000	2
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	1