Weather Records on 19 April 1970

943 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 April 1970. Highest significance: Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US.

Key Facts for 19 April 1970

On 19 April 1970, 943 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 905 daily.
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 19 April 1970.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

943 stations

943 station records on 19 April 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 April 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hettinger	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Westhope	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Parshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Morris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Limassol	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hirekerur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gander Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oden 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paris 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Courtenay 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kallatty	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy Mem Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canton L&D 20	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg Im Breisgau-Herdern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Walla Walla WSO City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	255.0 cm (100.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record snow depth	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kenhardt (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
De Kalk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Granville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

943 records

Records set or tied on 19 April 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 593, Heaviest daily snowfall 131, Deepest snow cover 51.

Records on 19 April 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	593
Heaviest daily snowfall	131
Deepest snow cover	51

Records on 19 April 1970 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 37, daily 905.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

837 broken records

Margins by which the 837 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1800.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 April 1970

Top 20 records on 19 April 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 April 1970	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	73 years	69 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1970	Steffenville, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1970	Hettinger, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1970	Ashwood, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	71 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1970	Watseka Public Works, US	monthly rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1970	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1970	Crosby, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1970	Westhope, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1970	Sharon, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1970	Dunn Ctr 1E, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1970	Freiburg, DE	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	91 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1970	Grenola 1 N, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1970	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1970	Maple Plain, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1970	Bison, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1970	Lyon - St Exupery, FR	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1970	Greenville, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1970	Delphi 2 N, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1970	Brunswick, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1970	Parshall, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 years	52 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

1807 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1970. 1970 had 943 records.

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

Records on 04-19 in each year
Year	Records
1807	2
1814	1
1840	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	2
1851	2
1852	3
1854	1
1860	2
1862	1
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1890	7
1892	3
1893	5
1894	15
1895	6
1896	3
1897	4
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	4
1902	3
1903	16
1904	31
1905	5
1906	23
1907	27
1908	14
1909	43
1910	37
1911	31
1912	14
1913	29
1914	42
1915	32
1916	26
1917	26
1918	53
1919	25
1920	66
1921	34
1922	46
1923	106
1924	99
1925	208
1926	421
1927	609
1928	404
1929	167
1930	70
1931	164
1932	125
1933	242
1934	291
1935	256
1936	382
1937	569
1938	433
1939	383
1940	361
1941	747
1942	254
1943	588
1944	290
1945	295
1946	501
1947	314
1948	817
1949	384
1950	211
1951	576
1952	450
1953	1,158
1954	342
1955	858
1956	480
1957	576
1958	268
1959	526
1960	216
1961	759
1962	567
1963	510
1964	478
1965	578
1966	1,188
1967	915
1968	612
1969	697
1970	943
1971	721
1972	573
1973	811
1974	593
1975	584
1976	863
1977	686
1978	616
1979	592
1980	844
1981	677
1982	641
1983	2,588
1984	720
1985	1,388
1986	522
1987	1,493
1988	1,100
1989	881
1990	1,502
1991	1,068
1992	594
1993	613
1994	1,117
1995	1,347
1996	751
1997	899
1998	1,049
1999	794
2000	963
2001	1,135
2002	1,612
2003	824
2004	783
2005	851
2006	1,111
2007	759
2008	926
2009	737
2010	600
2011	1,363
2012	660
2013	2,068
2014	436
2015	692
2016	813
2017	485
2018	1,490
2019	856
2020	444
2021	640
2022	1,166
2023	828
2024	790
2025	1,135
2026	460

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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 250	827
250 to 500	7
500 to 750	1
750 to 1000	0
1000 to 1250	1
1250 to 1500	0
1500 to 1750	0
1750 to 2000	1