Weather Records on 25 April 1970

462 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 April 1970. Highest significance: Lake Keechelus, US.

Key Facts for 25 April 1970

On 25 April 1970, 462 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
77 were record highs and 151 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 445 daily.
Lake Keechelus set a monthly record daily snowfall of 45.7 cm (18.0 in) on 25 April 1970.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

462 stations

462 station records on 25 April 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 April 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Manbulloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tambe (Itambe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Euabalong (Booberoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dahiwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Inga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quilandi	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Fairfield 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paragould	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maude (Nap Nap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rimrock Tieton Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Punalur	India	Record daily precipitation	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Squa Pan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aquiraz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madruskat	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marked Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Machias	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waneta	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maranboy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hubli	India	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ripogenus Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Retreat (Barcoo River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Curral Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	210.0 cm (82.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	270.0 cm (106.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burrundie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mataranka Homestead Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

462 records

Records set or tied on 25 April 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 119, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 194, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 25 April 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	119
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	194
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 25 April 1970 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 445.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

382 broken records

Margins by which the 382 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 April 1970

Top 20 records on 25 April 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 April 1970	Lake Keechelus, US	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 years	71 of 100 (Major)
25 April 1970	Katherine Council, AU	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	71 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 April 1970	Manbulloo, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1970	Ellsworth, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1970	Tambe (Itambe), BR	daily rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1970	Euabalong (Booberoi), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1970	Wynne, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1970	Samnanger, NO	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1970	Eastport, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1970	Dahiwadi, IN	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1970	Inga, BR	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1970	Quilandi, IN	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1970	Ft Fairfield 5 NE, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1970	Ft Ross, US	monthly low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1970	Paragould, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1970	Maude (Nap Nap), AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1970	Rimrock Tieton Dam, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1970	Stehekin 4 NW, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1970	Punalur, IN	daily rain	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1970	Squa Pan Dam, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	40 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

1794 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1970. 1970 had 462 records.

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

Records on 04-25 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1796	1
1805	1
1807	1
1808	1
1812	1
1813	1
1817	2
1841	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	1
1854	7
1856	1
1857	3
1861	1
1862	1
1865	2
1867	2
1873	3
1874	4
1875	2
1882	2
1883	5
1884	1
1885	2
1887	2
1888	3
1889	3
1890	9
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1895	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	2
1901	6
1902	3
1903	29
1904	10
1905	8
1906	20
1907	22
1908	26
1909	47
1910	42
1911	14
1912	16
1913	53
1914	14
1915	82
1916	54
1917	28
1918	136
1919	103
1920	41
1921	83
1922	66
1923	95
1924	142
1925	231
1926	439
1927	175
1928	143
1929	288
1930	280
1931	269
1932	362
1933	133
1934	360
1935	248
1936	175
1937	494
1938	375
1939	371
1940	534
1941	223
1942	644
1943	340
1944	294
1945	638
1946	379
1947	324
1948	599
1949	572
1950	647
1951	370
1952	636
1953	369
1954	767
1955	644
1956	607
1957	442
1958	569
1959	385
1960	992
1961	563
1962	1,116
1963	437
1964	538
1965	526
1966	541
1967	837
1968	1,011
1969	419
1970	462
1971	629
1972	508
1973	434
1974	919
1975	764
1976	561
1977	812
1978	696
1979	622
1980	784
1981	900
1982	628
1983	1,860
1984	874
1985	649
1986	1,031
1987	1,009
1988	736
1989	1,382
1990	1,553
1991	1,003
1992	1,032
1993	862
1994	1,200
1995	1,128
1996	866
1997	1,348
1998	777
1999	986
2000	1,026
2001	1,170
2002	1,194
2003	859
2004	801
2005	1,435
2006	791
2007	1,149
2008	998
2009	1,366
2010	862
2011	1,166
2012	1,676
2013	1,193
2014	469
2015	743
2016	692
2017	705
2018	660
2019	660
2020	477
2021	386
2022	588
2023	540
2024	485
2025	493
2026	581

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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	376
200 to 400	4
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1