Weather Records on 1 May 1970

1,075 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 May 1970. Highest significance: Peedamullah, AU.

Key Facts for 1 May 1970

On 1 May 1970, 1,075 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
538 were record highs and 161 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 78 monthly and 996 daily.
Peedamullah set a daily record precipitation of 82.6 mm (3.3 in) on 1 May 1970.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

1,075 stations

1,075 station records on 1 May 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 May 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Peedamullah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Schierke	Germany	Record snow depth	63.0 cm (24.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gould	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kareedoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	290.0 cm (114.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brekke I Sogn	Norway	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brakfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Louisiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Onslow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yarlerweelor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wamakersvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Braunlage	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elsberry 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yarraloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Florrie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Landor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Millrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grimsby	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maroonah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Siruguppa	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bokfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spitshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Reitfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yanrey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Circleville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ocean Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,075 records

Records set or tied on 1 May 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 175, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 363, Lowest daily minimum 89, Heaviest daily rainfall 330, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 1 May 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	175
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	363
Lowest daily minimum	89
Heaviest daily rainfall	330
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 1 May 1970 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 78, daily 996.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

896 broken records

Margins by which the 896 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1600.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 May 1970

Top 20 records on 1 May 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 May 1970	Peedamullah, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	73 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1970	Schierke, DE	monthly snow depth	63.0 cm (24.8 in)	57.0 cm (22.4 in)	16 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1970	Altastenberg, DE	monthly snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1970	Reit Im Winkl, DE	monthly snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	25 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1970	Mount Gould, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	73 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1970	Kareedoorn, ZA	monthly rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1970	Brocken, DE	monthly snow depth	290.0 cm (114.2 in)	160.0 cm (63.0 in)	3 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1970	Griggsville, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1970	Havana, US	monthly rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1970	Brekke I Sogn, NO	monthly snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1970	Brakfontein, ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1970	Fulton, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1970	Emu Creek Station, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1970	Beardstown, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1970	Lakeside, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1970	Louisiana, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1970	Onslow, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1970	Red Lodge, US	monthly snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1970	Salzburg, AT	monthly low max	3.2 C (37.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	88 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1970	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	monthly snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	78 years	45 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

1795 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1970. 1970 had 1,075 records.

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

Records on 05-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1804	1
1814	1
1818	1
1835	1
1836	1
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1850	1
1851	1
1857	1
1860	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	1
1868	2
1872	1
1875	4
1878	2
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	6
1893	2
1894	5
1896	1
1897	4
1898	1
1899	8
1900	1
1901	5
1902	7
1903	9
1904	9
1905	13
1906	12
1907	31
1908	20
1909	49
1910	13
1911	22
1912	18
1913	54
1914	23
1915	27
1916	27
1917	37
1918	34
1919	150
1920	186
1921	41
1922	92
1923	64
1924	63
1925	118
1926	500
1927	125
1928	190
1929	142
1930	263
1931	537
1932	220
1933	706
1934	305
1935	276
1936	368
1937	218
1938	304
1939	227
1940	731
1941	333
1942	1,036
1943	526
1944	229
1945	350
1946	415
1947	655
1948	774
1949	405
1950	439
1951	894
1952	557
1953	917
1954	1,506
1955	772
1956	1,106
1957	359
1958	448
1959	764
1960	737
1961	588
1962	615
1963	704
1964	312
1965	360
1966	707
1967	948
1968	426
1969	429
1970	1,075
1971	444
1972	562
1973	841
1974	589
1975	286
1976	673
1977	545
1978	1,202
1979	612
1980	507
1981	1,265
1982	508
1983	1,423
1984	640
1985	789
1986	512
1987	1,098
1988	1,058
1989	949
1990	922
1991	633
1992	1,201
1993	1,101
1994	1,210
1995	1,365
1996	1,439
1997	804
1998	951
1999	932
2000	809
2001	1,106
2002	1,221
2003	964
2004	887
2005	1,320
2006	734
2007	857
2008	979
2009	679
2010	1,151
2011	716
2012	796
2013	976
2014	941
2015	550
2016	844
2017	1,163
2018	519
2019	788
2020	1,099
2021	834
2022	319
2023	912
2024	458
2025	430
2026	623

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Data for records on 1970-05-01: 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 200	891
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	3
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	0
1400 to 1600	1