Weather Records on 4 May 1970

454 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 1970. Highest significance: Schierke, DE.

Key Facts for 4 May 1970

On 4 May 1970, 454 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
161 were record highs and 172 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 423 daily.
Schierke set a daily record snow depth of 45.0 cm (17.7 in) on 4 May 1970.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

454 stations

454 station records on 4 May 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 May 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Schierke	Germany	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Nelamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	275.0 cm (108.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Union de Tula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kalimpong Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Koratagere	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fleming	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Farmerville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cosamaloapan de Carpio (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vancleave	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gaston Shoals	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Marks 5 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bangarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Acarape Do Meio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brewton 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis de la Paz	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Toliman	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Forest	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Matehuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tantoyuca	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

454 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 87, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 101, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 4 May 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	87
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	101
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 4 May 1970 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 31, daily 423.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

358 broken records

Margins by which the 358 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1450.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 1970

Top 20 records on 4 May 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 1970	Schierke, DE	daily snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	82 years	72 of 100 (Major)
4 May 1970	Nelamangala, IN	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	61 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1970	Calarasi, RO	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1970	Altastenberg, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1970	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	275.0 cm (108.3 in)	145.0 cm (57.1 in)	3 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1970	Union de Tula, MX	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1970	Fajardo, PR	daily rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1970	Rio Grande City, US	monthly low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1970	Statesville 2 NNE, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1970	Kalimpong Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1970	Laurel, US	monthly low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	65 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1970	Oxford, GB	daily high max	26.0 C (78.8 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	76 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1970	Evergreen, US	monthly low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1970	Monroe 2 SE, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1970	Belur, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1970	Koratagere, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1970	Zametchino, RU	daily high min	16.9 C (62.4 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1970	Thomasville, US	monthly low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1970	Jakutsk, RU	daily low max	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	74 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1970	Astrakan, RU	daily high min	17.5 C (63.5 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	60 years	33 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

1795 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1970. 1970 had 454 records.

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

Records on 05-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1820	1
1836	2
1840	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	2
1852	1
1856	3
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	1
1864	3
1865	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1902	5
1903	8
1904	8
1905	19
1906	5
1907	37
1908	18
1909	13
1910	14
1911	37
1912	12
1913	63
1914	21
1915	75
1916	57
1917	60
1918	30
1919	69
1920	43
1921	62
1922	283
1923	82
1924	88
1925	80
1926	230
1927	112
1928	205
1929	177
1930	269
1931	169
1932	104
1933	274
1934	456
1935	518
1936	313
1937	230
1938	445
1939	295
1940	602
1941	436
1942	820
1943	358
1944	872
1945	654
1946	463
1947	649
1948	578
1949	1,130
1950	953
1951	292
1952	698
1953	389
1954	1,045
1955	471
1956	433
1957	433
1958	414
1959	613
1960	443
1961	466
1962	265
1963	313
1964	570
1965	433
1966	1,113
1967	928
1968	304
1969	377
1970	454
1971	810
1972	364
1973	313
1974	367
1975	683
1976	554
1977	736
1978	1,016
1979	1,529
1980	511
1981	667
1982	591
1983	539
1984	885
1985	821
1986	1,128
1987	1,004
1988	591
1989	743
1990	1,461
1991	1,088
1992	933
1993	791
1994	821
1995	974
1996	1,298
1997	962
1998	898
1999	1,167
2000	1,398
2001	1,345
2002	1,343
2003	1,158
2004	1,341
2005	1,152
2006	650
2007	699
2008	624
2009	727
2010	999
2011	1,023
2012	1,343
2013	1,447
2014	602
2015	622
2016	463
2017	669
2018	972
2019	574
2020	504
2021	616
2022	470
2023	681
2024	885
2025	456
2026	554

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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	355
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	2
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	0
1400 to 1600	1