Weather Records on 4 June 1970

722 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 June 1970. Highest significance: Coffee Springs 2 NW, US.

Key Facts for 4 June 1970

On 4 June 1970, 722 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
270 were record highs and 244 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 696 daily.
Coffee Springs 2 NW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 186.7 mm (7.4 in) on 4 June 1970.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

722 stations

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

Weather records on 4 June 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coffee Springs 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brantley	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ottapidaram	India	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Khushalgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kotaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	104.7 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Umikoa 118	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Khandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goonumbla (Coradgery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tirupoondi	India	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrone Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bansda	India	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waialua 847	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Benipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dewas Ar.	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Badnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clanton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wagoner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Killara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Polur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Highland Home	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Andalusia 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Andalusia 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	217.9 mm (8.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hardwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taloga	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morsi	India	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Budge Budge	India	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gardner	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madhubani	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dindori	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jayamkondam	India	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salvisa Lock 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dongargaon	India	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arasadi	India	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brundidge	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

722 records

Records set or tied on 4 June 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 161, Lowest daily maximum 143, Highest daily minimum 109, Lowest daily minimum 101, Heaviest daily rainfall 208.

Records on 4 June 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	161
Lowest daily maximum	143
Highest daily minimum	109
Lowest daily minimum	101
Heaviest daily rainfall	208
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 June 1970 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 696.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

581 broken records

Margins by which the 581 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 June 1970

Top 20 records on 4 June 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 June 1970	Coffee Springs 2 NW, US	monthly rain	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 June 1970	Elba, US	monthly rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1970	Union Springs 9 S, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1970	Geneva, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1970	Brantley, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1970	River Falls, US	monthly rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1970	Ottapidaram, IN	monthly rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1970	Khushalgarh, IN	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	77.9 mm (3.1 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1970	Kotaghat, IN	daily rain	104.7 mm (4.1 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1970	Umikoa 118, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1970	Leitchfield 2 N, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1970	Taylorsville 2SW, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1970	Khandwa, IN	daily rain	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1970	Harrisburg, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1970	Goonumbla (Coradgery), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	70 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1970	Salem, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1970	Tirupoondi, IN	monthly rain	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	63 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1970	Tyrone Lock 5, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1970	Menard, US	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	72 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1970	Bansda, IN	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	63 years	38 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

1796 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1970. 1970 had 722 records.

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

Records on 06-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1804	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	4
1822	1
1834	1
1840	1
1845	1
1849	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1866	2
1868	1
1869	1
1871	7
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	4
1887	1
1888	6
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	5
1897	1
1898	4
1899	2
1900	6
1901	3
1903	13
1904	4
1905	17
1906	6
1907	18
1908	26
1909	21
1910	45
1911	15
1912	20
1913	18
1914	36
1915	15
1916	33
1917	31
1918	27
1919	122
1920	74
1921	68
1922	106
1923	827
1924	140
1925	388
1926	269
1927	352
1928	391
1929	610
1930	175
1931	100
1932	164
1933	343
1934	435
1935	250
1936	216
1937	231
1938	226
1939	315
1940	260
1941	371
1942	320
1943	778
1944	482
1945	1,330
1946	457
1947	456
1948	369
1949	553
1950	518
1951	553
1952	382
1953	304
1954	549
1955	293
1956	698
1957	567
1958	346
1959	309
1960	385
1961	609
1962	592
1963	562
1964	452
1965	246
1966	465
1967	477
1968	516
1969	870
1970	722
1971	453
1972	580
1973	467
1974	501
1975	436
1976	522
1977	809
1978	756
1979	843
1980	884
1981	1,020
1982	1,245
1983	896
1984	700
1985	1,546
1986	896
1987	941
1988	1,468
1989	1,244
1990	997
1991	1,197
1992	947
1993	974
1994	627
1995	736
1996	991
1997	1,054
1998	2,389
1999	859
2000	986
2001	1,222
2002	1,217
2003	1,352
2004	1,007
2005	939
2006	957
2007	867
2008	1,285
2009	796
2010	984
2011	1,208
2012	862
2013	419
2014	657
2015	588
2016	1,099
2017	484
2018	539
2019	496
2020	662
2021	1,604
2022	488
2023	630
2024	756
2025	566
2026	518

Download the Data

Data for records on 1970-06-04: 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 20	535
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2