Weather Records on 12 June 1970

701 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 June 1970. Highest significance: Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU.

Key Facts for 12 June 1970

On 12 June 1970, 701 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
109 were record highs and 242 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 686 daily.
Coranderrk Badger Weir set a daily record precipitation of 34.5 mm (1.4 in) on 12 June 1970.
Across 166 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

701 stations

701 station records on 12 June 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 June 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Valod	India	Record daily precipitation	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Chandur Railway	India	Record daily precipitation	158.6 mm (6.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Talegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	123.8 mm (4.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
German Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Edalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Manyberries Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Viljandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yoder 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lewis Hill (St Pauls River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tunnack Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chamberlain	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pusad	India	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Runnymede (Whitemarsh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Farmingdale 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Clive Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pimpelner	India	Record daily precipitation	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tuskahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Laramie 11 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Umerkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kojaneerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Midwest	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bassein	India	Record daily precipitation	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coalgate 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View Birdseye	Canada	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waghai	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barwani	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moran	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Archer	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

701 records

Records set or tied on 12 June 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 152, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 90, Heaviest daily rainfall 344, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 12 June 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	152
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	90
Heaviest daily rainfall	344
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 June 1970 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 686.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

584 broken records

Margins by which the 584 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 163.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 June 1970

Top 20 records on 12 June 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 June 1970	Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1970	Valod, IN	daily rain	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	109.4 mm (4.3 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1970	Chandur Railway, IN	daily rain	158.6 mm (6.2 in)	79.9 mm (3.1 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1970	Deadwood, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1970	Pathfinder Dam, US	monthly rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1970	Spearfish, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	63 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1970	Sorve, EE	monthly rain	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1970	Alma, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1970	Talegaon, IN	daily rain	123.8 mm (4.9 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	59 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1970	Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1970	German Town, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1970	Walden, US	monthly snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	73 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1970	Edalabad, IN	daily rain	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1970	Poplar 2 E, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1970	Manyberries Cda, CA	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1970	Harrison, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1970	Viljandi, EE	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1970	Green Rvr, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1970	Tartu-Toravere, EE	daily rain	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1970	Walden, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	51 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

1797 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1970. 1970 had 701 records.

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

Records on 06-12 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1811	2
1838	1
1840	1
1843	1
1844	1
1845	1
1847	2
1854	1
1857	2
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	3
1867	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	3
1876	1
1877	4
1879	2
1880	5
1881	4
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	6
1895	1
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1899	7
1900	3
1901	3
1902	8
1903	34
1904	8
1905	10
1906	24
1907	20
1908	9
1909	16
1910	37
1911	21
1912	23
1913	19
1914	36
1915	26
1916	80
1917	117
1918	44
1919	56
1920	93
1921	42
1922	56
1923	166
1924	153
1925	165
1926	201
1927	281
1928	180
1929	217
1930	127
1931	150
1932	352
1933	361
1934	159
1935	259
1936	440
1937	405
1938	349
1939	297
1940	389
1941	512
1942	729
1943	399
1944	423
1945	567
1946	321
1947	840
1948	215
1949	407
1950	530
1951	735
1952	1,035
1953	730
1954	337
1955	759
1956	786
1957	310
1958	454
1959	320
1960	200
1961	405
1962	328
1963	618
1964	405
1965	406
1966	530
1967	706
1968	404
1969	834
1970	701
1971	374
1972	903
1973	894
1974	575
1975	560
1976	617
1977	494
1978	438
1979	1,013
1980	718
1981	784
1982	734
1983	664
1984	653
1985	1,203
1986	778
1987	742
1988	785
1989	797
1990	664
1991	756
1992	849
1993	970
1994	654
1995	953
1996	925
1997	932
1998	1,683
1999	806
2000	1,169
2001	1,231
2002	965
2003	1,187
2004	759
2005	1,804
2006	1,216
2007	784
2008	1,219
2009	858
2010	1,423
2011	786
2012	751
2013	931
2014	421
2015	679
2016	809
2017	910
2018	635
2019	1,285
2020	712
2021	767
2022	1,204
2023	805
2024	805
2025	409
2026	979

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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 25	526
25 to 50	38
50 to 75	12
75 to 100	6
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1