Weather Records on 17 June 1970

435 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 June 1970. Highest significance: Bombay (Colaba) Obsy Sr, IN.

Key Facts for 17 June 1970

On 17 June 1970, 435 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
194 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 430 daily.
Bombay (Colaba) Obsy Sr set a daily record precipitation of 288.8 mm (11.4 in) on 17 June 1970.
Across 162 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

435 stations

435 station records on 17 June 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 June 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bombay (Colaba) Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	288.8 mm (11.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Caribou Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Munsingen-Apfelstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nowa Nowa (Wairewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cardoso Moreira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Strasbourg-Entzheim	France	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marhaura(Amnar)	India	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Balasinor	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlequah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gum Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bagaha	India	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Menzelinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nottingham Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Weihenstephan-Durnast	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bhaisalotan	India	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alibag Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	312.4 mm (12.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koath	India	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mokhada	India	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rheinstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Deo	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lviv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Scott	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Niagara Falls Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Huell	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guhagar	India	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gravette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bihar	India	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tororo	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brodribb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg Im Breisgau-Herdern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

435 records

Records set or tied on 17 June 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 183, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 17 June 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	183
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 June 1970 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 430.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

333 broken records

Margins by which the 333 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 184.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 June 1970

Top 20 records on 17 June 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 June 1970	Bombay (Colaba) Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	288.8 mm (11.4 in)	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1970	Lakes Entrance Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1970	McKinley Park, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1970	Caribou Island, CA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1970	Woodstock 2 NE, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1970	Ganca, AZ	daily rain	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1970	Mont-Aigoual, FR	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1970	Freiburg, DE	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1970	Munsingen-Apfelstetten, DE	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	69 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1970	Nowa Nowa (Wairewa), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1970	Cardoso Moreira, BR	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1970	Strasbourg-Entzheim, FR	daily rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1970	Marhaura(Amnar), IN	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1970	Balasinor, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1970	Pascagoula 3 NE, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1970	Tahlequah, US	monthly high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	67 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1970	Gum Park, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1970	Gorakhpur, IN	daily rain	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1970	Vancouver 4 NNE, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	68 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1970	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	80 years	36 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

1807 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1970. 1970 had 435 records.

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

Records on 06-17 in each year
Year	Records
1807	2
1810	1
1811	1
1830	1
1837	1
1839	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1855	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	1
1882	3
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1892	3
1894	1
1895	7
1896	3
1897	2
1898	1
1899	2
1900	6
1901	9
1902	4
1903	8
1904	4
1905	12
1906	22
1907	20
1908	26
1909	13
1910	9
1911	22
1912	47
1913	45
1914	101
1915	20
1916	103
1917	68
1918	36
1919	58
1920	79
1921	52
1922	59
1923	110
1924	80
1925	136
1926	193
1927	357
1928	137
1929	238
1930	354
1931	194
1932	257
1933	413
1934	310
1935	338
1936	484
1937	284
1938	245
1939	1,206
1940	454
1941	250
1942	286
1943	289
1944	623
1945	614
1946	419
1947	336
1948	452
1949	571
1950	506
1951	208
1952	752
1953	455
1954	488
1955	570
1956	375
1957	761
1958	597
1959	507
1960	511
1961	1,319
1962	323
1963	383
1964	794
1965	763
1966	464
1967	402
1968	403
1969	700
1970	435
1971	407
1972	437
1973	701
1974	932
1975	453
1976	430
1977	410
1978	589
1979	646
1980	754
1981	1,201
1982	642
1983	728
1984	644
1985	693
1986	912
1987	1,078
1988	712
1989	870
1990	932
1991	1,094
1992	795
1993	684
1994	1,186
1995	1,350
1996	750
1997	1,056
1998	1,661
1999	1,260
2000	1,460
2001	678
2002	1,148
2003	647
2004	839
2005	914
2006	724
2007	839
2008	656
2009	739
2010	1,104
2011	922
2012	792
2013	610
2014	685
2015	1,113
2016	874
2017	692
2018	1,050
2019	551
2020	914
2021	1,980
2022	1,209
2023	617
2024	839
2025	593
2026	743

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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	313
25 to 50	15
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1