Weather Records on 27 June 1970

1,059 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 June 1970. Highest significance: Ida, ZA.

Key Facts for 27 June 1970

On 27 June 1970, 1,059 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
469 were record highs and 181 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 1,012 daily.
Ida set a daily record precipitation of 35.1 mm (1.4 in) on 27 June 1970.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

1,059 stations

1,059 station records on 27 June 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 June 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Zwartrandjes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Black River 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kearneysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gabriels	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gouverneur 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kolpasevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Old Forge	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mamakuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sodus 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jonacatepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amiens-Glisy	France	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Huacana	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Nora (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	France	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Middelplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Casper 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Longford (Denton Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Himatnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newcomb 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chasm Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karjat	India	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Machias	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roundup	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kaycee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,059 records

Records set or tied on 27 June 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 201, Lowest daily maximum 120, Highest daily minimum 268, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 408, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 27 June 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	201
Lowest daily maximum	120
Highest daily minimum	268
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	408
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 June 1970 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 41, daily 1,012.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

845 broken records

Margins by which the 845 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 44.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 June 1970

Top 20 records on 27 June 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 June 1970	Ida, ZA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 June 1970	Hawthorne AP, US	monthly rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	76 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 June 1970	Zwartrandjes, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1970	Black River 1 SW, US	monthly rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1970	Oswego, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1970	Kearneysville, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1970	Gabriels, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1970	Gouverneur 3 NW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1970	Carrollton 3 NNE, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1970	Baddeck, CA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1970	Kolpasevo, RU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1970	Old Forge, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1970	Watertown, US	monthly rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1970	Mamakuil, ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1970	Sodus 1W, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1970	Tahoe City, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1970	Twin Lakes, US	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1970	Chazy, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1970	Jonacatepec, MX	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1970	Elliston, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	43 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

1799 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1970. 1970 had 1,059 records.

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

Records on 06-27 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1808	1
1811	1
1815	1
1830	2
1840	1
1841	2
1843	1
1849	1
1856	1
1857	1
1860	1
1863	2
1864	1
1868	2
1870	2
1871	2
1874	2
1875	1
1878	3
1880	2
1881	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1886	2
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1898	6
1899	1
1900	4
1901	11
1902	8
1903	4
1904	7
1905	23
1906	12
1907	5
1908	10
1909	39
1910	33
1911	23
1912	24
1913	47
1914	38
1915	52
1916	259
1917	13
1918	35
1919	62
1920	34
1921	66
1922	92
1923	161
1924	81
1925	164
1926	281
1927	272
1928	219
1929	145
1930	245
1931	723
1932	287
1933	479
1934	587
1935	327
1936	555
1937	336
1938	552
1939	289
1940	337
1941	452
1942	497
1943	510
1944	586
1945	603
1946	317
1947	771
1948	403
1949	456
1950	433
1951	472
1952	988
1953	358
1954	495
1955	417
1956	503
1957	617
1958	836
1959	537
1960	344
1961	601
1962	291
1963	520
1964	258
1965	732
1966	401
1967	487
1968	1,359
1969	1,101
1970	1,059
1971	526
1972	446
1973	763
1974	1,078
1975	591
1976	679
1977	356
1978	918
1979	673
1980	1,242
1981	794
1982	778
1983	950
1984	475
1985	1,031
1986	656
1987	757
1988	1,130
1989	617
1990	1,248
1991	1,113
1992	1,063
1993	722
1994	1,382
1995	722
1996	997
1997	833
1998	1,312
1999	1,061
2000	1,125
2001	758
2002	989
2003	1,010
2004	855
2005	801
2006	1,177
2007	1,287
2008	570
2009	1,015
2010	1,006
2011	965
2012	1,334
2013	743
2014	632
2015	1,136
2016	494
2017	527
2018	652
2019	761
2020	592
2021	1,248
2022	1,003
2023	565
2024	921
2025	466
2026	1,656

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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).