Weather Records on 29 June 1970

814 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 June 1970. Highest significance: Smithfield (Mun), ZA.

Key Facts for 29 June 1970

On 29 June 1970, 814 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
220 were record highs and 398 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 781 daily.
Smithfield (Mun) set a daily record precipitation of 32.0 mm (1.3 in) on 29 June 1970.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

814 stations

814 station records on 29 June 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 June 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hotham Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Desuri	India	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Garhshankar	India	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eidsvoll Verk	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ilhota-Jusante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beowawe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cochrane	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan de Los Llanos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Imlay	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Huacana	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roadene	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Craig	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minocqua	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nasrullaganj	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hayden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Malpura	India	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
May 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Marais	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne WFO	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Deadwood Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chestertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saluda	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marathon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mandawar	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jayamkondam	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Guadalajara (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

814 records

Records set or tied on 29 June 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 129, Highest daily minimum 138, Lowest daily minimum 269, Heaviest daily rainfall 194, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 29 June 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	129
Highest daily minimum	138
Lowest daily minimum	269
Heaviest daily rainfall	194
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 June 1970 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 33, daily 781.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

620 broken records

Margins by which the 620 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 June 1970

Top 20 records on 29 June 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 June 1970	Smithfield (Mun), ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 June 1970	Tatarsk, RU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1970	Vinga, SE	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1970	Hotham Heights, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1970	Desuri, IN	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	3 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1970	Escanaba, US	monthly high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1970	Garhshankar, IN	monthly rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1970	Eidsvoll Verk, NO	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1970	Ilhota-Jusante, BR	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1970	Idaho City, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1970	Maseskar, SE	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1970	Beowawe, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1970	Melrose, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1970	Cochrane, CA	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1970	San Juan de Los Llanos, MX	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1970	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily high min	13.7 C (56.7 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	67 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1970	Paradise Valley 1 NW, US	monthly rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	76 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1970	Chugwater, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1970	Halden, NO	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1970	Imlay, US	monthly rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	47 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

1812 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1970. 1970 had 814 records.

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

Records on 06-29 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1829	1
1834	2
1835	2
1843	1
1844	1
1846	1
1848	1
1849	1
1854	1
1857	2
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1865	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1878	1
1879	1
1881	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1888	2
1889	1
1890	5
1891	1
1892	5
1893	2
1895	1
1896	6
1897	2
1898	2
1899	6
1900	4
1901	10
1902	18
1903	7
1904	8
1905	22
1906	36
1907	16
1908	9
1909	19
1910	107
1911	22
1912	23
1913	73
1914	58
1915	54
1916	87
1917	45
1918	51
1919	85
1920	257
1921	74
1922	134
1923	326
1924	128
1925	135
1926	134
1927	153
1928	186
1929	185
1930	285
1931	935
1932	141
1933	590
1934	735
1935	298
1936	682
1937	344
1938	418
1939	452
1940	353
1941	396
1942	310
1943	515
1944	325
1945	604
1946	566
1947	497
1948	423
1949	409
1950	393
1951	439
1952	730
1953	322
1954	384
1955	452
1956	542
1957	572
1958	454
1959	733
1960	266
1961	374
1962	269
1963	742
1964	297
1965	407
1966	492
1967	315
1968	748
1969	561
1970	814
1971	494
1972	574
1973	730
1974	804
1975	552
1976	558
1977	664
1978	929
1979	517
1980	984
1981	807
1982	1,150
1983	1,298
1984	719
1985	925
1986	673
1987	739
1988	1,074
1989	915
1990	932
1991	1,346
1992	1,328
1993	840
1994	1,227
1995	1,101
1996	1,032
1997	1,143
1998	1,448
1999	1,147
2000	1,151
2001	625
2002	929
2003	1,014
2004	1,013
2005	1,247
2006	793
2007	935
2008	780
2009	890
2010	1,041
2011	1,171
2012	1,374
2013	900
2014	606
2015	1,119
2016	419
2017	688
2018	590
2019	732
2020	1,249
2021	1,623
2022	759
2023	486
2024	948
2025	623
2026	1,299

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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 10	571
10 to 20	35
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1