Weather Records on 1 July 1970

632 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 July 1970. Highest significance: Melur, IN.

Key Facts for 1 July 1970

On 1 July 1970, 632 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
274 were record highs and 207 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 594 daily.
Melur set a daily record precipitation of 69.2 mm (2.7 in) on 1 July 1970.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

632 stations

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

Weather records on 1 July 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Melur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Angul	India	Record daily precipitation	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bhilai	India	Record daily precipitation	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bemetara	India	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gandai	India	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kabale	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hotham Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harrai	India	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Camden on Gauley 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dungargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruppuvanam	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Outlook	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corrales	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kihnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Do Pouso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trafalgar	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tierra Amarilla 4 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aledo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maquoketa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brady	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wytheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sion	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prince	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Durg(Drug)	India	Record daily precipitation	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Geneseo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Biggar	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Todabhim	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sirkali	India	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uchur	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

632 records

Records set or tied on 1 July 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 98, Highest daily minimum 202, Lowest daily minimum 109, Heaviest daily rainfall 151.

Records on 1 July 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	98
Highest daily minimum	202
Lowest daily minimum	109
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 July 1970 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 32, daily 594.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

477 broken records

Margins by which the 477 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 116.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 July 1970

Top 20 records on 1 July 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 July 1970	Melur, IN	daily rain	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 July 1970	Angul, IN	daily rain	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1970	Bhilai, IN	daily rain	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1970	Bemetara, IN	daily rain	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	63 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1970	Gandai, IN	daily rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1970	Kabale, UG	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1970	Hotham Heights, AU	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1970	Gage, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1970	Harrai, IN	daily rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	109.8 mm (4.3 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1970	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1970	Camden on Gauley 2 SW, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1970	Uraidla, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	79 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1970	Dungargarh, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1970	Chilton, US	monthly high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	75 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1970	Herefoss, NO	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1970	Haparanda, SE	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	86 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1970	Tiruppuvanam, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1970	Madison Sewage Plt, US	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1970	Outlook, CA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1970	Elk Point, CA	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	35 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

1793 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1970. 1970 had 632 records.

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

Records on 07-01 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1811	2
1816	1
1832	1
1833	1
1835	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1846	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	1
1868	1
1870	2
1871	1
1872	3
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1887	1
1888	4
1889	2
1890	2
1891	6
1892	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	7
1896	1
1897	4
1898	10
1899	8
1900	2
1901	16
1902	6
1903	13
1904	18
1905	20
1906	14
1907	11
1908	11
1909	21
1910	30
1911	24
1912	51
1913	62
1914	126
1915	22
1916	30
1917	34
1918	57
1919	32
1920	293
1921	239
1922	55
1923	298
1924	350
1925	166
1926	95
1927	163
1928	65
1929	146
1930	163
1931	763
1932	300
1933	601
1934	220
1935	263
1936	425
1937	491
1938	355
1939	287
1940	393
1941	528
1942	510
1943	494
1944	252
1945	614
1946	432
1947	493
1948	278
1949	301
1950	435
1951	484
1952	271
1953	618
1954	619
1955	535
1956	420
1957	657
1958	496
1959	738
1960	386
1961	370
1962	280
1963	663
1964	403
1965	358
1966	504
1967	488
1968	721
1969	472
1970	632
1971	421
1972	474
1973	627
1974	738
1975	554
1976	768
1977	672
1978	718
1979	722
1980	959
1981	828
1982	1,606
1983	749
1984	766
1985	1,019
1986	965
1987	954
1988	1,542
1989	832
1990	1,405
1991	1,021
1992	1,689
1993	623
1994	936
1995	1,326
1996	637
1997	1,145
1998	1,280
1999	1,395
2000	593
2001	897
2002	1,090
2003	1,031
2004	768
2005	941
2006	674
2007	719
2008	857
2009	1,159
2010	1,146
2011	1,038
2012	1,295
2013	1,151
2014	517
2015	917
2016	515
2017	667
2018	764
2019	531
2020	820
2021	957
2022	759
2023	514
2024	660
2025	1,181
2026	958

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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 20	457
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2