Weather Records on 3 July 1970

605 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 1970. Highest significance: Chhipabarod, IN.

Key Facts for 3 July 1970

On 3 July 1970, 605 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
398 were record highs and 94 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 597 daily.
Chhipabarod set a daily record precipitation of 212.0 mm (8.3 in) on 3 July 1970.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

605 stations

605 station records on 3 July 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chhipabarod	India	Record daily precipitation	212.0 mm (8.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jhalawar	India	Record daily precipitation	161.2 mm (6.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Todaraising	India	Record daily precipitation	88.3 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Iklera(Aklera)	India	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvallur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Falls River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bakani (Rallai)	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Erie Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Satyavedu	India	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hoshangabad	India	Record daily precipitation	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Malpura	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Prattville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
King City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sojat	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kingfisher	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sumter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba Hospital	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Half Moon Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

605 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 231, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 167, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 113.

Records on 3 July 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	231
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	167
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	113
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 July 1970 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 6, daily 597.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

414 broken records

Margins by which the 414 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 143.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 1970

Top 20 records on 3 July 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 1970	Chhipabarod, IN	daily rain	212.0 mm (8.3 in)	143.4 mm (5.6 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1970	Jhalawar, IN	daily rain	161.2 mm (6.3 in)	123.9 mm (4.9 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1970	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1970	Przhevalsk, KG	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1970	Todaraising, IN	daily rain	88.3 mm (3.5 in)	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1970	Santa Clara UNIV, US	all-time high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1970	Iklera(Aklera), IN	daily rain	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1970	Tiruvallur, IN	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1970	Morgantown Muni AP, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	91 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1970	Uccle, BE	daily low max	14.9 C (58.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	91 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1970	Falls River, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1970	Bull Harbour, CA	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	45 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1970	Bakani (Rallai), IN	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1970	Bedford, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	68 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1970	Erie Intl AP, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1970	Satyavedu, IN	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1970	Hoshangabad, IN	daily rain	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1970	Malpura, IN	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1970	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily low max	3.2 C (37.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	70 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 July 1970	Oceanside Marina, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	60 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

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 605 records.

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

Records on 07-03 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1806	1
1812	1
1816	1
1825	1
1827	1
1836	1
1839	1
1844	1
1845	1
1855	1
1856	2
1857	3
1858	2
1863	1
1864	2
1870	3
1871	2
1872	2
1874	5
1876	1
1878	3
1879	2
1883	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	3
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	5
1899	3
1900	5
1901	1
1902	6
1903	6
1904	21
1905	19
1906	12
1907	38
1908	18
1909	30
1910	17
1911	61
1912	36
1913	16
1914	55
1915	29
1916	28
1917	67
1918	55
1919	27
1920	179
1921	68
1922	73
1923	244
1924	290
1925	136
1926	140
1927	281
1928	84
1929	315
1930	581
1931	450
1932	326
1933	467
1934	396
1935	275
1936	523
1937	266
1938	294
1939	250
1940	383
1941	395
1942	428
1943	404
1944	498
1945	203
1946	243
1947	466
1948	242
1949	572
1950	479
1951	355
1952	346
1953	584
1954	384
1955	447
1956	528
1957	589
1958	414
1959	240
1960	717
1961	491
1962	547
1963	424
1964	896
1965	370
1966	780
1967	801
1968	729
1969	555
1970	605
1971	472
1972	986
1973	666
1974	685
1975	678
1976	888
1977	362
1978	1,268
1979	738
1980	959
1981	685
1982	913
1983	861
1984	738
1985	766
1986	1,183
1987	706
1988	1,100
1989	962
1990	1,197
1991	993
1992	1,371
1993	804
1994	950
1995	1,024
1996	872
1997	1,071
1998	862
1999	1,228
2000	667
2001	1,222
2002	1,251
2003	775
2004	767
2005	735
2006	943
2007	977
2008	839
2009	1,030
2010	1,310
2011	979
2012	933
2013	1,166
2014	661
2015	1,216
2016	785
2017	451
2018	923
2019	495
2020	378
2021	873
2022	737
2023	595
2024	670
2025	865
2026	1,036

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Data for records on 1970-07-03: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	399
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1