Weather Records on 4 July 1970

675 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 July 1970. Highest significance: Pesaro, IT.

Key Facts for 4 July 1970

On 4 July 1970, 675 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
435 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 663 daily.
Pesaro set a daily record precipitation of 53.0 mm (2.1 in) on 4 July 1970.
Across 163 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 421 records.

Record Map

675 stations

675 station records on 4 July 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 July 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mandvi	India	Record daily precipitation	157.3 mm (6.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Temiscamingue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mangrol	India	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tonk	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dharmanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	234.0 mm (9.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Viljandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Covelong	India	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New Denver	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstown Pittsgrov 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roxbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beauceville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kabale	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anjar	India	Record daily precipitation	112.7 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Niwai	India	Record daily precipitation	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Mercier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brjansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kipawa Laniel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grenfell	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Toliman	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Creek 2 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schenectady	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bernalillo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hyndman	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Apsley (Parki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Phalodi	India	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nadiad	India	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zinapecuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bagdarin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

675 records

Records set or tied on 4 July 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 192, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 243, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 152.

Records on 4 July 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	192
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	243
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	152
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 July 1970 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 7, daily 663.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

506 broken records

Margins by which the 506 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 107.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 July 1970

Top 20 records on 4 July 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 July 1970	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	97 years	72 of 100 (Major)
4 July 1970	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
4 July 1970	Mandvi, IN	daily rain	157.3 mm (6.2 in)	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1970	Barrage Temiscamingue, CA	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1970	Bolivar, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1970	Mangrol, IN	daily rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1970	Tonk, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1970	Dharmanagar, IN	monthly rain	234.0 mm (9.2 in)	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1970	Viljandi, EE	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1970	Ridgway, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1970	Covelong, IN	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1970	Alfred, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1970	New Denver, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1970	Cordele, US	all-time high min	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1970	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily low max	15.2 C (59.4 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	81 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1970	Healdsburg, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1970	Denton 2 E, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1970	Woodstown Pittsgrov 4E, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1970	Roxbury, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1970	Beauceville, CA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	40 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

1806 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1970. 1970 had 675 records.

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

Records on 07-04 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1815	2
1827	1
1828	1
1836	1
1837	1
1838	1
1839	2
1845	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	2
1858	2
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	2
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1898	6
1899	4
1900	10
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	12
1905	6
1906	15
1907	26
1908	14
1909	20
1910	33
1911	62
1912	28
1913	25
1914	48
1915	36
1916	25
1917	107
1918	72
1919	49
1920	105
1921	50
1922	61
1923	59
1924	230
1925	137
1926	139
1927	290
1928	150
1929	255
1930	276
1931	479
1932	635
1933	459
1934	521
1935	319
1936	1,189
1937	341
1938	353
1939	389
1940	504
1941	409
1942	495
1943	348
1944	553
1945	151
1946	288
1947	258
1948	293
1949	474
1950	335
1951	388
1952	285
1953	431
1954	291
1955	433
1956	381
1957	449
1958	517
1959	280
1960	562
1961	525
1962	619
1963	417
1964	383
1965	258
1966	473
1967	935
1968	668
1969	746
1970	675
1971	385
1972	1,195
1973	656
1974	546
1975	879
1976	785
1977	593
1978	1,020
1979	604
1980	674
1981	850
1982	858
1983	942
1984	851
1985	729
1986	1,129
1987	611
1988	1,158
1989	981
1990	871
1991	872
1992	1,023
1993	1,053
1994	1,131
1995	1,128
1996	1,014
1997	1,251
1998	925
1999	1,632
2000	891
2001	1,120
2002	1,152
2003	617
2004	668
2005	834
2006	924
2007	1,052
2008	764
2009	845
2010	1,124
2011	777
2012	1,205
2013	866
2014	456
2015	1,384
2016	919
2017	496
2018	653
2019	528
2020	365
2021	789
2022	700
2023	627
2024	765
2025	737
2026	717

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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	475
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1