Weather Records on 8 July 1970

375 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 1970. Highest significance: Geisenheim, DE.

Key Facts for 8 July 1970

On 8 July 1970, 375 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
197 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 367 daily.
Geisenheim set a daily record precipitation of 42.5 mm (1.7 in) on 8 July 1970.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

375 stations

375 station records on 8 July 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 July 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Geisenheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Honnali	India	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Groenvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harapanahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Viljandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bonn-Friesdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ntazepetrovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Benedito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Darwha	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nagaur (Nagore )	India	Record daily precipitation	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kayenta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cincinnati Abbe Wsmo	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hilgenroth	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nilambur	India	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hangal	India	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anjangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sujangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wasola 5N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gulbarga	India	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Amraoti	India	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Istanbul	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Des Arc	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fauquier	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hvojnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Keremeos	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Koppa(Balgadi)	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jamkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Digras	India	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pinehurst Sthrn Pines	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

375 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 115, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 108.

Records on 8 July 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	115
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	108
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 1970 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 6, daily 367.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

269 broken records

Margins by which the 269 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 1970

Top 20 records on 8 July 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 1970	Geisenheim, DE	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 July 1970	Honnali, IN	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1970	Jakutsk, RU	all-time high min	23.7 C (74.7 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	81 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1970	Groenvlei, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1970	Searcy, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	74 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1970	Cleveland, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1970	Harapanahalli, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1970	Greensboro, US	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	73 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1970	Viljandi, EE	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1970	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high min	10.8 C (51.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	85 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1970	Banff, CA	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	53 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1970	Simferopol, UA	daily high min	20.5 C (68.9 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	81 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1970	Georgetown, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1970	Philo 3 SW, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1970	Uccle, BE	daily high min	19.2 C (66.6 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	73 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1970	Bonn-Friesdorf, DE	all-time rain	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1970	Ntazepetrovsk, RU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1970	Newport, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	74 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1970	Petoskey, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1970	Aberdeen, US	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	77 years	34 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 375 records.

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

Records on 07-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1811	1
1815	2
1819	3
1844	1
1845	4
1848	2
1852	2
1856	1
1860	1
1864	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1896	7
1898	2
1899	6
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	9
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	9
1908	16
1909	24
1910	32
1911	28
1912	60
1913	29
1914	54
1915	47
1916	206
1917	37
1918	45
1919	34
1920	123
1921	75
1922	146
1923	134
1924	201
1925	141
1926	132
1927	142
1928	191
1929	235
1930	360
1931	250
1932	240
1933	360
1934	226
1935	496
1936	940
1937	287
1938	293
1939	399
1940	294
1941	198
1942	210
1943	248
1944	495
1945	291
1946	380
1947	400
1948	410
1949	352
1950	518
1951	580
1952	741
1953	502
1954	497
1955	554
1956	516
1957	429
1958	651
1959	485
1960	483
1961	356
1962	271
1963	592
1964	603
1965	266
1966	293
1967	266
1968	540
1969	847
1970	375
1971	443
1972	982
1973	831
1974	1,009
1975	537
1976	697
1977	743
1978	727
1979	703
1980	958
1981	945
1982	625
1983	1,198
1984	837
1985	1,024
1986	822
1987	814
1988	1,133
1989	1,174
1990	763
1991	1,152
1992	1,017
1993	1,875
1994	1,389
1995	642
1996	1,356
1997	734
1998	1,616
1999	816
2000	876
2001	916
2002	897
2003	779
2004	1,096
2005	1,250
2006	928
2007	943
2008	1,406
2009	971
2010	1,411
2011	838
2012	1,237
2013	501
2014	692
2015	1,455
2016	670
2017	887
2018	457
2019	569
2020	521
2021	890
2022	607
2023	765
2024	1,269
2025	616
2026	438

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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	229
10 to 20	22
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1