Weather Records on 9 July 1970

471 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 July 1970. Highest significance: Chambersburg 1 ESE, US.

Key Facts for 9 July 1970

On 9 July 1970, 471 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
170 were record highs and 85 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 461 daily.
Chambersburg 1 ESE set a daily record precipitation of 110.5 mm (4.4 in) on 9 July 1970.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

471 stations

471 station records on 9 July 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 July 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sandhammaren	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vikulovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shippensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bilara	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kadoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barsi	India	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Picardy	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Juana Diaz Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dungen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bhandara	India	Record daily precipitation	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kaslo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Willowghby East Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clay	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Powell River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parkton 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Raichur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tamenlong	India	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goldfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cincinnati Fernbank	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Du Bois 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton City Centre A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rize	Turkey	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hanksville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kjelsas I Sorkedalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

471 records

Records set or tied on 9 July 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 67, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 103, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 216.

Records on 9 July 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	67
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	103
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	216
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 July 1970 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 461.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

369 broken records

Margins by which the 369 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 July 1970

Top 20 records on 9 July 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 July 1970	Chambersburg 1 ESE, US	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1970	Sandhammaren, SE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	82 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1970	Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf), DE	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1970	New Bedford Coop, US	all-time high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	74 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1970	Cave Run Lake, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1970	Vikulovo, RU	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1970	Carlisle, US	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	95 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1970	Cottonwood 2 E, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1970	Waverly, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1970	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1970	Shippensburg, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1970	Purcellville, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1970	Bilara, IN	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1970	Hiram, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1970	Kadoka, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1970	Barsi, IN	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1970	Picardy, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1970	Juana Diaz Camp, PR	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1970	Dungen, SE	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1970	Arthur 4NW, US	monthly rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	52 years	36 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 471 records.

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

Records on 07-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1815	3
1826	1
1828	2
1837	1
1845	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1867	4
1868	1
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	4
1879	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	4
1897	2
1898	4
1899	5
1900	10
1901	10
1902	8
1903	15
1904	31
1905	28
1906	4
1907	10
1908	16
1909	16
1910	19
1911	26
1912	28
1913	42
1914	54
1915	42
1916	43
1917	19
1918	60
1919	33
1920	28
1921	73
1922	145
1923	90
1924	140
1925	135
1926	242
1927	123
1928	115
1929	250
1930	436
1931	202
1932	216
1933	444
1934	339
1935	433
1936	1,128
1937	274
1938	196
1939	345
1940	319
1941	273
1942	324
1943	252
1944	415
1945	371
1946	436
1947	684
1948	377
1949	433
1950	522
1951	502
1952	694
1953	450
1954	479
1955	513
1956	438
1957	385
1958	472
1959	483
1960	332
1961	564
1962	253
1963	1,029
1964	425
1965	444
1966	428
1967	216
1968	645
1969	619
1970	471
1971	406
1972	606
1973	588
1974	1,013
1975	567
1976	740
1977	617
1978	882
1979	721
1980	970
1981	1,009
1982	598
1983	1,039
1984	783
1985	1,228
1986	843
1987	882
1988	1,109
1989	965
1990	770
1991	1,295
1992	1,126
1993	1,454
1994	1,151
1995	939
1996	1,690
1997	930
1998	1,403
1999	952
2000	1,055
2001	965
2002	1,127
2003	906
2004	824
2005	1,373
2006	965
2007	949
2008	1,188
2009	1,165
2010	1,477
2011	1,047
2012	904
2013	478
2014	806
2015	1,221
2016	631
2017	638
2018	555
2019	602
2020	614
2021	1,198
2022	674
2023	833
2024	1,530
2025	696
2026	508

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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	304
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1