Weather Records on 10 July 1970

464 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 July 1970. Highest significance: Arendtsville, US.

Key Facts for 10 July 1970

On 10 July 1970, 464 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
147 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 447 daily.
Arendtsville set an all-time record daily precipitation of 199.4 mm (7.9 in) on 10 July 1970.
Across 173 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

464 stations

464 station records on 10 July 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 July 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arendtsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Berhampore	India	Record daily precipitation	228.2 mm (9.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mt Wx	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tunnsjo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Westminster 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bloserville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Volochanka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Leamington	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Edgemont	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chappells 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wardensville R M Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glenn Dale Bell STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kotputli	India	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boyds 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mapleton Depot	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ubajara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Himatnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harpers Ferry River	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tiangua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newport River	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sun Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kukaiau 222	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hotham Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Williamston 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Umikoa 118	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tharad	India	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arbovale 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Phalodi	India	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

464 records

Records set or tied on 10 July 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 225.

Records on 10 July 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 July 1970 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 13, daily 447.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

354 broken records

Margins by which the 354 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 July 1970

Top 20 records on 10 July 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 July 1970	Arendtsville, US	all-time rain	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 years	79 of 100 (Major)
10 July 1970	Berhampore, IN	monthly rain	228.2 mm (9.0 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	55 years	67 of 100 (Major)
10 July 1970	Gettysburg, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 July 1970	Mt Wx, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1970	Tunnsjo, NO	all-time rain	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1970	Austin #2, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1970	College Park, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1970	Westminster 2 SSE, US	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1970	Bloserville 1 N, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1970	Volochanka, RU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1970	Leamington, CA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1970	Edgemont, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1970	Chappells 2 NNW, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1970	Montpelier Rs, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1970	Wardensville R M Farm, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1970	White Sulphur Springs, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1970	Hot Springs, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1970	Glenn Dale Bell STN, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1970	Kotputli, IN	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1970	Hammond, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	43 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 464 records.

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

Records on 07-10 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1805	1
1815	2
1826	1
1829	1
1835	1
1837	1
1839	1
1843	3
1845	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1870	2
1871	2
1872	1
1874	4
1875	2
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	5
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	3
1891	4
1893	1
1894	3
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	4
1899	10
1900	4
1901	6
1902	12
1903	16
1904	25
1905	40
1906	4
1907	5
1908	7
1909	15
1910	25
1911	58
1912	29
1913	38
1914	48
1915	20
1916	56
1917	51
1918	36
1919	23
1920	29
1921	81
1922	67
1923	113
1924	66
1925	257
1926	321
1927	95
1928	102
1929	175
1930	540
1931	292
1932	355
1933	570
1934	327
1935	306
1936	1,338
1937	304
1938	151
1939	327
1940	398
1941	432
1942	628
1943	283
1944	478
1945	729
1946	467
1947	537
1948	367
1949	392
1950	680
1951	551
1952	814
1953	529
1954	684
1955	497
1956	434
1957	514
1958	402
1959	512
1960	451
1961	688
1962	456
1963	950
1964	368
1965	357
1966	512
1967	341
1968	598
1969	518
1970	464
1971	568
1972	447
1973	528
1974	871
1975	712
1976	724
1977	486
1978	1,076
1979	686
1980	1,113
1981	811
1982	602
1983	1,184
1984	962
1985	657
1986	686
1987	862
1988	1,024
1989	869
1990	820
1991	890
1992	864
1993	1,088
1994	864
1995	1,096
1996	1,604
1997	846
1998	1,259
1999	964
2000	889
2001	992
2002	1,336
2003	981
2004	621
2005	1,077
2006	920
2007	954
2008	874
2009	951
2010	1,509
2011	1,102
2012	1,015
2013	545
2014	660
2015	1,025
2016	859
2017	547
2018	554
2019	529
2020	775
2021	1,081
2022	691
2023	837
2024	1,576
2025	704
2026	472

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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	307
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1