Weather Records on 11 July 1970

404 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 July 1970. Highest significance: Dannemora, US.

Key Facts for 11 July 1970

On 11 July 1970, 404 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
135 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 382 daily.
Dannemora set a monthly record daily precipitation of 86.4 mm (3.4 in) on 11 July 1970.
Across 167 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

404 stations

404 station records on 11 July 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 July 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Skjomen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Makapuu Point 724	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Michie	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tarana	India	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alliston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rougemont	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pachpadra	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Agata	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 7 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Farnham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ballabgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manawar	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hollis 5E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ankenes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mehgawan	India	Record daily precipitation	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls Mill St	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisburg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harvey Station	Canada	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tylertown 5ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hariharganj	India	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

404 records

Records set or tied on 11 July 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 201.

Records on 11 July 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	201
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 July 1970 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 20, daily 382.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

323 broken records

Margins by which the 323 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 July 1970

Top 20 records on 11 July 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 July 1970	Dannemora, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 July 1970	Skjomen, NO	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1970	Gagetown 2, CA	monthly rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1970	Makapuu Point 724, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1970	Baddeck, CA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1970	McAdam, CA	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1970	Collegeville, CA	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1970	Upper Stewiacke, CA	monthly rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1970	Lake Michie, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1970	Sussex, CA	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1970	Tarana, IN	daily rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1970	Fredericton Cda, CA	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1970	Sackville, CA	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	0 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1970	Alliston, CA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1970	Nappan Cda, CA	monthly rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1970	Rougemont, US	all-time rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1970	Smithfield, US	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1970	Bones I Bardu, NO	monthly rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1970	Trenton Falls, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1970	Pachpadra, IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 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

1813 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1970. 1970 had 404 records.

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

Records on 07-11 in each year
Year	Records
1813	2
1815	1
1816	1
1821	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	2
1851	2
1856	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	1
1876	3
1878	2
1879	3
1882	2
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	9
1890	5
1891	4
1894	12
1895	3
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	7
1900	4
1901	4
1902	3
1903	7
1904	14
1905	16
1906	17
1907	23
1908	36
1909	16
1910	24
1911	87
1912	21
1913	36
1914	45
1915	21
1916	29
1917	121
1918	18
1919	37
1920	22
1921	179
1922	56
1923	107
1924	100
1925	425
1926	215
1927	106
1928	91
1929	121
1930	572
1931	206
1932	291
1933	705
1934	413
1935	387
1936	1,268
1937	405
1938	244
1939	496
1940	296
1941	517
1942	734
1943	369
1944	702
1945	978
1946	275
1947	388
1948	313
1949	286
1950	619
1951	849
1952	519
1953	554
1954	758
1955	343
1956	534
1957	495
1958	519
1959	523
1960	373
1961	731
1962	536
1963	706
1964	482
1965	406
1966	503
1967	368
1968	482
1969	569
1970	404
1971	547
1972	486
1973	658
1974	858
1975	1,107
1976	734
1977	537
1978	829
1979	519
1980	1,002
1981	663
1982	642
1983	984
1984	1,174
1985	607
1986	691
1987	1,030
1988	973
1989	832
1990	1,010
1991	1,038
1992	926
1993	1,227
1994	839
1995	1,037
1996	1,283
1997	686
1998	1,235
1999	1,175
2000	862
2001	874
2002	1,438
2003	1,033
2004	658
2005	1,105
2006	809
2007	962
2008	759
2009	801
2010	1,210
2011	1,016
2012	1,053
2013	553
2014	540
2015	766
2016	1,035
2017	589
2018	439
2019	606
2020	814
2021	935
2022	581
2023	873
2024	1,064
2025	440
2026	705

Download the Data

Data for records on 1970-07-11: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	286
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1