Weather Records on 14 July 1970

477 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 July 1970. Highest significance: Grenora, US.

Key Facts for 14 July 1970

On 14 July 1970, 477 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
154 were record highs and 112 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 462 daily.
Grenora set an all-time record daily precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 14 July 1970.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

477 stations

477 station records on 14 July 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 July 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grenora	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sirkali	India	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Perungalur	India	Record daily precipitation	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
H Sp A Exp STN 707	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Covelong	India	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ahuti	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Moma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Penugondapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mayuram	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valladolid (Villanubla)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St James Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colagaon	India	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bowbells	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palacode	India	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppathur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quemado	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chiknayakanihall	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Washburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Borzomi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Colinet	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dwingelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kayenta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kunigal	India	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pudukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brule Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Strijen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alejskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Reedsport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hildesheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

477 records

Records set or tied on 14 July 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 91, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 211.

Records on 14 July 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	91
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	211
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 July 1970 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 12, daily 462.

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 87.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 July 1970

Top 20 records on 14 July 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 July 1970	Grenora, US	all-time rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	69 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1970	Edmore 4NW, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1970	Sirkali, IN	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1970	Muenster, DE	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1970	Perungalur, IN	monthly rain	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1970	Milaca, US	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1970	Medicine Lake 3 SE, US	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1970	H Sp A Exp STN 707, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1970	Chatham Exp Fa, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1970	Covelong, IN	monthly rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1970	Chinnar, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1970	Ahuti, GE	daily rain	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1970	Bayfield 6 N, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1970	Ust-Moma, RU	all-time rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1970	Luverne, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1970	Penugondapuram, IN	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1970	Mora, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1970	Dunn Ctr 1E, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1970	Mather 3 NW, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1970	Soltau, DE	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	39 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

1802 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1970. 1970 had 477 records.

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

Records on 07-14 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1808	1
1824	1
1832	1
1840	2
1845	1
1856	1
1860	2
1864	2
1866	1
1875	1
1876	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1883	3
1884	3
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	3
1894	4
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	10
1899	6
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	21
1904	18
1905	11
1906	18
1907	13
1908	15
1909	7
1910	23
1911	28
1912	116
1913	21
1914	43
1915	17
1916	18
1917	55
1918	72
1919	44
1920	44
1921	105
1922	31
1923	127
1924	156
1925	138
1926	500
1927	212
1928	221
1929	87
1930	497
1931	430
1932	623
1933	378
1934	413
1935	278
1936	1,019
1937	282
1938	202
1939	367
1940	536
1941	548
1942	278
1943	364
1944	240
1945	466
1946	229
1947	379
1948	422
1949	436
1950	726
1951	335
1952	995
1953	518
1954	1,141
1955	1,058
1956	360
1957	368
1958	455
1959	349
1960	554
1961	441
1962	922
1963	535
1964	618
1965	256
1966	668
1967	1,124
1968	553
1969	595
1970	477
1971	436
1972	588
1973	652
1974	654
1975	1,054
1976	693
1977	544
1978	495
1979	559
1980	1,178
1981	708
1982	809
1983	930
1984	862
1985	720
1986	722
1987	1,035
1988	806
1989	640
1990	1,748
1991	860
1992	999
1993	1,432
1994	1,250
1995	1,459
1996	1,038
1997	723
1998	1,350
1999	1,536
2000	999
2001	870
2002	1,401
2003	1,037
2004	638
2005	758
2006	998
2007	862
2008	683
2009	920
2010	1,678
2011	1,093
2012	1,114
2013	539
2014	711
2015	622
2016	682
2017	674
2018	475
2019	415
2020	635
2021	788
2022	575
2023	724
2024	784
2025	756
2026	1,037

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Data for records on 1970-07-14: 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	345
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1