Weather Records on 15 July 1970

542 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 July 1970. Highest significance: Philipstown (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 15 July 1970

On 15 July 1970, 542 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
172 were record highs and 132 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 522 daily.
Philipstown (Tnk) set a daily record precipitation of 48.0 mm (1.9 in) on 15 July 1970.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

542 stations

542 station records on 15 July 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 July 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Brakpan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Donkerhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Big St Germain Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Princeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Groenfontein "Montagu"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norvalspont (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kuppam	India	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bosduiwekop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemfontein Airpor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kafferrivier (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodfort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Heilbron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ozuluama	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Susuman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Locke	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	96.1 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tweefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waterval Wes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hostotipaquillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guanacevi (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Cuchillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kainaliu 73.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bratsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

542 records

Records set or tied on 15 July 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 238.

Records on 15 July 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 July 1970 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 15, daily 522.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

437 broken records

Margins by which the 437 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 July 1970

Top 20 records on 15 July 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 July 1970	Philipstown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 July 1970	Hillmoor, ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 July 1970	Ida, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	78 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 July 1970	Brakpan, ZA	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 July 1970	Dordrecht - Tnk 14, ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1970	Donkerhoek, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1970	Big St Germain Dam, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1970	Cheboygan, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1970	Brownsville, US	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1970	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1970	Princeville, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1970	Onaway 4N, US	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1970	Groenfontein "Montagu", ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1970	Norvalspont (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1970	Uccle, BE	daily low max	15.2 C (59.4 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	124 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1970	Kuppam, IN	daily rain	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1970	Bosduiwekop, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1970	Bloemfontein Airpor, ZA	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1970	Kafferrivier (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1970	Woodfort, ZA	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	40 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 542 records.

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

Records on 07-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1802	1
1808	1
1824	2
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1838	1
1839	1
1840	2
1866	1
1868	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	10
1899	1
1900	1
1901	7
1902	4
1903	24
1904	9
1905	1
1906	10
1907	8
1908	7
1909	7
1910	14
1911	11
1912	44
1913	19
1914	35
1915	34
1916	27
1917	134
1918	33
1919	59
1920	78
1921	55
1922	111
1923	120
1924	126
1925	137
1926	487
1927	151
1928	367
1929	213
1930	503
1931	591
1932	649
1933	205
1934	554
1935	208
1936	905
1937	279
1938	227
1939	394
1940	320
1941	444
1942	275
1943	338
1944	228
1945	693
1946	421
1947	373
1948	397
1949	455
1950	503
1951	606
1952	825
1953	398
1954	784
1955	612
1956	351
1957	304
1958	859
1959	411
1960	576
1961	386
1962	724
1963	291
1964	670
1965	282
1966	494
1967	1,419
1968	661
1969	670
1970	542
1971	552
1972	681
1973	800
1974	692
1975	869
1976	790
1977	766
1978	815
1979	585
1980	1,168
1981	646
1982	938
1983	1,241
1984	841
1985	793
1986	773
1987	968
1988	1,157
1989	827
1990	1,202
1991	589
1992	904
1993	1,198
1994	1,027
1995	1,347
1996	1,076
1997	688
1998	1,170
1999	1,428
2000	1,276
2001	1,004
2002	1,177
2003	1,256
2004	714
2005	932
2006	1,535
2007	1,171
2008	532
2009	816
2010	941
2011	989
2012	927
2013	761
2014	1,016
2015	547
2016	672
2017	467
2018	645
2019	561
2020	614
2021	674
2022	621
2023	1,157
2024	823
2025	720
2026	961

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 15 July 1970
Margin	Records
0 to 10	346
10 to 20	55
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2