Weather Records on 23 July 1970

935 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 1970. Highest significance: Clarksdale, US.

Key Facts for 23 July 1970

On 23 July 1970, 935 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
69 were record highs and 584 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 902 daily.
Clarksdale set a daily record low maximum temperature of 19.4 C (66.9 F) on 23 July 1970.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

935 stations

935 station records on 23 July 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 July 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clarksdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Moosomin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Punganur	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ceylon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kuppam	India	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lednik Phedchenko (Im. Gorbuno	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morretes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Garrigala	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sankari	India	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cornelia	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Erick	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Midale	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Progresso	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marlin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lalgudi	India	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haleyville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shamhor	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cedartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Embry	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
De Ridder	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nantahala	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Naturaliste	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Iluppur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lees Ferry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Churchman Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Russell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manapparai	India	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dividalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

935 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 336, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 248, Heaviest daily rainfall 282.

Records on 23 July 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	336
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	248
Heaviest daily rainfall	282
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 July 1970 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 33, daily 902.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

746 broken records

Margins by which the 746 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 186.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 1970

Top 20 records on 23 July 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 1970	Clarksdale, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1970	Foxholm 7 N, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1970	Moosomin, CA	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1970	New Salem 5NW, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1970	Punganur, IN	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1970	Brinkley, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	70 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1970	University, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	67 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1970	Ceylon, CA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1970	Kuppam, IN	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1970	Wibaux 2 E, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1970	Chinnar, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1970	Lednik Phedchenko (Im. Gorbuno, TJ	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1970	Louisville, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	77 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1970	Morretes, BR	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1970	Garrigala, TM	monthly rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1970	Water Valley, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1970	Summerville, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1970	Sankari, IN	daily rain	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1970	Cornelia, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1970	Chickamauga 2 SW, US	monthly rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 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

1794 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1970. 1970 had 935 records.

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

Records on 07-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1804	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	1
1835	1
1836	2
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1851	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	5
1890	4
1894	3
1895	7
1896	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	8
1901	10
1902	6
1903	4
1904	18
1905	11
1906	19
1907	9
1908	15
1909	27
1910	54
1911	37
1912	43
1913	36
1914	59
1915	35
1916	34
1917	42
1918	96
1919	26
1920	40
1921	221
1922	113
1923	104
1924	158
1925	173
1926	266
1927	308
1928	146
1929	174
1930	214
1931	334
1932	232
1933	432
1934	898
1935	329
1936	403
1937	319
1938	354
1939	277
1940	494
1941	292
1942	265
1943	245
1944	350
1945	239
1946	531
1947	1,240
1948	610
1949	453
1950	500
1951	422
1952	788
1953	660
1954	545
1955	585
1956	402
1957	513
1958	633
1959	606
1960	568
1961	937
1962	465
1963	490
1964	373
1965	368
1966	368
1967	347
1968	480
1969	436
1970	935
1971	648
1972	640
1973	798
1974	578
1975	359
1976	425
1977	570
1978	1,064
1979	648
1980	703
1981	1,030
1982	594
1983	1,324
1984	980
1985	711
1986	1,239
1987	1,164
1988	1,124
1989	868
1990	1,033
1991	1,050
1992	1,469
1993	1,466
1994	1,215
1995	827
1996	1,227
1997	1,088
1998	885
1999	846
2000	1,225
2001	1,242
2002	875
2003	1,649
2004	1,148
2005	997
2006	1,757
2007	1,262
2008	1,057
2009	1,069
2010	1,627
2011	1,907
2012	822
2013	648
2014	783
2015	559
2016	760
2017	517
2018	873
2019	786
2020	514
2021	506
2022	707
2023	629
2024	798
2025	917
2026	788

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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 25	717
25 to 50	22
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1