Weather Records on 24 July 1970

553 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 July 1970. Highest significance: Minot Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 24 July 1970

On 24 July 1970, 553 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
93 were record highs and 221 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 547 daily.
Minot Exp STN set a daily record precipitation of 77.2 mm (3.0 in) on 24 July 1970.
Across 158 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

553 stations

553 station records on 24 July 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 July 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Minicoy Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eckman 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Max	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sutur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dzardzan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Melitopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Epping	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlequah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carmendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Westerland	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ponca City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Conceicao da Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pemfling-Pitzling	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kjusjur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crockett	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Wx	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Penrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barsi	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Conchas Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Keg River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Benipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Turaiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Utuado	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

553 records

Records set or tied on 24 July 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 108, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 113, Heaviest daily rainfall 239.

Records on 24 July 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	108
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	113
Heaviest daily rainfall	239
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 July 1970 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 547.

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 95.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 July 1970

Top 20 records on 24 July 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 July 1970	Minot Exp STN, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1970	Minicoy Obsy, IN	daily rain	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1970	Eckman 2 SE, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1970	Max, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1970	Sutur, RU	daily rain	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1970	Foxholm 7 N, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1970	Parry Sound, CA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1970	Dzardzan, RU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1970	Newport News Press Bld, US	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1970	St Andrews, CA	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	87 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1970	Melitopol, UA	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1970	Skovorodino, RU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1970	Kenmare 1 WSW, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1970	Epping, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1970	Lakin, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1970	Granville, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1970	Tahlequah, US	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	51 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1970	Trier-Zewen, DE	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1970	Carmendale, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1970	Greencastle 1 W, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	73 years	35 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

1799 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1970. 1970 had 553 records.

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

Records on 07-24 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1813	1
1817	1
1832	1
1836	1
1838	2
1843	2
1844	1
1846	1
1849	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1867	1
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	3
1874	1
1875	2
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1885	3
1889	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	5
1895	2
1896	5
1897	4
1899	3
1900	7
1901	6
1902	5
1903	8
1904	19
1905	19
1906	18
1907	8
1908	11
1909	21
1910	36
1911	51
1912	84
1913	30
1914	22
1915	35
1916	32
1917	40
1918	70
1919	19
1920	46
1921	67
1922	186
1923	87
1924	193
1925	154
1926	186
1927	251
1928	237
1929	187
1930	195
1931	364
1932	249
1933	356
1934	994
1935	342
1936	498
1937	327
1938	545
1939	225
1940	568
1941	335
1942	331
1943	278
1944	315
1945	252
1946	407
1947	852
1948	385
1949	408
1950	384
1951	333
1952	534
1953	403
1954	447
1955	445
1956	379
1957	428
1958	372
1959	522
1960	466
1961	612
1962	996
1963	521
1964	517
1965	333
1966	401
1967	344
1968	430
1969	585
1970	553
1971	678
1972	528
1973	743
1974	670
1975	521
1976	521
1977	829
1978	673
1979	652
1980	487
1981	1,025
1982	689
1983	1,425
1984	789
1985	829
1986	1,227
1987	1,220
1988	1,130
1989	896
1990	944
1991	1,092
1992	1,271
1993	1,705
1994	1,153
1995	927
1996	1,145
1997	1,097
1998	990
1999	1,201
2000	1,236
2001	1,186
2002	796
2003	2,254
2004	1,604
2005	1,158
2006	1,694
2007	1,310
2008	1,363
2009	856
2010	1,859
2011	1,514
2012	827
2013	572
2014	922
2015	483
2016	637
2017	559
2018	953
2019	1,221
2020	432
2021	541
2022	681
2023	804
2024	986
2025	879
2026	924

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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	408
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1