Weather Records on 4 August 1970

415 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 August 1970. Highest significance: Alice, US.

Key Facts for 4 August 1970

On 4 August 1970, 415 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
98 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 402 daily.
Alice set a daily record precipitation of 88.4 mm (3.5 in) on 4 August 1970.
Across 165 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

415 stations

415 station records on 4 August 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 August 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Encinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Junagadh	India	Record daily precipitation	134.3 mm (5.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bananeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Correntes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kavali	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Novosibirsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pachora	India	Record daily precipitation	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Malkapur	India	Record daily precipitation	125.8 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sullivan	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Big Wells 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shahpura	India	Record daily precipitation	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Volodarskoe	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chenari	India	Record daily precipitation	142.4 mm (5.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tambe (Itambe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Varzea	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Olivedos (Sao Francisco)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad del Maiz (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Floresville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Evart	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fowlerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chintapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prattville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ricardo	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Petersburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Locke	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gurgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goliad	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beaverdale 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paysandu	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

415 records

Records set or tied on 4 August 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 218.

Records on 4 August 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	218
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 August 1970 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 402.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

322 broken records

Margins by which the 322 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 August 1970

Top 20 records on 4 August 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 August 1970	Alice, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 August 1970	Encinal, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1970	Junagadh, IN	daily rain	134.3 mm (5.3 in)	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1970	Dilley, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1970	Sape, BR	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1970	Bananeiras, BR	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1970	Correntes, BR	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1970	Kavali, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1970	Novosibirsk, RU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1970	Lynch, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	74 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1970	Carrizo Springs 3S, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1970	Cairo River, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1970	Eagle Pass 3N, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1970	Pachora, IN	daily rain	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	0 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1970	Burlington Muni AP, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1970	Malkapur, IN	daily rain	125.8 mm (5.0 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1970	Sullivan, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1970	Liepaja, LV	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	87 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1970	Big Wells 2W, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1970	Shahpura, IN	daily rain	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	63 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

1815 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1970. 1970 had 415 records.

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

Records on 08-04 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1827	1
1830	2
1833	1
1835	1
1843	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1857	1
1859	2
1860	2
1863	1
1865	3
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1874	3
1875	1
1878	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1888	4
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	1
1899	7
1900	6
1902	4
1903	18
1904	11
1905	19
1906	14
1907	20
1908	31
1909	27
1910	17
1911	23
1912	51
1913	15
1914	33
1915	85
1916	97
1917	29
1918	95
1919	34
1920	79
1921	67
1922	68
1923	146
1924	132
1925	77
1926	334
1927	136
1928	352
1929	224
1930	698
1931	371
1932	258
1933	347
1934	521
1935	367
1936	719
1937	258
1938	489
1939	433
1940	236
1941	383
1942	303
1943	468
1944	662
1945	355
1946	265
1947	845
1948	558
1949	421
1950	666
1951	680
1952	465
1953	1,017
1954	426
1955	624
1956	437
1957	343
1958	533
1959	303
1960	331
1961	745
1962	470
1963	438
1964	885
1965	409
1966	552
1967	428
1968	280
1969	638
1970	415
1971	813
1972	773
1973	748
1974	1,040
1975	772
1976	801
1977	599
1978	1,051
1979	510
1980	998
1981	636
1982	703
1983	920
1984	722
1985	634
1986	905
1987	892
1988	1,204
1989	738
1990	1,013
1991	769
1992	754
1993	1,046
1994	1,265
1995	1,117
1996	1,143
1997	891
1998	1,423
1999	762
2000	840
2001	1,087
2002	928
2003	1,309
2004	968
2005	1,246
2006	1,131
2007	685
2008	883
2009	681
2010	1,665
2011	1,536
2012	738
2013	452
2014	980
2015	505
2016	732
2017	1,134
2018	760
2019	499
2020	778
2021	691
2022	1,185
2023	1,150
2024	809
2025	840
2026	1,044

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Data for records on 1970-08-04: 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	269
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	2