Weather Records on 7 August 1970

652 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1970. Highest significance: Groningen-1, NL.

Key Facts for 7 August 1970

On 7 August 1970, 652 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
345 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 640 daily.
Groningen-1 set a daily record precipitation of 35.7 mm (1.4 in) on 7 August 1970.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

652 stations

652 station records on 7 August 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Borovici	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg-Buchenbuehl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hosdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	198.3 mm (7.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Craig	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dharmavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shaki	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yabulu Qld Nickel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cuddapah	India	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rajgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kadiri	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hungund	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Khankandy	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tunka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alum Fk	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Safford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cheraw	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe Radio Kchi	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Joao Pessoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nalcik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Estanzuela (Eele)	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seoni	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ramgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Majors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brilon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehabad	India	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Patterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gajapathinagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Punalur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Benton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wytheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blankenrath	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ogallala	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

652 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 159, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 186, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 226.

Records on 7 August 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	159
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	186
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	226
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1970 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 9, daily 640.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

499 broken records

Margins by which the 499 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1970

Top 20 records on 7 August 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1970	Groningen-1, NL	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	97 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1970	Atmakur, IN	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1970	Bethany, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	70 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1970	Nurnberg, DE	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1970	Borovici, RU	all-time rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1970	Spearfish, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1970	Nurnberg-Buchenbuehl, DE	daily rain	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1970	New England, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1970	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1970	Vladikavkaz, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1970	Mercedes, UY	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1970	Hosdurg, IN	daily rain	198.3 mm (7.8 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1970	Bowman, US	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1970	Rothenburg Ob der Tauber, DE	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1970	Craig, US	all-time rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1970	Dharmavaram, IN	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1970	Shaki, AZ	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1970	Yabulu Qld Nickel, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1970	Cuddapah, IN	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1970	Rajgarh, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 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

1808 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1970. 1970 had 652 records.

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

Records on 08-07 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1812	1
1815	1
1816	1
1817	1
1833	2
1844	1
1845	1
1848	1
1857	3
1858	1
1859	2
1861	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1870	2
1875	1
1876	5
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1889	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	6
1901	3
1902	5
1903	17
1904	8
1905	8
1906	9
1907	10
1908	13
1909	11
1910	1
1911	36
1912	31
1913	39
1914	24
1915	40
1916	50
1917	21
1918	108
1919	36
1920	36
1921	55
1922	61
1923	101
1924	128
1925	81
1926	115
1927	109
1928	188
1929	181
1930	486
1931	357
1932	249
1933	310
1934	608
1935	507
1936	286
1937	446
1938	568
1939	561
1940	271
1941	305
1942	340
1943	601
1944	332
1945	882
1946	500
1947	461
1948	756
1949	587
1950	541
1951	562
1952	556
1953	378
1954	589
1955	536
1956	321
1957	868
1958	571
1959	356
1960	344
1961	356
1962	718
1963	522
1964	446
1965	552
1966	400
1967	701
1968	600
1969	523
1970	652
1971	969
1972	1,172
1973	568
1974	746
1975	1,177
1976	1,168
1977	617
1978	1,210
1979	559
1980	871
1981	855
1982	727
1983	1,207
1984	840
1985	1,088
1986	544
1987	1,146
1988	897
1989	1,472
1990	1,625
1991	1,217
1992	1,236
1993	1,040
1994	1,262
1995	1,521
1996	1,107
1997	1,460
1998	1,183
1999	950
2000	871
2001	1,386
2002	907
2003	1,244
2004	1,400
2005	882
2006	923
2007	1,309
2008	918
2009	1,121
2010	1,098
2011	1,282
2012	688
2013	665
2014	501
2015	1,027
2016	505
2017	954
2018	636
2019	609
2020	605
2021	397
2022	880
2023	1,221
2024	835
2025	733
2026	1,047

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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 10	403
10 to 20	54
20 to 30	21
30 to 40	13
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1