Weather Records on 9 August 1970

751 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 August 1970. Highest significance: Timbauba, BR.

Key Facts for 9 August 1970

On 9 August 1970, 751 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
182 were record highs and 216 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 726 daily.
Timbauba set a monthly record daily precipitation of 122.0 mm (4.8 in) on 9 August 1970.
Across 156 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

751 stations

751 station records on 9 August 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 August 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Timbauba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	121.8 mm (4.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Udayagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clohesy River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Molloy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Round Spring 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Des Arc	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Koah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shottery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gleneagle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gudur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chittoor	India	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rajpur	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stone Exelby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Raibag	India	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Koath	India	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Julatten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gaffney 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wetherby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	112.9 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chandur Railway	India	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yaval	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Edmonton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Meringa Sugar Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wasola 5N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parma	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

751 records

Records set or tied on 9 August 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 88, Lowest daily maximum 130, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 86, Heaviest daily rainfall 353.

Records on 9 August 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	88
Lowest daily maximum	130
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	86
Heaviest daily rainfall	353
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 August 1970 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 19, daily 726.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

606 broken records

Margins by which the 606 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 August 1970

Top 20 records on 9 August 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 August 1970	Timbauba, BR	monthly rain	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 years	72 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1970	Salzburg, AT	daily rain	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1970	Oberstdorf, DE	all-time rain	121.8 mm (4.8 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1970	Taylorsville 2SW, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1970	Kempten, DE	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1970	Mt Garnet Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1970	Palmerville, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	79 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1970	Herberton White St, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1970	Reit Im Winkl, DE	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1970	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1970	Debrecen Airport, HU	all-time rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1970	Udayagiri, IN	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1970	Clohesy River, AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1970	Mount Molloy Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1970	Round Spring 2SW, US	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1970	Port Douglas - Warner St, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1970	Des Arc, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1970	Georgetown, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	93.3 mm (3.7 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1970	Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1970	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	monthly rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	50 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

1798 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1970. 1970 had 751 records.

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

Records on 08-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	2
1800	1
1838	1
1845	3
1856	1
1859	3
1861	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	3
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	12
1899	4
1900	8
1901	3
1902	3
1903	6
1904	9
1905	5
1906	15
1907	9
1908	9
1909	51
1910	16
1911	44
1912	47
1913	76
1914	21
1915	61
1916	37
1917	46
1918	210
1919	49
1920	289
1921	36
1922	70
1923	73
1924	143
1925	307
1926	142
1927	391
1928	220
1929	127
1930	570
1931	399
1932	194
1933	250
1934	654
1935	587
1936	519
1937	351
1938	379
1939	480
1940	455
1941	372
1942	527
1943	366
1944	647
1945	365
1946	307
1947	544
1948	440
1949	715
1950	407
1951	405
1952	317
1953	363
1954	377
1955	433
1956	278
1957	347
1958	417
1959	453
1960	459
1961	347
1962	636
1963	500
1964	755
1965	632
1966	568
1967	457
1968	1,037
1969	527
1970	751
1971	543
1972	1,089
1973	547
1974	660
1975	790
1976	883
1977	453
1978	784
1979	630
1980	945
1981	941
1982	935
1983	839
1984	683
1985	714
1986	509
1987	927
1988	625
1989	2,082
1990	799
1991	988
1992	1,699
1993	702
1994	1,097
1995	1,417
1996	864
1997	1,446
1998	969
1999	1,370
2000	1,237
2001	1,485
2002	1,167
2003	1,344
2004	941
2005	1,001
2006	828
2007	1,687
2008	667
2009	1,028
2010	1,393
2011	1,177
2012	843
2013	761
2014	531
2015	595
2016	634
2017	773
2018	972
2019	717
2020	643
2021	523
2022	793
2023	820
2024	952
2025	799
2026	1,019

Download the Data

Data for records on 1970-08-09: 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	511
20 to 40	71
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1