Weather Records on 14 August 1970

398 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 1970. Highest significance: Kolguev Severnyi, RU.

Key Facts for 14 August 1970

On 14 August 1970, 398 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
168 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 391 daily.
Kolguev Severnyi set an all-time record daily precipitation of 62.2 mm (2.4 in) on 14 August 1970.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

398 stations

398 station records on 14 August 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kolguev Severnyi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hughes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bandher	India	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Novosibirsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Eucla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nuh	India	Record daily precipitation	128.4 mm (5.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hattin	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Suryapet	India	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pervomajskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rodino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tierra Blanca (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tandur	India	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lagarto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moskovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Volciha	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Adoni	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hungund	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jaggiayapet	India	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Langara	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose de Mipibu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nagarkurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Siruguppa	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chiplun	India	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ajmer	India	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kudligi	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ubinskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chomu	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sohana	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toliman	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Victor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Areia (Ufpb)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hospet	India	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bhopal	India	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Srimadhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chidavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karwar	India	Record daily precipitation	120.6 mm (4.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kochki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ignace	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ferozepur Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ovruch	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Prince	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bansda	India	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kamen Kaman	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dungargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elberta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

398 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 94, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 163.

Records on 14 August 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	94
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	163
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 1970 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 391.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

288 broken records

Margins by which the 288 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 174.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 1970

Top 20 records on 14 August 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 1970	Kolguev Severnyi, RU	all-time rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	67 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1970	Hughes, AU	all-time rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1970	Bandher, IN	daily rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1970	Novosibirsk, RU	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1970	Eucla, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1970	Nuh, IN	daily rain	128.4 mm (5.1 in)	94.1 mm (3.7 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1970	Hattin, IN	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	61 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1970	Suryapet, IN	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1970	Pervomajskoe, RU	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1970	Rodino, RU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1970	Tierra Blanca (Smn), MX	daily rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1970	Tandur, IN	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1970	Lagarto, BR	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1970	Moskovo, RU	daily rain	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1970	Volciha, RU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1970	Adoni, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1970	Hungund, IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1970	Jaggiayapet, IN	daily rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1970	Langara, CA	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1970	Sao Jose de Mipibu, BR	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	36 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

1793 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1970. 1970 had 398 records.

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

Records on 08-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1807	1
1815	1
1818	1
1825	1
1833	2
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	2
1856	2
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1900	1
1901	1
1902	8
1903	8
1904	3
1905	10
1906	8
1907	6
1908	28
1909	35
1910	10
1911	30
1912	56
1913	24
1914	16
1915	17
1916	109
1917	38
1918	60
1919	103
1920	56
1921	61
1922	54
1923	92
1924	319
1925	128
1926	182
1927	147
1928	233
1929	449
1930	627
1931	410
1932	314
1933	349
1934	470
1935	314
1936	612
1937	354
1938	519
1939	376
1940	489
1941	467
1942	364
1943	583
1944	709
1945	572
1946	511
1947	658
1948	373
1949	374
1950	402
1951	458
1952	560
1953	312
1954	457
1955	535
1956	426
1957	281
1958	421
1959	495
1960	414
1961	663
1962	885
1963	811
1964	1,394
1965	451
1966	388
1967	902
1968	1,315
1969	482
1970	398
1971	677
1972	552
1973	489
1974	542
1975	461
1976	1,060
1977	562
1978	834
1979	1,115
1980	544
1981	719
1982	539
1983	775
1984	598
1985	1,095
1986	775
1987	1,157
1988	1,301
1989	728
1990	737
1991	856
1992	1,709
1993	887
1994	1,149
1995	1,444
1996	954
1997	922
1998	1,100
1999	1,329
2000	1,117
2001	806
2002	1,576
2003	1,913
2004	1,936
2005	1,340
2006	1,073
2007	1,340
2008	798
2009	818
2010	1,704
2011	772
2012	758
2013	612
2014	651
2015	931
2016	824
2017	559
2018	397
2019	578
2020	1,009
2021	932
2022	771
2023	1,116
2024	1,045
2025	798
2026	1,211

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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	265
25 to 50	14
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1