Weather Records on 23 August 1970

518 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 1970. Highest significance: Rogersville 1 NE, US.

Key Facts for 23 August 1970

On 23 August 1970, 518 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
154 were record highs and 73 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 507 daily.
Rogersville 1 NE set a daily record precipitation of 82.0 mm (3.2 in) on 23 August 1970.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

518 stations

518 station records on 23 August 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 August 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Grong Grong (Berembed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kizljar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Forest (van Diemans Land Compa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lunawada	India	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Odzun	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tashir	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
McKeesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jane Lew	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rahapur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Portageville 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Schenectady	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Petersham 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stockbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cream Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mineola	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse Hancock Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Patterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Camden on Gauley 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vandalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yenda (Blue Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
South Nietta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ofahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pennington Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rudnya	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dansville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Verhoture	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cayuga Lock #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wills Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brandonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Borzomi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

518 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 88, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 291.

Records on 23 August 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	88
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	291
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 August 1970 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 507.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

411 broken records

Margins by which the 411 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 1970

Top 20 records on 23 August 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 1970	Rogersville 1 NE, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	78 years	71 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1970	Coulta, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1970	Philippi, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	63 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1970	Grong Grong (Berembed), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1970	Kizljar, RU	monthly rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1970	Forest (van Diemans Land Compa, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1970	Westfield 2 SSE, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1970	Arkansas City, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1970	Rowlesburg 1, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1970	Lunawada, IN	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	63 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1970	Odzun, AM	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1970	Junction 4SSW, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1970	Minden, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1970	Tashir, AM	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1970	Bingara (Keera), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1970	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily high min	16.2 C (61.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	91 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1970	Galena, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1970	Weston, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1970	Timovskoe, RU	daily high min	18.1 C (64.6 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	83 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1970	McKeesport, US	monthly rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	29 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

1802 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1970. 1970 had 518 records.

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

Records on 08-23 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1813	2
1816	2
1817	1
1818	1
1829	1
1839	3
1840	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1853	2
1857	1
1858	1
1864	1
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1877	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1890	3
1891	4
1892	4
1893	4
1894	2
1895	3
1896	6
1897	1
1898	8
1899	8
1900	2
1901	10
1902	9
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	27
1907	15
1908	18
1909	10
1910	15
1911	23
1912	44
1913	9
1914	23
1915	63
1916	23
1917	26
1918	91
1919	24
1920	102
1921	280
1922	58
1923	284
1924	127
1925	182
1926	99
1927	198
1928	196
1929	240
1930	432
1931	412
1932	211
1933	342
1934	308
1935	220
1936	980
1937	522
1938	654
1939	439
1940	535
1941	375
1942	540
1943	505
1944	578
1945	338
1946	416
1947	1,071
1948	594
1949	456
1950	461
1951	347
1952	456
1953	292
1954	438
1955	375
1956	501
1957	645
1958	402
1959	494
1960	806
1961	644
1962	364
1963	380
1964	724
1965	357
1966	802
1967	541
1968	1,384
1969	728
1970	518
1971	610
1972	614
1973	650
1974	612
1975	627
1976	703
1977	557
1978	577
1979	459
1980	552
1981	663
1982	713
1983	1,264
1984	862
1985	1,187
1986	839
1987	1,119
1988	1,604
1989	902
1990	661
1991	697
1992	1,291
1993	796
1994	738
1995	1,212
1996	1,161
1997	1,599
1998	1,138
1999	802
2000	936
2001	834
2002	931
2003	1,103
2004	862
2005	786
2006	728
2007	1,513
2008	966
2009	1,241
2010	1,244
2011	1,412
2012	688
2013	397
2014	960
2015	673
2016	595
2017	543
2018	479
2019	445
2020	1,093
2021	629
2022	781
2023	1,287
2024	1,150
2025	1,295
2026	592

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Data for records on 1970-08-23: 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 10	290
10 to 20	67
20 to 30	26
30 to 40	19
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1