Weather Records on 8 September 1970

582 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 September 1970. Highest significance: Marayur, IN.

Key Facts for 8 September 1970

On 8 September 1970, 582 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 116 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 566 daily.
Marayur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 110.7 mm (4.4 in) on 8 September 1970.
Across 170 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

582 stations

582 station records on 8 September 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 September 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marayur	India	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mize 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce City	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wisdom	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ukhrul Farm	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wallajah	India	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Godda	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvarur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chittoor	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Namiquipa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salvisa Lock 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vendinga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durbanville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Summit WSO AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Majhgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Culman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chidambaram	India	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
West Yellowstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Point (Bringagee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sumrall	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

582 records

Records set or tied on 8 September 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 103, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 331, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 September 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	103
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	331
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 September 1970 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 566.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

481 broken records

Margins by which the 481 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 September 1970

Top 20 records on 8 September 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 September 1970	Marayur, IN	monthly rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1970	Schriever, US	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1970	Rajkot, IN	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1970	Livingston, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1970	Mize 3SW, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1970	Pierce City, US	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1970	Dawson, CA	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1970	Wisdom, US	all-time rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1970	Ukhrul Farm, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1970	Wallajah, IN	daily rain	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1970	Oberlin, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1970	Godda, IN	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1970	Stellenbosch (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1970	Henrietta, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1970	Tiruvarur, IN	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1970	Marshfield 4 WSW, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1970	Danville, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1970	Lebanon 2W, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1970	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	84 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1970	Chittoor, IN	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	35 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 582 records.

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

Records on 09-08 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1806	1
1813	1
1814	2
1815	2
1833	1
1837	1
1845	2
1847	2
1848	1
1850	2
1851	1
1854	1
1855	3
1857	1
1860	3
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1881	3
1883	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	1
1893	3
1894	9
1895	6
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	13
1904	4
1905	10
1906	14
1907	7
1908	4
1909	7
1910	9
1911	20
1912	62
1913	19
1914	37
1915	32
1916	25
1917	166
1918	31
1919	240
1920	59
1921	299
1922	206
1923	116
1924	138
1925	232
1926	141
1927	177
1928	93
1929	397
1930	156
1931	480
1932	465
1933	728
1934	407
1935	353
1936	535
1937	222
1938	397
1939	547
1940	297
1941	477
1942	375
1943	488
1944	769
1945	423
1946	325
1947	586
1948	340
1949	765
1950	570
1951	389
1952	382
1953	324
1954	309
1955	481
1956	717
1957	427
1958	480
1959	667
1960	678
1961	351
1962	682
1963	378
1964	294
1965	472
1966	351
1967	380
1968	308
1969	556
1970	582
1971	704
1972	523
1973	873
1974	626
1975	564
1976	639
1977	726
1978	1,165
1979	813
1980	739
1981	854
1982	605
1983	1,154
1984	1,123
1985	1,492
1986	1,203
1987	880
1988	856
1989	648
1990	747
1991	806
1992	869
1993	783
1994	704
1995	1,324
1996	609
1997	892
1998	1,331
1999	1,196
2000	981
2001	1,643
2002	1,238
2003	819
2004	1,576
2005	1,015
2006	850
2007	1,112
2008	878
2009	832
2010	1,143
2011	1,554
2012	813
2013	831
2014	515
2015	728
2016	951
2017	978
2018	724
2019	903
2020	1,952
2021	1,080
2022	1,567
2023	1,242
2024	1,336
2025	707
2026	699

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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 20	456
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	3