Weather Records on 14 September 1970

1,351 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 September 1970. Highest significance: Dundee (Rangers Valley), AU.

Key Facts for 14 September 1970

On 14 September 1970, 1,351 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 874 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 1,294 daily.
Dundee (Rangers Valley) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 14 September 1970.
Across 159 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

1,351 stations

1,351 station records on 14 September 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 September 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dundee (Rangers Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hirekerur	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wandsworth (Strabanne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Garah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bengalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Comongin North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Dumaresq St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Touros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tingha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cythera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Biddenham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eversfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oakwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Morris	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kadur	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wodonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tingha (Crystal Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Listowel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Texas Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wyandra Railway St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tangley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ekari Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Werrina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glanworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pallamallawa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glenorie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dungowan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Ag Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Abbott 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Croppa Creek (Krui Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caroda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haveri	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Dunumbral)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Mihi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jimenez (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cheriton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Sailor Jack)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bundarra (Araluen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Derra Derra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,351 records

Records set or tied on 14 September 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 559, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 315, Heaviest daily rainfall 412, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 14 September 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	559
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	315
Heaviest daily rainfall	412
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 14 September 1970 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 55, daily 1,294.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,164 broken records

Margins by which the 1,164 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 September 1970

Top 20 records on 14 September 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 September 1970	Dundee (Rangers Valley), AU	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1970	Hirekerur, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1970	Wandsworth (Strabanne), AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1970	Garah Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1970	Bingara (Keera), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	78 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1970	Bengalla, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1970	Comongin North, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1970	Delungra Post Office, AU	monthly rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1970	Delungra (Craigmore), AU	monthly rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	77 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1970	Uralla (Dumaresq St), AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1970	Touros, BR	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1970	Tingha Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1970	McKinley Park, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1970	Cythera, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1970	Biddenham, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1970	Eversfield, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1970	Oakwood, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1970	Gravesend Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1970	Cowley Station, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1970	Mount Morris, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	49 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

1814 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1970. 1970 had 1,351 records.

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

Records on 09-14 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1828	1
1830	1
1831	1
1833	1
1835	1
1837	3
1848	1
1854	1
1861	1
1867	2
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1886	5
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	2
1900	2
1901	11
1902	12
1903	34
1904	13
1905	12
1906	14
1907	7
1908	16
1909	31
1910	9
1911	61
1912	50
1913	36
1914	31
1915	116
1916	13
1917	30
1918	35
1919	166
1920	108
1921	38
1922	77
1923	279
1924	95
1925	206
1926	49
1927	455
1928	116
1929	185
1930	197
1931	652
1932	211
1933	365
1934	181
1935	636
1936	609
1937	406
1938	335
1939	1,007
1940	415
1941	227
1942	186
1943	281
1944	293
1945	691
1946	379
1947	718
1948	504
1949	640
1950	327
1951	422
1952	469
1953	680
1954	275
1955	469
1956	479
1957	490
1958	254
1959	702
1960	599
1961	956
1962	339
1963	592
1964	658
1965	640
1966	888
1967	355
1968	369
1969	429
1970	1,351
1971	549
1972	409
1973	854
1974	622
1975	880
1976	547
1977	572
1978	663
1979	957
1980	543
1981	486
1982	1,012
1983	623
1984	855
1985	736
1986	716
1987	856
1988	781
1989	1,127
1990	1,088
1991	999
1992	677
1993	2,279
1994	1,143
1995	904
1996	1,091
1997	786
1998	2,049
1999	854
2000	997
2001	813
2002	899
2003	821
2004	762
2005	878
2006	1,009
2007	672
2008	1,437
2009	843
2010	938
2011	1,132
2012	634
2013	760
2014	758
2015	888
2016	1,387
2017	677
2018	632
2019	524
2020	671
2021	419
2022	612
2023	507
2024	838
2025	527
2026	783

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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	1,101
25 to 50	54
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1