Weather Records on 19 September 1970

437 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 September 1970. Highest significance: Milan Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 19 September 1970

On 19 September 1970, 437 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
153 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 425 daily.
Milan Exp STN set a daily record precipitation of 88.9 mm (3.5 in) on 19 September 1970.
Across 166 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 414 records.

Record Map

437 stations

437 station records on 19 September 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 September 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Zlatoust	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Evening Shade 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gilbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bullara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Webster Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn View	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bernalillo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
W Liberty 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tasgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newbern	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clay	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hanamkonda	India	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haripad	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Forest	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Prathipadu	India	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Honaunau 27	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nullagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mayo A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Des Arc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Murray	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hatteras	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barharwa	India	Record daily precipitation	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Guga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barsi	India	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hyndman	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hingoli	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

437 records

Records set or tied on 19 September 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 253, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 19 September 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	253
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 September 1970 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 425.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

353 broken records

Margins by which the 353 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 93.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 September 1970

Top 20 records on 19 September 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 September 1970	Milan Exp STN, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
19 September 1970	Alicia 2 NNE, US	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 September 1970	Jonesboro 3 SSE, US	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1970	Brownsville, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1970	Blytheville, US	all-time rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1970	Zlatoust, RU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1970	Evening Shade 1 NNE, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1970	Gilbert, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1970	Lake Konomoc, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1970	Bullara, AU	monthly rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1970	Webster Springs, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1970	Mtn View, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1970	Cet Central England, GB	daily high max	22.9 C (73.2 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	85 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1970	Oxford, GB	daily high max	24.5 C (76.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	104 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1970	Union City, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1970	Haig, AU	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1970	Corning, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1970	Bernalillo, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	74 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1970	Calico Rock 2 WSW, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1970	Greensburg, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	37 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

1805 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1970. 1970 had 437 records.

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

Records on 09-19 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1818	1
1820	1
1825	1
1830	1
1833	1
1834	1
1837	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	3
1851	2
1854	1
1855	1
1856	1
1859	1
1862	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1877	2
1881	2
1882	4
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	7
1890	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	5
1896	2
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1901	17
1902	6
1903	16
1904	9
1905	18
1906	33
1907	9
1908	5
1909	16
1910	16
1911	4
1912	39
1913	200
1914	48
1915	174
1916	38
1917	134
1918	62
1919	52
1920	53
1921	109
1922	81
1923	83
1924	90
1925	356
1926	171
1927	152
1928	211
1929	435
1930	154
1931	400
1932	292
1933	343
1934	171
1935	240
1936	152
1937	331
1938	519
1939	292
1940	459
1941	430
1942	830
1943	540
1944	406
1945	417
1946	802
1947	694
1948	457
1949	303
1950	474
1951	240
1952	545
1953	467
1954	557
1955	578
1956	661
1957	638
1958	354
1959	774
1960	344
1961	445
1962	387
1963	403
1964	350
1965	1,080
1966	529
1967	417
1968	433
1969	493
1970	437
1971	1,127
1972	629
1973	438
1974	637
1975	570
1976	390
1977	719
1978	1,139
1979	727
1980	591
1981	1,462
1982	594
1983	1,630
1984	970
1985	926
1986	737
1987	1,113
1988	973
1989	911
1990	874
1991	2,027
1992	752
1993	885
1994	736
1995	1,096
1996	1,069
1997	1,107
1998	1,039
1999	611
2000	947
2001	1,188
2002	866
2003	1,094
2004	964
2005	814
2006	851
2007	633
2008	647
2009	700
2010	1,414
2011	848
2012	775
2013	578
2014	715
2015	520
2016	999
2017	703
2018	871
2019	584
2020	668
2021	511
2022	666
2023	622
2024	707
2025	554
2026	711

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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	325
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2