Weather Records on 26 September 1970

721 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 September 1970. Highest significance: Pojarkovo, RU.

Key Facts for 26 September 1970

On 26 September 1970, 721 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
223 were record highs and 243 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 682 daily.
Pojarkovo set a monthly record daily precipitation of 70.1 mm (2.8 in) on 26 September 1970.
Across 167 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 411 records.

Record Map

721 stations

721 station records on 26 September 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 September 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pojarkovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Achalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	105.5 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Papasquiaro (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Plutarco Elias Calles	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cuatro Cienegas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pabellon Campo Experimental	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati Fernbank	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weethalle (Mountain View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Francisco I. Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Matjiesrivier (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guanacevi (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bremer Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boolcoomatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jaisalmer	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nueva Rosita	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Palmito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moorna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Sauz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tyrone Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clover Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Intosh 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Neemkathana	India	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coalville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cookeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winslow AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagar Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Picardy	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

721 records

Records set or tied on 26 September 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 122, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 101, Lowest daily minimum 179, Heaviest daily rainfall 254, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 September 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	122
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	101
Lowest daily minimum	179
Heaviest daily rainfall	254
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 September 1970 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 37, daily 682.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

562 broken records

Margins by which the 562 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 65.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 September 1970

Top 20 records on 26 September 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 September 1970	Pojarkovo, RU	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1970	Achalpur, IN	daily rain	105.5 mm (4.2 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1970	Russellville, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	82 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1970	Cumberland, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1970	Santiago Papasquiaro (Smn), MX	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1970	Presa Plutarco Elias Calles, MX	all-time rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1970	Cuatro Cienegas (Smn), MX	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1970	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1970	Pabellon Campo Experimental, MX	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1970	Cincinnati Fernbank, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1970	Weethalle (Mountain View), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1970	Francisco I. Madero, MX	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1970	Greenville 2 W, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1970	Dublin 2SE, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1970	Springer, US	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	74 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1970	Findlay Wpcc, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1970	Matjiesrivier (Skl), ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1970	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	88 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1970	San Juan del Rio, MX	monthly rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1970	Guanacevi (Smn), MX	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	36 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

1812 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1970. 1970 had 721 records.

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

Records on 09-26 in each year
Year	Records
1812	2
1816	1
1825	2
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	1
1852	1
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1880	1
1881	7
1882	1
1885	6
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	8
1896	4
1897	1
1898	2
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	8
1903	11
1904	9
1905	20
1906	11
1907	9
1908	31
1909	14
1910	11
1911	19
1912	29
1913	29
1914	24
1915	71
1916	111
1917	49
1918	34
1919	39
1920	66
1921	33
1922	277
1923	89
1924	148
1925	162
1926	658
1927	233
1928	427
1929	183
1930	382
1931	437
1932	183
1933	554
1934	415
1935	248
1936	337
1937	175
1938	429
1939	514
1940	634
1941	233
1942	752
1943	526
1944	243
1945	470
1946	285
1947	630
1948	554
1949	430
1950	526
1951	540
1952	572
1953	364
1954	471
1955	304
1956	701
1957	510
1958	493
1959	505
1960	555
1961	472
1962	401
1963	629
1964	570
1965	710
1966	480
1967	411
1968	311
1969	187
1970	721
1971	649
1972	984
1973	927
1974	854
1975	1,215
1976	692
1977	943
1978	469
1979	566
1980	709
1981	559
1982	1,042
1983	565
1984	1,256
1985	470
1986	1,892
1987	911
1988	445
1989	1,008
1990	618
1991	1,110
1992	725
1993	814
1994	548
1995	836
1996	807
1997	943
1998	1,505
1999	869
2000	1,440
2001	1,354
2002	861
2003	739
2004	507
2005	1,541
2006	620
2007	970
2008	896
2009	1,063
2010	1,063
2011	988
2012	538
2013	774
2014	800
2015	815
2016	660
2017	1,045
2018	747
2019	561
2020	1,170
2021	494
2022	533
2023	543
2024	1,196
2025	435
2026	393

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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 10	463
10 to 20	53
20 to 30	28
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1