Weather Records on 13 October 1970

672 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 1970. Highest significance: Pentland Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 13 October 1970

On 13 October 1970, 672 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
171 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 661 daily.
Pentland Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 68.8 mm (2.7 in) on 13 October 1970.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

672 stations

672 station records on 13 October 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 October 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Belzoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Whyanbeel Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deeral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karikode	India	Record daily precipitation	100.7 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bizana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich Township	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Dourados (Cpfl) B4-003	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alderley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Archerfield Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moosomin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toombul Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Latehar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wando Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tylertown 5ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tipp City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adirampatanam	India	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkestone, Howick	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Simmesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mannargudi	India	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sawoti	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Evans Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

672 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 347, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 13 October 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	347
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 13 October 1970 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 661.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

553 broken records

Margins by which the 553 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 1970

Top 20 records on 13 October 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 1970	Pentland Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1970	Seymour 1 WSW, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1970	Chippewa Lake, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1970	Rushville, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1970	Amite, US	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1970	Cambridge City 3 N, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1970	Belzoni, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1970	Grenada, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1970	Hernando, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1970	Moorhead, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1970	Natchez, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1970	Ashland 2 SW, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1970	Prospect, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1970	Whyanbeel Valley, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1970	Babinda Post Office, AU	daily rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1970	Chicago Midway AP 3SW, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1970	Deeral, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1970	Columbia, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1970	Karikode, IN	daily rain	100.7 mm (4.0 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1970	Bizana (Bos), ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	41 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

1793 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1970. 1970 had 672 records.

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

Records on 10-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1817	1
1831	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1885	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	6
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	8
1902	16
1903	10
1904	18
1905	5
1906	10
1907	16
1908	13
1909	39
1910	26
1911	13
1912	21
1913	29
1914	21
1915	79
1916	52
1917	30
1918	28
1919	47
1920	41
1921	74
1922	22
1923	159
1924	77
1925	208
1926	137
1927	225
1928	470
1929	169
1930	375
1931	317
1932	315
1933	186
1934	445
1935	310
1936	251
1937	371
1938	525
1939	203
1940	267
1941	555
1942	351
1943	501
1944	350
1945	252
1946	374
1947	399
1948	294
1949	599
1950	704
1951	411
1952	335
1953	275
1954	1,071
1955	535
1956	857
1957	629
1958	535
1959	536
1960	383
1961	433
1962	840
1963	519
1964	515
1965	180
1966	878
1967	307
1968	577
1969	2,308
1970	672
1971	576
1972	534
1973	811
1974	423
1975	1,002
1976	900
1977	1,036
1978	800
1979	922
1980	742
1981	973
1982	1,328
1983	1,412
1984	495
1985	979
1986	1,468
1987	1,155
1988	1,499
1989	571
1990	1,391
1991	807
1992	1,150
1993	932
1994	904
1995	1,224
1996	619
1997	1,790
1998	840
1999	696
2000	768
2001	1,112
2002	922
2003	764
2004	735
2005	761
2006	1,571
2007	602
2008	1,479
2009	1,777
2010	626
2011	772
2012	819
2013	478
2014	552
2015	853
2016	572
2017	708
2018	1,475
2019	874
2020	532
2021	1,413
2022	972
2023	1,060
2024	962
2025	760
2026	776

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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	475
20 to 40	56
40 to 60	20
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1