Weather Records on 14 October 1970

759 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 October 1970. Highest significance: Marayur, IN.

Key Facts for 14 October 1970

On 14 October 1970, 759 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
317 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 755 daily.
Marayur set an all-time record daily precipitation of 303.0 mm (11.9 in) on 14 October 1970.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

759 stations

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

Weather records on 14 October 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marayur	India	Record daily precipitation	303.0 mm (11.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Morris River	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ebenezer (Weltevrede)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yale 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Crane Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Round Spring 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sharpes Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Griffiss AFB	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Judbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn View	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cradle Valley (Waldheim)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tarraleah Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tierra Blanca (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro Trtmt Plt E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pacific	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bolnisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elsberry 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Richwoods	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

759 records

Records set or tied on 14 October 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 276, Lowest daily minimum 86, Heaviest daily rainfall 285, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 14 October 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	276
Lowest daily minimum	86
Heaviest daily rainfall	285
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 14 October 1970 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 755.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

630 broken records

Margins by which the 630 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

14 October 1970

Top 20 records on 14 October 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 October 1970	Marayur, IN	all-time rain	303.0 mm (11.9 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 years	74 of 100 (Major)
14 October 1970	Morris River, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1970	Ebenezer (Weltevrede), ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1970	Yale 1 NNW, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1970	Crane Mtn, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1970	Tbilisi, GE	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1970	Arcadia, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	67 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1970	Three Rivers, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1970	St Charles Elm Pt, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1970	Round Spring 2SW, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1970	Sharpes Siding, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1970	De Funiak Springs 1 E, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1970	Millington 3 SE, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1970	Griffiss AFB, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1970	Joliet, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1970	Judbury, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1970	Mtn View, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1970	Lamar, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	74 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1970	Springfield, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	73 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1970	Morris 1NW, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	39 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 759 records.

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

Records on 10-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1809	1
1811	2
1817	1
1834	1
1836	1
1838	1
1849	1
1850	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	2
1866	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	6
1877	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	6
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1894	9
1895	6
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	7
1900	7
1901	6
1902	7
1903	6
1904	5
1905	10
1906	7
1907	11
1908	12
1909	13
1910	14
1911	8
1912	33
1913	37
1914	26
1915	80
1916	29
1917	47
1918	26
1919	36
1920	63
1921	107
1922	35
1923	90
1924	61
1925	237
1926	120
1927	167
1928	251
1929	286
1930	233
1931	338
1932	278
1933	231
1934	435
1935	305
1936	239
1937	1,219
1938	491
1939	268
1940	320
1941	413
1942	411
1943	358
1944	277
1945	419
1946	398
1947	667
1948	292
1949	697
1950	432
1951	319
1952	447
1953	318
1954	982
1955	540
1956	523
1957	491
1958	630
1959	747
1960	437
1961	578
1962	1,082
1963	573
1964	477
1965	252
1966	1,224
1967	259
1968	942
1969	1,507
1970	759
1971	645
1972	463
1973	553
1974	622
1975	991
1976	862
1977	954
1978	856
1979	1,056
1980	674
1981	1,155
1982	684
1983	889
1984	639
1985	816
1986	1,457
1987	1,078
1988	1,297
1989	587
1990	1,469
1991	817
1992	1,350
1993	1,223
1994	1,049
1995	1,277
1996	559
1997	1,098
1998	930
1999	957
2000	1,073
2001	1,431
2002	868
2003	771
2004	721
2005	755
2006	1,298
2007	610
2008	1,017
2009	2,473
2010	642
2011	695
2012	806
2013	503
2014	971
2015	991
2016	704
2017	1,048
2018	2,218
2019	616
2020	639
2021	1,230
2022	876
2023	468
2024	918
2025	853
2026	488

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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	561
20 to 40	55
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1