Weather Records on 22 October 1970

714 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 October 1970. Highest significance: Le Roy, US.

Key Facts for 22 October 1970

On 22 October 1970, 714 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
128 were record highs and 120 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 705 daily.
Le Roy set a daily record precipitation of 73.9 mm (2.9 in) on 22 October 1970.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

714 stations

714 station records on 22 October 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 October 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Cedarville	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Senhor Do Bonfim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Doylestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Barro Vermelho (Ibipitanga)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chemung	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Risdon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tasman Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Orford South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Opossum Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstown Pittsgrov 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lehighton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jericho (Bowsden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rosny	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea (Kelvedon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Brookbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lambertville	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Patamute	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Conshohocken	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New Tripoli 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Runnymede (Whitemarsh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
L'Assomption	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coraopolis Neville Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Phila Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Judbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pindobacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Clothilde Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Lowlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (the Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Geeveston Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tunnack Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

714 records

Records set or tied on 22 October 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 438, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 22 October 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	438
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 22 October 1970 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 705.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

629 broken records

Margins by which the 629 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

22 October 1970

Top 20 records on 22 October 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 October 1970	Le Roy, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1970	Cedarville, US	daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	72 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1970	Franklin, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1970	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1970	Senhor Do Bonfim, BR	daily rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1970	Mount Nelson, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1970	Sorell (Whitlea), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1970	Montreal McGill, CA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1970	Doylestown, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1970	Barro Vermelho (Ibipitanga), BR	monthly rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1970	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1970	Towanda 1 S, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	71 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1970	Bream Creek (Stroud), AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1970	Kellevie, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1970	Killora (Grasmere), AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1970	Chemung, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1970	Maria Island (Darlington), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1970	Risdon, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1970	Rokeby (the Mall), AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1970	Tasman Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	54 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 714 records.

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

Records on 10-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1810	3
1826	1
1840	1
1842	1
1843	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	6
1883	1
1884	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	15
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1900	3
1901	7
1902	3
1903	8
1904	17
1905	13
1906	12
1907	14
1908	24
1909	6
1910	9
1911	43
1912	22
1913	59
1914	20
1915	57
1916	226
1917	74
1918	27
1919	62
1920	172
1921	78
1922	50
1923	105
1924	142
1925	265
1926	97
1927	227
1928	133
1929	417
1930	401
1931	272
1932	209
1933	484
1934	599
1935	874
1936	681
1937	348
1938	133
1939	602
1940	498
1941	576
1942	339
1943	208
1944	299
1945	547
1946	282
1947	754
1948	292
1949	481
1950	400
1951	581
1952	602
1953	615
1954	372
1955	457
1956	324
1957	885
1958	345
1959	524
1960	393
1961	523
1962	203
1963	909
1964	294
1965	433
1966	362
1967	316
1968	300
1969	966
1970	714
1971	626
1972	780
1973	569
1974	910
1975	742
1976	1,194
1977	624
1978	678
1979	1,826
1980	547
1981	943
1982	979
1983	712
1984	1,798
1985	797
1986	1,049
1987	944
1988	999
1989	1,353
1990	1,042
1991	718
1992	1,151
1993	654
1994	631
1995	1,399
1996	1,743
1997	1,072
1998	853
1999	721
2000	1,070
2001	774
2002	1,419
2003	2,006
2004	1,371
2005	1,090
2006	1,296
2007	1,060
2008	846
2009	826
2010	723
2011	691
2012	914
2013	845
2014	603
2015	600
2016	652
2017	720
2018	488
2019	589
2020	1,664
2021	412
2022	955
2023	567
2024	911
2025	566

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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	515
20 to 40	85
40 to 60	20
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1