Weather Records on 6 November 1970

407 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 November 1970. Highest significance: Queenton, AU.

Key Facts for 6 November 1970

On 6 November 1970, 407 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 107 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 404 daily.
Queenton set a daily record precipitation of 74.7 mm (2.9 in) on 6 November 1970.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

407 stations

407 station records on 6 November 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 November 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Adavale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coramba (Glenfiddich)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Keeroongooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Senekal (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marayur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.3 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gvarv	Norway	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mingela Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coomrith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rockdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Majors Creek (the Old School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tingha (Crystal Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ruby Lake Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mooga Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wallumbilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Delungra (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Creek 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wendover AP AWOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Inkerman Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tingha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Petford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rockley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Gouin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodend (Corinella Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zinder	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
McCloud	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yorba Linda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Adaven	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bundarra (Araluen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kentfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

407 records

Records set or tied on 6 November 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 77, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 174, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 6 November 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	77
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 6 November 1970 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 404.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

336 broken records

Margins by which the 336 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 November 1970

Top 20 records on 6 November 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 November 1970	Queenton, AU	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1970	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1970	Macedon Forestry, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1970	Adavale Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1970	Coramba (Glenfiddich), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1970	Malvern, GB	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1970	Chillagoe Atherton Street, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1970	Bloomsbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1970	Keeroongooloo, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1970	Roma Downs, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1970	Warialda Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1970	Malmsbury Reservoir, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	53 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1970	Senekal (Agr), ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	64 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1970	Marayur, IN	daily rain	104.3 mm (4.1 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1970	Gvarv, NO	daily snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1970	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily low min	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	57 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1970	Mingela Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1970	Coomrith, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1970	Rockdale, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1970	Binnaway (Hawthorne), AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	83 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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 407 records.

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

Records on 11-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	1
1812	1
1819	1
1828	2
1834	1
1835	2
1840	1
1842	3
1845	1
1849	1
1851	2
1856	2
1858	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	7
1896	3
1898	3
1899	12
1900	2
1901	4
1902	6
1903	4
1904	6
1905	15
1906	13
1907	13
1908	21
1909	7
1910	52
1911	27
1912	53
1913	20
1914	36
1915	20
1916	127
1917	30
1918	40
1919	60
1920	53
1921	98
1922	84
1923	119
1924	737
1925	139
1926	123
1927	405
1928	86
1929	89
1930	439
1931	284
1932	307
1933	661
1934	626
1935	527
1936	356
1937	124
1938	1,098
1939	390
1940	201
1941	512
1942	373
1943	238
1944	459
1945	498
1946	682
1947	405
1948	1,219
1949	517
1950	314
1951	1,832
1952	193
1953	1,218
1954	442
1955	311
1956	431
1957	359
1958	227
1959	1,800
1960	388
1961	480
1962	343
1963	493
1964	259
1965	272
1966	548
1967	889
1968	463
1969	756
1970	407
1971	789
1972	387
1973	1,110
1974	355
1975	1,381
1976	653
1977	966
1978	762
1979	581
1980	1,353
1981	673
1982	698
1983	650
1984	536
1985	664
1986	810
1987	806
1988	1,010
1989	1,048
1990	1,240
1991	2,360
1992	1,450
1993	965
1994	1,368
1995	1,464
1996	1,720
1997	849
1998	752
1999	1,367
2000	1,575
2001	879
2002	1,220
2003	2,143
2004	828
2005	1,176
2006	1,397
2007	591
2008	1,266
2009	916
2010	1,349
2011	1,046
2012	894
2013	871
2014	453
2015	1,664
2016	838
2017	1,069
2018	633
2019	561
2020	1,351
2021	456
2022	907
2023	719
2024	1,239
2025	502

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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 50	320
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	2