Weather Records on 9 November 1970

603 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 November 1970. Highest significance: Lake Victoria (Cal-Lal), AU.

Key Facts for 9 November 1970

On 9 November 1970, 603 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
104 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 584 daily.
Lake Victoria (Cal-Lal) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 53.6 mm (2.1 in) on 9 November 1970.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 522 records.

Record Map

603 stations

603 station records on 9 November 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 November 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake Victoria (Cal-Lal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Acude Sobral	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Paracuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Campos Sales	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ortonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Redbank Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Araquem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Araripe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Amery	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Parkston 8 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aracatiacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Meadowlands 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Babbitt 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quinault Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pio IX (Patrocinio)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record snow depth	52.0 cm (20.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gvarv	Norway	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis-St Paul Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oxley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clouds Creek State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Geurie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vargem Grande Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Granja	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St James Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Caroda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

603 records

Records set or tied on 9 November 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 415, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 9 November 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	415
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 9 November 1970 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 584.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

543 broken records

Margins by which the 543 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 November 1970

Top 20 records on 9 November 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 November 1970	Lake Victoria (Cal-Lal), AU	monthly rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	83 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1970	Cambridge, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1970	Acude Sobral, BR	monthly rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1970	Paracuru, BR	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1970	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1970	Campos Sales, BR	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1970	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1970	Ft Bidwell, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1970	Ortonville, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1970	Weyerhaeuser 1N, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1970	Redbank Post Office, AU	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1970	Araquem, BR	daily rain	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1970	Canby, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1970	Araripe, BR	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1970	Amery, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1970	Marshall, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1970	Faribault, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1970	Farmington 3NW, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1970	Sandy Lake Dam Libby, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1970	Parkston 8 ENE, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	49 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

1794 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1970. 1970 had 603 records.

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

Records on 11-09 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1828	1
1835	1
1849	1
1856	2
1859	1
1862	1
1867	1
1868	2
1875	2
1876	4
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1890	5
1891	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	2
1895	20
1896	1
1897	2
1898	1
1899	3
1900	2
1901	2
1902	6
1903	3
1904	9
1905	6
1906	9
1907	3
1908	13
1909	11
1910	8
1911	15
1912	12
1913	50
1914	45
1915	34
1916	45
1917	121
1918	19
1919	76
1920	96
1921	176
1922	21
1923	191
1924	89
1925	224
1926	341
1927	213
1928	81
1929	120
1930	280
1931	997
1932	308
1933	652
1934	442
1935	276
1936	368
1937	354
1938	360
1939	346
1940	611
1941	604
1942	384
1943	521
1944	299
1945	1,211
1946	773
1947	499
1948	439
1949	310
1950	903
1951	506
1952	471
1953	483
1954	675
1955	605
1956	426
1957	341
1958	460
1959	309
1960	488
1961	382
1962	611
1963	362
1964	374
1965	227
1966	1,529
1967	629
1968	681
1969	508
1970	603
1971	887
1972	432
1973	996
1974	430
1975	1,339
1976	1,154
1977	1,361
1978	726
1979	815
1980	916
1981	883
1982	1,189
1983	872
1984	920
1985	1,472
1986	1,766
1987	614
1988	588
1989	967
1990	994
1991	2,382
1992	929
1993	715
1994	885
1995	1,304
1996	1,262
1997	774
1998	1,214
1999	2,238
2000	2,444
2001	811
2002	872
2003	732
2004	874
2005	1,655
2006	1,236
2007	744
2008	523
2009	714
2010	1,201
2011	1,082
2012	927
2013	451
2014	475
2015	976
2016	1,247
2017	413
2018	1,217
2019	921
2020	2,410
2021	413
2022	1,489
2023	637
2024	839
2025	499

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Data for records on 1970-11-09: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	516
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2