Weather Records on 12 November 1970

872 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 November 1970. Highest significance: Ballan, AU.

Key Facts for 12 November 1970

On 12 November 1970, 872 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
301 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 846 daily.
Ballan set a daily record precipitation of 46.7 mm (1.8 in) on 12 November 1970.
Across 156 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

872 stations

872 station records on 12 November 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 November 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mathoura (Mathoura Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Toora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Agnes River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lovely Banks (Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bredbo (Bredbo Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Balldale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Patho West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Balliang East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mincha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Broadford Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record snow depth	52.0 cm (20.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith (Wattle Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Argalong (the Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yanga (Warne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cohuna (Goulburn Murray)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carisbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Denison (Wandocka State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton Salines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Redesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carabost State Forest 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Arnaud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tennyson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Little River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Macedon (Burncranna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith (Darra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mitiamo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barmah East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Batlow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Humula (Rylands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tootool (Bryntirion)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Howlong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rutherglen Research	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Neereman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

872 records

Records set or tied on 12 November 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 253, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 496, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 12 November 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	253
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	496
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 12 November 1970 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 846.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

788 broken records

Margins by which the 788 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 390.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 November 1970

Top 20 records on 12 November 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 November 1970	Ballan, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1970	Mathoura (Mathoura Station), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	76 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1970	Anakie, AU	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1970	Toora, AU	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1970	Kilmore Assumption College, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	82 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1970	Agnes River, AU	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1970	Lovely Banks (Reservoir), AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1970	Carrajung Post Office, AU	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1970	Echuca Aerodrome, AU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1970	Bredbo (Bredbo Station), AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1970	Balldale Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1970	Patho West, AU	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1970	Little River (Mount Rothwell), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1970	Lancefield, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1970	The Rock Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1970	Madalya, AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1970	Balliang East, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1970	Botany No.1 Dam, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	77 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1970	Michelago (Soglio), AU	monthly rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1970	Tarcutta Post Office, AU	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	50 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

1802 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1970. 1970 had 872 records.

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

Records on 11-12 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1804	1
1823	1
1835	3
1848	1
1849	1
1859	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1881	7
1882	3
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	6
1895	20
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1899	1
1901	6
1902	20
1903	7
1904	10
1905	14
1906	15
1907	6
1908	9
1909	30
1910	34
1911	56
1912	21
1913	51
1914	18
1915	20
1916	217
1917	29
1918	16
1919	85
1920	198
1921	141
1922	61
1923	99
1924	355
1925	203
1926	224
1927	193
1928	99
1929	203
1930	191
1931	442
1932	237
1933	267
1934	292
1935	458
1936	418
1937	227
1938	529
1939	171
1940	806
1941	294
1942	173
1943	178
1944	398
1945	500
1946	428
1947	532
1948	156
1949	891
1950	458
1951	489
1952	312
1953	413
1954	393
1955	807
1956	243
1957	282
1958	290
1959	605
1960	629
1961	348
1962	233
1963	273
1964	790
1965	362
1966	517
1967	400
1968	1,185
1969	670
1970	872
1971	566
1972	716
1973	1,029
1974	559
1975	580
1976	1,236
1977	767
1978	1,278
1979	686
1980	860
1981	805
1982	1,338
1983	1,116
1984	738
1985	1,727
1986	1,839
1987	1,480
1988	941
1989	1,385
1990	971
1991	1,150
1992	1,247
1993	1,145
1994	1,025
1995	1,856
1996	1,235
1997	1,334
1998	1,214
1999	1,762
2000	1,796
2001	772
2002	1,057
2003	1,100
2004	847
2005	1,017
2006	827
2007	617
2008	680
2009	1,124
2010	1,229
2011	572
2012	1,008
2013	703
2014	1,192
2015	711
2016	609
2017	446
2018	1,277
2019	2,525
2020	1,086
2021	895
2022	1,516
2023	437
2024	396
2025	734

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Data for records on 1970-11-12: 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	764
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1