Weather Records on 31 December 1970

579 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 December 1970. Highest significance: Nullagine, AU.

Key Facts for 31 December 1970

On 31 December 1970, 579 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
86 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 556 daily.
Nullagine set a daily record precipitation of 77.0 mm (3.0 in) on 31 December 1970.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

579 stations

579 station records on 31 December 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 December 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nullagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Teterow	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sunticoppa	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burragate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weeaproinah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Athens College of Ag	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Edgar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nullawarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wyelangta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kelso	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miena Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Doornkom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Richwoods	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pikeville	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pikeville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sandberg	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Red Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Taio (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli Sidi El Mesri	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

579 records

Records set or tied on 31 December 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 263, Heaviest daily snowfall 72, Deepest snow cover 47.

Records on 31 December 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	263
Heaviest daily snowfall	72
Deepest snow cover	47

Records on 31 December 1970 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 21, daily 556.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

512 broken records

Margins by which the 512 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 December 1970

Top 20 records on 31 December 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 December 1970	Nullagine, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1970	Warrnambool Shire Office, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1970	Warrnambool (Post Office), AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1970	Elkins- Randolph Co AP, US	daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1970	Lake Leake (Kooeeyong), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1970	Teterow, DE	daily snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1970	Bar Harbor 3 NW, US	daily snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1970	Fairmont, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	77 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1970	Sunticoppa, IN	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1970	Burragate Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1970	Beech Forest, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1970	Weeaproinah, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1970	Athens College of Ag, US	monthly snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1970	Lawrenceville 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1970	Mount Edgar, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1970	Coldwater, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1970	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily low max	15.9 C (60.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	113 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1970	Nullawarre, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1970	Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1970	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	1 year	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

1797 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1970. 1970 had 579 records.

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

Records on 12-31 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1799	2
1826	1
1836	1
1842	2
1850	3
1853	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	1
1867	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	4
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	4
1895	4
1897	6
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	16
1902	3
1903	3
1904	11
1905	9
1906	31
1907	11
1908	7
1909	5
1910	25
1911	14
1912	17
1913	46
1914	34
1915	32
1916	25
1917	239
1918	24
1919	38
1920	64
1921	130
1922	83
1923	280
1924	113
1925	183
1926	77
1927	491
1928	53
1929	224
1930	58
1931	543
1932	394
1933	409
1934	181
1935	309
1936	567
1937	500
1938	247
1939	298
1940	467
1941	159
1942	352
1943	159
1944	259
1945	210
1946	707
1947	461
1948	591
1949	384
1950	310
1951	1,421
1952	377
1953	410
1954	286
1955	429
1956	216
1957	724
1958	584
1959	414
1960	389
1961	309
1962	810
1963	1,015
1964	388
1965	1,371
1966	326
1967	1,023
1968	1,371
1969	825
1970	579
1971	568
1972	836
1973	1,370
1974	590
1975	791
1976	1,306
1977	641
1978	2,791
1979	448
1980	1,448
1981	786
1982	639
1983	2,220
1984	942
1985	593
1986	616
1987	845
1988	600
1989	506
1990	1,379
1991	703
1992	1,062
1993	718
1994	878
1995	1,151
1996	2,202
1997	988
1998	739
1999	524
2000	1,575
2001	748
2002	1,232
2003	523
2004	1,278
2005	959
2006	2,089
2007	652
2008	656
2009	867
2010	1,544
2011	739
2012	803
2013	606
2014	903
2015	748
2016	678
2017	1,589
2018	620
2019	593
2020	489
2021	1,739
2022	1,497
2023	474
2024	460
2025	760

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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 100	499
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	2