Watertown Weather in 1970

Historical record of Watertown, South Dakota weather for the year 1970 based on NOAA data.
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1970 Watertown Weather Extremes
Highest temperature 99 °F September 6
Lowest temperature -33 °F January 19
Highest daily low 69 °F June 9
Lowest daily high -13 °F January 20
Most daily precipitation 2.6 inches June 15
Most daily snow 3.5 inches April 22
Total annual precipitation 20.8 inches -
Total annual snow 33.9 inches -
Highest Temperatures in Watertown in 1970
Rank Temperature Date
1 99 °F Sep 6
2 96 °F Aug 26
2 96 °F Aug 13
2 96 °F Jul 29
5 95 °F Jun 29
6 94 °F Aug 25
6 94 °F Jul 26
6 94 °F Jul 17
6 94 °F Jun 28
10 93 °F Jul 30
10 93 °F Jul 18
Lowest Temperatures in Watertown in 1970
Rank Temperature Date
1 -33 °F January 19
2 -31 °F January 18
3 -29 °F January 21
4 -26 °F January 20
5 -25 °F January 17
6 -24 °F February 3
7 -20 °F February 13
8 -18 °F January 8
9 -17 °F February 2
9 -17 °F January 7
9 -17 °F January 4
January 1970 Watertown Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
January 1
16 5 0.02 0.2
January 2
11 -9 0.05 0.1
January 3
19 -11 0.00 0.0
January 4
10 -17 0.00 0.0
January 5
1 -14 0.00 0.0
January 6
2 -13 0.00 0.0
January 7
-8 -17 0.00 0.0
January 8
-5 -18 0.00 0.0
January 9
7 -12 0.00 0.0
January 10
21 5 0.00 0.0
January 11
21 -6 0.00 0.0
January 12
7 -15 0.00 0.0
January 13
4 -11 0.00 0.0
January 14
13 1 0.00 0.0
January 15
22 2 0.00 0.0
January 16
3 -11 0.18 2.0
January 17
-8 -25 0.01 0.1
January 18
-9 -31 0.00 0.0
January 19
-4 -33 0.00 0.0
January 20
-13 -26 0.00 0.0
January 21
6 -29 0.00 0.0
January 22
23 -4 0.02 0.0
January 23
18 -14 0.00 0.0
January 24
35 12 0.00 0.0
January 25
27 14 0.04 0.0
January 26
31 4 0.00 0.0
January 27
35 7 0.00 0.0
January 28
33 5 0.00 0.0
January 29
24 -4 0.00 0.0
January 30
32 8 0.00 0.0
January 31
33 12 0.00 0.0
February 1970 Watertown Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
February 1
37 -8 0.00 0.0
February 2
-7 -17 0.00 0.0
February 3
17 -24 0.00 0.0
February 4
30 7 0.04 0.4
February 5
30 11 0.00 0.0
February 6
38 7 0.00 0.0
February 7
30 17 0.00 0.0
February 8
31 4 0.00 0.0
February 9
28 20 0.00 0.0
February 10
32 18 0.00 0.0
February 11
25 3 0.02 0.2
February 12
21 -8 0.00 0.0
February 13
4 -20 0.00 0.0
February 14
16 -6 0.00 0.0
February 15
18 2 0.00 0.0
February 16
38 6 0.00 0.0
February 17
41 14 0.00 0.0
February 18
14 -5 0.00 0.0
February 19
8 -5 0.00 0.0
February 20
34 -9 0.00 0.0
February 21
45 20 0.00 0.0
February 22
43 21 0.00 0.0
February 23
43 22 0.00 0.0
February 24
31 12 0.00 0.0
February 25
30 -1 0.00 0.0
February 26
35 20 0.00 0.0
February 27
30 15 0.00 0.0
February 28
26 16 0.02 0.0
March 1970 Watertown Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
March 1
23 17 0.04 0.4
March 2
43 21 0.16 0.0
March 3
43 19 0.60 0.0
March 4
29 14 0.00 0.0
March 5
41 19 0.00 0.0
March 6
38 13 0.00 0.0
March 7
31 19 0.00 0.0
March 8
25 16 0.00 0.0
March 9
22 8 0.00 0.0
March 10
28 9 0.06 1.0
March 11
29 14 0.01 0.0
March 12
29 9 0.00 0.0
March 13
27 7 0.00 0.0
March 14
31 12 0.00 0.0
March 15
34 4 0.00 0.0
March 16
38 12 0.00 0.0
March 17
41 19 0.00 0.0
March 18
41 19 0.00 0.0
March 19
31 27 0.11 1.0
March 20
41 24 0.00 0.0
March 21
42 20 0.00 0.0
March 22
33 22 0.01 0.0
March 23
41 15 0.00 0.0
March 24
35 29 0.15 1.0
March 25
36 23 0.00 0.0
March 26
37 14 0.10 1.0
March 27
21 -1 0.05 1.0
March 28
27 5 0.00 0.0
March 29
33 13 0.17 2.0
March 30
33 3 0.00 0.0
March 31
31 13 0.00 0.0
April 1970 Watertown Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
April 1
33 4 0.00 0.0
April 2
41 21 0.00 0.0
April 3
33 23 0.00 0.0
April 4
50 18 0.00 0.0
April 5
55 35 0.00 0.0
April 6
53 29 0.00 0.0
April 7
75 36 0.00 0.0
April 8
53 33 0.00 0.0
April 9
56 27 0.00 0.0
April 10
52 27 0.00 0.0
April 11
53 31 0.00 0.0
April 12
39 28 0.76 1.0
April 13
33 28 0.06 0.5
April 14
41 31 0.00 0.0
April 15
50 35 0.34 0.0
April 16
49 33 0.00 0.0
April 17
41 32 0.00 0.0
April 18
39 32 0.63 0.4
April 19
36 32 0.47 0.0
April 20
36 31 0.02 0.0
April 21
43 31 0.00 0.0
April 22
35 29 0.41 3.5
April 23
54 23 0.00 0.0
April 24
65 33 0.00 0.0
April 25
71 34 0.00 0.0
April 26
81 47 0.00 0.0
April 27
76 48 0.00 0.0
April 28
80 48 0.00 0.0
April 29
60 38 0.00 0.0
April 30
52 36 0.00 0.0
May 1970 Watertown Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
May 1
44 29 0.00 0.0
May 2
68 27 0.00 0.0
May 3
72 39 0.00 0.0
May 4
71 33 0.00 0.0
May 5
59 34 0.00 0.0
May 6
75 37 0.00 0.0
May 7
84 53 0.00 0.0
May 8
78 52 0.00 0.0
May 9
63 44 0.00 0.0
May 10
68 45 0.00 0.0
May 11
66 39 0.03 0.0
May 12
68 46 0.00 0.0
May 13
52 41 0.03 0.0
May 14
49 39 0.20 0.0
May 15
52 39 0.00 0.0
May 16
69 39 0.00 0.0
May 17
85 40 0.00 0.0
May 18
88 56 0.00 0.0
May 19
71 50 0.10 0.0
May 20
86 57 0.00 0.0
May 21
72 47 0.00 0.0
May 22
66 49 0.00 0.0
May 23
65 54 0.30 0.0
May 24
77 58 0.15 0.0
May 25
63 41 0.00 0.0
May 26
64 38 0.00 0.0
May 27
56 45 1.12 0.0
May 28
76 48 0.80 0.0
May 29
69 49 0.20 0.0
May 30
73 46 0.00 0.0
May 31
67 52 0.19 0.0
June 1970 Watertown Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
June 1
70 46 0.00 0.0
June 2
75 37 0.00 0.0
June 3
72 45 0.00 0.0
June 4
80 48 0.00 0.0
June 5
84 57 0.00 0.0
June 6
88 57 0.00 0.0
June 7
89 58 0.00 0.0
June 8
88 64 0.00 0.0
June 9
86 69 0.00 0.0
June 10
78 63 0.12 0.0
June 11
78 57 0.55 0.0
June 12
75 61 0.36 0.0
June 13
78 60 0.00 0.0
June 14
75 63 0.00 0.0
June 15
81 58 2.57 0.0
June 16
81 59 0.05 0.0
June 17
78 58 0.00 0.0
June 18
65 48 0.00 0.0
June 19
70 40 0.09 0.0
June 20
64 50 0.02 0.0
June 21
77 48 0.00 0.0
June 22
79 55 0.00 0.0
June 23
82 64 0.00 0.0
June 24
72 54 0.00 0.0
June 25
83 55 0.20 0.0
June 26
75 55 0.00 0.0
June 27
86 52 0.00 0.0
June 28
94 67 0.00 0.0
June 29
95 61 0.00 0.0
June 30
90 67 0.00 0.0
July 1970 Watertown Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
July 1
91 59 0.00 0.0
July 2
89 58 0.00 0.0
July 3
70 53 0.00 0.0
July 4
74 54 0.00 0.0
July 5
81 47 0.00 0.0
July 6
89 63 0.00 0.0
July 7
91 58 0.00 0.0
July 8
82 51 0.00 0.0
July 9
82 52 0.00 0.0
July 10
88 60 0.00 0.0
July 11
89 63 0.00 0.0
July 12
89 66 0.65 0.0
July 13
80 65 0.00 0.0
July 14
84 59 0.10 0.0
July 15
83 58 0.00 0.0
July 16
92 57 0.00 0.0
July 17
94 62 0.00 0.0
July 18
93 63 0.19 0.0
July 19
69 51 0.00 0.0
July 20
76 43 0.00 0.0
July 21
79 50 0.00 0.0
July 22
80 59 0.00 0.0
July 23
80 57 0.00 0.0
July 24
88 58 0.00 0.0
July 25
92 64 0.00 0.0
July 26
94 66 0.02 0.0
July 27
87 61 0.02 0.0
July 28
89 68 0.00 0.0
July 29
96 66 0.14 0.0
July 30
93 65 0.25 0.0
July 31
85 61 0.00 0.0
August 1970 Watertown Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
August 1
82 57 0.04 0.0
August 2
75 54 0.00 0.0
August 3
74 44 0.02 0.0
August 4
83 57 0.00 0.0
August 5
83 55 0.00 0.0
August 6
80 66 0.00 0.0
August 7
80 66 0.32 0.0
August 8
75 65 0.00 0.0
August 9
75 61 0.00 0.0
August 10
82 62 0.00 0.0
August 11
86 59 0.00 0.0
August 12
92 65 0.00 0.0
August 13
96 64 0.00 0.0
August 14
92 67 0.00 0.0
August 15
78 57 0.02 0.0
August 16
85 50 0.00 0.0
August 17
87 59 0.00 0.0
August 18
91 65 0.00 0.0
August 19
76 54 0.00 0.0
August 20
83 41 0.00 0.0
August 21
80 54 0.00 0.0
August 22
80 54 0.00 0.0
August 23
89 44 0.00 0.0
August 24
92 54 0.00 0.0
August 25
94 63 0.00 0.0
August 26
96 65 0.00 0.0
August 27
87 63 0.00 0.0
August 28
n/a 58 0.33 0.0
August 29
88 59 0.00 0.0
August 30
74 51 0.00 0.0
August 31
80 50 0.02 0.0
September 1970 Watertown Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
September 1
92 63 0.10 0.0
September 2
86 66 0.06 0.0
September 3
84 57 0.00 0.0
September 4
90 52 0.00 0.0
September 5
90 63 0.00 0.0
September 6
99 68 0.00 0.0
September 7
77 50 0.00 0.0
September 8
91 50 0.00 0.0
September 9
75 48 0.77 0.0
September 10
73 40 0.00 0.0
September 11
77 45 0.00 0.0
September 12
57 39 0.00 0.0
September 13
51 35 0.00 0.0
September 14
45 38 0.55 0.0
September 15
52 38 0.24 0.0
September 16
57 34 0.10 0.0
September 17
59 47 0.00 0.0
September 18
82 47 0.00 0.0
September 19
86 60 0.00 0.0
September 20
84 64 0.00 0.0
September 21
71 48 0.00 0.0
September 22
69 45 0.00 0.0
September 23
66 40 0.00 0.0
September 24
57 49 0.02 0.0
September 25
55 42 0.00 0.0
September 26
63 34 0.00 0.0
September 27
64 35 0.00 0.0
September 28
68 44 0.00 0.0
September 29
83 40 0.00 0.0
September 30
78 40 0.00 0.0
October 1970 Watertown Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
October 1
74 43 0.00 0.0
October 2
64 45 0.00 0.0
October 3
59 34 0.00 0.0
October 4
78 39 0.00 0.0
October 5
86 48 0.00 0.0
October 6
69 43 0.00 0.0
October 7
44 31 0.72 2.5
October 8
35 30 0.12 0.7
October 9
36 29 0.07 1.0
October 10
42 23 0.09 0.0
October 11
46 34 0.15 0.0
October 12
63 31 0.00 0.0
October 13
48 29 0.00 0.0
October 14
47 29 0.00 0.0
October 15
51 27 0.00 0.0
October 16
62 27 0.00 0.0
October 17
65 38 0.00 0.0
October 18
60 28 0.00 0.0
October 19
58 35 0.00 0.0
October 20
60 39 0.00 0.0
October 21
70 44 0.00 0.0
October 22
67 42 0.00 0.0
October 23
58 41 0.00 0.0
October 24
63 50 0.00 0.0
October 25
55 35 0.45 0.0
October 26
48 29 0.00 0.0
October 27
50 29 0.02 0.0
October 28
37 28 0.13 1.0
October 29
37 32 0.13 0.0
October 30
38 32 0.13 1.3
October 31
38 32 0.00 0.0
November 1970 Watertown Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
November 1
40 33 0.13 0.0
November 2
39 32 0.11 1.1
November 3
36 31 0.14 1.4
November 4
42 28 0.00 0.0
November 5
54 27 0.00 0.0
November 6
47 29 0.00 0.0
November 7
37 29 0.05 0.0
November 8
35 32 1.50 0.0
November 9
45 30 0.23 1.0
November 10
42 29 0.25 0.0
November 11
32 18 0.09 1.0
November 12
31 15 0.00 0.0
November 13
30 18 0.00 0.0
November 14
29 8 0.00 0.0
November 15
38 14 0.00 0.0
November 16
40 19 0.00 0.0
November 17
42 25 0.00 0.0
November 18
42 30 0.00 0.0
November 19
33 29 0.08 0.8
November 20
37 27 0.00 0.0
November 21
34 17 0.03 0.3
November 22
17 1 0.01 0.1
November 23
13 -3 0.00 0.0
November 24
28 4 0.00 0.0
November 25
47 21 0.01 0.0
November 26
22 -3 0.25 2.5
November 27
21 -4 0.00 0.0
November 28
33 17 0.00 0.0
November 29
43 18 0.00 0.0
November 30
49 29 0.00 0.0
December 1970 Watertown Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
December 1
45 22 0.00 0.0
December 2
40 19 0.00 0.0
December 3
31 9 0.00 0.0
December 4
39 5 0.00 0.0
December 5
26 1 0.00 0.0
December 6
24 0 0.00 0.0
December 7
39 18 0.00 0.0
December 8
42 23 0.00 0.0
December 9
27 8 0.00 0.0
December 10
12 2 0.23 2.5
December 11
20 -8 0.00 0.0
December 12
23 8 0.07 0.7
December 13
23 6 0.00 0.0
December 14
11 -1 0.00 0.0
December 15
20 7 0.00 0.0
December 16
19 0 0.00 0.0
December 17
29 16 0.00 0.0
December 18
16 2 0.00 0.0
December 19
7 -8 0.00 0.0
December 20
6 -14 0.00 0.0
December 21
13 5 0.00 0.0
December 22
23 2 0.02 0.2
December 23
n/a -12 0.00 0.0
December 24
20 -7 0.00 0.0
December 25
25 -4 0.00 0.0
December 26
31 8 0.00 0.0
December 27
8 -9 0.00 0.0
December 28
12 -14 0.00 0.0
December 29
24 1 0.00 0.0
December 30
30 8 0.00 0.0
December 31
30 4 0.00 0.0
Weather Station Details
Years Station Coordinates
1893–2024 Watertown Regional Airport location