Weather Records on 2 January 1969

623 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 1969. Highest significance: Helidon Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 2 January 1969

On 2 January 1969, 623 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 218 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 595 daily.
Helidon Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 114.6 mm (4.5 in) on 2 January 1969.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

623 stations

623 station records on 2 January 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Waialua 847	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mooloolah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Greenmount Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Ludgero	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Koolau Dam 833	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Semjachik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hattonvale Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
University of Queensland Gatto	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Do Pouso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Balgownie West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Alagalah St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Manchester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Melva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Back Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Warrana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Nova Floresta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cooyar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ebersberg-Halbing	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dufur	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Britton	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brigalow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sheldon	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bald Knob	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coominya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Attunga (Garthowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

623 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 133, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 213, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 111.

Records on 2 January 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	133
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	213
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	111

Records on 2 January 1969 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 26, daily 595.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

513 broken records

Margins by which the 513 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 661.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 1969

Top 20 records on 2 January 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 1969	Helidon Post Office, AU	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	63 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1969	Warwick Post Office, AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	67 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1969	Waialua 847, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1969	Mooloolah Post Office, AU	daily rain	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1969	Greenmount Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1969	Sioux Falls, US	daily snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1969	Mitchell 2 N, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	62 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1969	Sao Ludgero, BR	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1969	Koolau Dam 833, US	daily rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1969	Semjachik, RU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1969	Hattonvale Store, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1969	Charlevoix, US	daily snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1969	Winona, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1969	Bridgeport, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	62 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1969	University of Queensland Gatto, AU	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1969	Rio Do Pouso, BR	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1969	Bowraville Recreation Club, AU	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1969	Balgownie West, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1969	Dalveen, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1969	Narromine (Alagalah St), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	41 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1969. 1969 had 623 records.

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

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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Data for records on 1969-01-02: 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 100	476
100 to 200	26
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1