Weather Records on 21 January 1969

927 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 1969. Highest significance: Island Park, US.

Key Facts for 21 January 1969

On 21 January 1969, 927 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
324 were record highs and 165 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 59 monthly and 862 daily.
Island Park set an all-time record daily precipitation of 73.7 mm (2.9 in) on 21 January 1969.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

927 stations

927 station records on 21 January 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Island Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Taraz	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Poranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hamiota	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Ipaguassu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Charvak	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Itaporanga (Misericordia)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Owyhee Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pedlar Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Russell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Opids Camp Fc 57 Be	United States	Record daily precipitation	255.8 mm (10.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parkston 8 ENE	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albert (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adaven	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Porterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Big Tujunga Dam Fc46	United States	Record daily precipitation	199.1 mm (7.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roy 8 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Malta	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pskem	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Laersdrift (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Porcos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Norsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-51.8 C (-61.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barstow	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Crescenta Fc251 C	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Searchlight	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
State Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carlyle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Irtyshsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-45.0 C (-49.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

927 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 274, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 327, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 56.

Records on 21 January 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	274
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	327
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	56

Records on 21 January 1969 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 59, daily 862.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

774 broken records

Margins by which the 774 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 635.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 January 1969

Top 20 records on 21 January 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 1969	Island Park, US	all-time rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1969	Taraz, KZ	monthly rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1969	Poranga, BR	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1969	Hamiota, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1969	Acude Ipaguassu, BR	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1969	Charvak, UZ	monthly rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1969	Itaporanga (Misericordia), BR	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1969	Priest Valley, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1969	Owyhee Dam, US	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1969	Pedlar Dam, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1969	Russell, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	81 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1969	Arthur 4NW, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1969	Santuck, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1969	Opids Camp Fc 57 Be, US	daily rain	255.8 mm (10.1 in)	187.7 mm (7.4 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1969	Warsaw 2 NW, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1969	Low Isles Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1969	Parkston 8 ENE, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1969	Brandon Cda, CA	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	4.9 cm (1.9 in)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1969	Khorog, TJ	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1969	Fairmont, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	30 years	40 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

1793 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1969. 1969 had 927 records.

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

Records on 01-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1800	2
1803	1
1804	2
1829	1
1838	3
1840	2
1845	2
1846	1
1850	2
1864	2
1866	4
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1876	1
1878	4
1880	3
1881	4
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	15
1900	5
1901	4
1902	8
1903	18
1904	30
1905	3
1906	53
1907	10
1908	11
1909	25
1910	11
1911	8
1912	7
1913	23
1914	37
1915	47
1916	38
1917	83
1918	49
1919	14
1920	75
1921	54
1922	35
1923	62
1924	535
1925	103
1926	157
1927	447
1928	206
1929	132
1930	616
1931	112
1932	167
1933	572
1934	255
1935	771
1936	314
1937	852
1938	250
1939	305
1940	562
1941	205
1942	522
1943	1,168
1944	324
1945	290
1946	339
1947	205
1948	387
1949	452
1950	643
1951	367
1952	436
1953	325
1954	1,094
1955	399
1956	653
1957	527
1958	506
1959	936
1960	319
1961	746
1962	741
1963	761
1964	771
1965	251
1966	636
1967	511
1968	1,179
1969	927
1970	1,770
1971	672
1972	598
1973	573
1974	992
1975	496
1976	860
1977	549
1978	1,301
1979	1,675
1980	425
1981	972
1982	1,339
1983	1,179
1984	2,132
1985	2,457
1986	883
1987	934
1988	771
1989	511
1990	927
1991	559
1992	447
1993	1,763
1994	1,195
1995	1,276
1996	528
1997	950
1998	606
1999	1,387
2000	686
2001	736
2002	796
2003	690
2004	535
2005	1,111
2006	1,116
2007	1,955
2008	1,061
2009	788
2010	1,166
2011	836
2012	1,148
2013	455
2014	522
2015	426
2016	580
2017	1,248
2018	664
2019	526
2020	894
2021	626
2022	430
2023	517
2024	1,015
2025	1,386
2026	201

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	751
100 to 200	15
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	1