Weather Records on 9 February 1969

1,116 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 February 1969. Highest significance: Hahndorf, AU.

Key Facts for 9 February 1969

On 9 February 1969, 1,116 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 234 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 39 were all-time records, 77 monthly and 1,000 daily.
Hahndorf set an all-time record daily precipitation of 129.8 mm (5.1 in) on 9 February 1969.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

1,116 stations

1,116 station records on 9 February 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 February 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	91 of 100 (Exceptional)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Tailem Bend (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Lameroo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Wilkawatt Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Binya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Mulcra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Rosedale (Turretfield Research	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Mypolonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Langhorne Creek 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Moorlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Coomandook (Malinong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Roseworthy Agric College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Netherton (Desert Fringe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Seaton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Yankalilla (Inman Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Port Lincoln (Big Swamp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Black Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Stokes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Meilman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (Bringagee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Myponga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ashville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pallamana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote (Karinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (Kalyra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Stonefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nonning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kappawanta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Binya (Merribee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool Motors	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Baring (Kinta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan (Sandleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Netherton (the Glen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,116 records

Records set or tied on 9 February 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 118, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 116, Heaviest daily rainfall 671, Heaviest daily snowfall 107, Deepest snow cover 69.

Records on 9 February 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	118
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	116
Heaviest daily rainfall	671
Heaviest daily snowfall	107
Deepest snow cover	69

Records on 9 February 1969 by timescale: all-time 39, monthly 77, daily 1,000.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,038 broken records

Margins by which the 1,038 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1143.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 February 1969

Top 20 records on 9 February 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 February 1969	Hahndorf, AU	all-time rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	79 years	91 of 100 (Exceptional)
9 February 1969	Stonyfell, AU	all-time rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
9 February 1969	Mannum Council Depot, AU	all-time rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	79 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
9 February 1969	Birdwood, AU	all-time rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	77 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1969	Tailem Bend (Woodlands), AU	all-time rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	76 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1969	Lameroo Comparison, AU	all-time rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	73 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1969	Wilkawatt Post Office, AU	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	73 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1969	Binya Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	85 years	73 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1969	Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc, AU	monthly rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	72 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1969	Ardrossan, AU	monthly rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	71 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1969	Mulcra, AU	all-time rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	71 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1969	Coromandel Valley (Branden), AU	all-time rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	70 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1969	Rosedale (Turretfield Research, AU	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1969	Mypolonga, AU	monthly rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	68 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1969	Warooka, AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	58 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1969	Langhorne Creek 2, AU	all-time rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1969	Ashbourne, AU	monthly rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1969	Meningie, AU	monthly rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1969	Moorlands, AU	all-time rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1969	Coomandook (Malinong), AU	monthly rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	66 of 100 (Major)

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

1798 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1969. 1969 had 1,116 records.

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

Records on 02-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1809	1
1847	1
1849	1
1855	2
1856	5
1857	1
1858	2
1860	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	4
1879	1
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	5
1894	7
1895	5
1896	3
1897	5
1898	3
1899	17
1900	4
1901	3
1902	4
1903	13
1904	22
1905	7
1906	13
1907	9
1908	18
1909	6
1910	9
1911	65
1912	38
1913	27
1914	57
1915	16
1916	53
1917	39
1918	43
1919	59
1920	63
1921	22
1922	43
1923	65
1924	50
1925	642
1926	151
1927	76
1928	176
1929	433
1930	191
1931	205
1932	652
1933	986
1934	618
1935	427
1936	437
1937	638
1938	772
1939	838
1940	380
1941	178
1942	468
1943	438
1944	546
1945	400
1946	337
1947	541
1948	342
1949	467
1950	463
1951	758
1952	334
1953	569
1954	1,034
1955	482
1956	754
1957	1,072
1958	375
1959	578
1960	453
1961	693
1962	546
1963	635
1964	267
1965	677
1966	1,610
1967	362
1968	312
1969	1,116
1970	518
1971	1,015
1972	270
1973	501
1974	425
1975	569
1976	1,406
1977	514
1978	1,274
1979	1,657
1980	1,124
1981	705
1982	1,368
1983	361
1984	559
1985	1,218
1986	1,140
1987	687
1988	786
1989	1,249
1990	1,535
1991	720
1992	844
1993	871
1994	2,208
1995	999
1996	1,781
1997	759
1998	857
1999	1,622
2000	920
2001	2,173
2002	1,390
2003	758
2004	644
2005	1,025
2006	566
2007	703
2008	807
2009	1,354
2010	1,312
2011	1,361
2012	887
2013	598
2014	949
2015	1,228
2016	1,294
2017	1,412
2018	677
2019	871
2020	1,384
2021	826
2022	585
2023	745
2024	1,392
2025	823
2026	660

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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 200	1,012
200 to 400	22
400 to 600	3
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1