Weather Records on 17 April 1969

728 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 April 1969. Highest significance: Goulburn (Kippilaw), AU.

Key Facts for 17 April 1969

On 17 April 1969, 728 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
305 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 713 daily.
Goulburn (Kippilaw) set a daily record precipitation of 62.2 mm (2.4 in) on 17 April 1969.
Across 166 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

728 stations

728 station records on 17 April 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 April 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dacoma 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fumina South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ryde Pumping Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aberfeldy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glenmaggie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Louriya	India	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sri Ranbirsingh	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walters	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Voznesensk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Callignee South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ellis	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lidcombe (Carnarvon Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sloan	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sapulpa 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (Hazeldale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paynesville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jalpaiguri	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe Radio Kchi	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

728 records

Records set or tied on 17 April 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 208, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 353, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 17 April 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	208
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	353
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 17 April 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 713.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

624 broken records

Margins by which the 624 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 117.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 April 1969

Top 20 records on 17 April 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 April 1969	Goulburn (Kippilaw), AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	77 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 April 1969	Seaspray (Burong), AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1969	Walhalla, AU	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1969	Healy, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1969	Dacoma 2 NE, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1969	Madalya, AU	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1969	Wakeeney, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1969	Blackwarry, AU	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1969	Fumina South, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1969	Giffard, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1969	Ryde Pumping Station, AU	monthly rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1969	Aberfeldy, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1969	Chapman, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1969	Carrollton, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1969	Glenmaggie Weir, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1969	Stradbroke West (Inglenook), AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1969	Leoti, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1969	Huntingdon, CA	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1969	Gove 4W, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1969	Carrajung Post Office, AU	monthly rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	70 years	44 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

1799 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1969. 1969 had 728 records.

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

Records on 04-17 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1807	1
1808	1
1815	1
1817	1
1818	1
1819	1
1823	1
1825	1
1830	1
1835	3
1837	1
1845	1
1847	2
1851	1
1852	3
1853	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1862	1
1865	2
1868	1
1873	4
1874	1
1875	3
1877	4
1878	2
1880	2
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	4
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	3
1899	1
1900	2
1901	4
1902	4
1903	5
1904	19
1905	11
1906	14
1907	16
1908	38
1909	7
1910	29
1911	33
1912	27
1913	20
1914	83
1915	30
1916	30
1917	32
1918	35
1919	39
1920	87
1921	148
1922	96
1923	71
1924	74
1925	103
1926	140
1927	256
1928	308
1929	145
1930	238
1931	216
1932	615
1933	261
1934	234
1935	374
1936	308
1937	439
1938	564
1939	618
1940	337
1941	460
1942	415
1943	285
1944	334
1945	475
1946	492
1947	461
1948	622
1949	439
1950	293
1951	441
1952	529
1953	818
1954	650
1955	394
1956	486
1957	277
1958	702
1959	434
1960	553
1961	667
1962	597
1963	702
1964	766
1965	411
1966	409
1967	935
1968	745
1969	728
1970	547
1971	924
1972	546
1973	589
1974	244
1975	666
1976	1,630
1977	906
1978	620
1979	810
1980	675
1981	621
1982	965
1983	1,365
1984	720
1985	917
1986	997
1987	960
1988	1,082
1989	638
1990	1,065
1991	614
1992	1,105
1993	847
1994	1,047
1995	1,211
1996	1,044
1997	889
1998	1,795
1999	1,730
2000	1,082
2001	1,013
2002	2,284
2003	1,037
2004	761
2005	572
2006	1,430
2007	863
2008	842
2009	779
2010	606
2011	982
2012	920
2013	1,796
2014	913
2015	813
2016	977
2017	469
2018	1,585
2019	458
2020	1,165
2021	701
2022	831
2023	628
2024	690
2025	1,058
2026	838

Download the Data

Data for records on 1969-04-17: 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 20	567
20 to 40	44
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1