Weather Records on 21 April 1969

388 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 April 1969. Highest significance: Catus, FR.

Key Facts for 21 April 1969

On 21 April 1969, 388 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 369 daily.
Catus set a monthly record daily precipitation of 46.4 mm (1.8 in) on 21 April 1969.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

388 stations

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

Weather records on 21 April 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Catus	France	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rawsonville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bira	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zavitaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Usilampatti	India	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arhara	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Urmi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kilba	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Villiersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Neran	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malashahibag	India	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ak-Kum	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Verhnjaja Tom	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Obluce	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sharpes Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uxbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cradle Valley (Waldheim)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Umalta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Propria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Baturite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ramban	India	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ocosingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Diamond Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterino-Nikolskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Partizansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hampshire (Neena Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Anantnag	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Huajuapan de Leon (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Hazelton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Supai	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Groot Constantia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Daudnagar(Haspur)	India	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

388 records

Records set or tied on 21 April 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 201, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 21 April 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	201
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 21 April 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 369.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

318 broken records

Margins by which the 318 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 April 1969

Top 20 records on 21 April 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 April 1969	Catus, FR	monthly rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1969	Rawsonville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1969	Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus, DE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1969	Bira, RU	monthly rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1969	Bordeaux-Merignac, FR	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1969	Zavitaja, RU	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1969	Usilampatti, IN	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1969	Arhara, RU	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1969	Urmi, RU	monthly rain	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1969	Hyannis, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	71 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1969	Kilba, IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1969	Villiersdorp, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1969	Aibonito 1 S, PR	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1969	Neran, RU	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1969	Malashahibag, IN	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1969	Ak-Kum, KZ	monthly rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1969	Verhnjaja Tom, RU	monthly rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1969	Obluce, RU	monthly rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1969	Manchester, US	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	81 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1969	Kluitjeskraal (Bos), ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	66 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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 388 records.

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

Records on 04-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1814	1
1820	1
1838	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	3
1854	1
1858	3
1861	2
1865	3
1866	1
1868	1
1870	1
1875	4
1876	2
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	2
1888	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	2
1900	7
1901	17
1902	7
1903	3
1904	10
1905	18
1906	5
1907	17
1908	25
1909	20
1910	33
1911	9
1912	22
1913	14
1914	220
1915	24
1916	64
1917	48
1918	84
1919	31
1920	85
1921	59
1922	70
1923	223
1924	119
1925	295
1926	148
1927	284
1928	269
1929	193
1930	127
1931	358
1932	304
1933	201
1934	497
1935	266
1936	277
1937	416
1938	295
1939	110
1940	462
1941	306
1942	285
1943	481
1944	261
1945	367
1946	448
1947	459
1948	365
1949	448
1950	529
1951	884
1952	665
1953	640
1954	527
1955	607
1956	497
1957	824
1958	329
1959	505
1960	889
1961	647
1962	319
1963	778
1964	1,125
1965	658
1966	756
1967	903
1968	655
1969	388
1970	728
1971	546
1972	593
1973	1,163
1974	528
1975	360
1976	452
1977	854
1978	735
1979	449
1980	1,934
1981	944
1982	1,075
1983	1,366
1984	1,231
1985	1,245
1986	977
1987	1,290
1988	898
1989	1,557
1990	1,463
1991	1,291
1992	1,763
1993	847
1994	859
1995	1,476
1996	788
1997	964
1998	876
1999	752
2000	921
2001	967
2002	1,312
2003	607
2004	586
2005	693
2006	761
2007	480
2008	1,327
2009	983
2010	805
2011	1,053
2012	687
2013	1,015
2014	393
2015	621
2016	587
2017	797
2018	862
2019	731
2020	397
2021	1,608
2022	433
2023	886
2024	754
2025	506
2026	853

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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 10	271
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2