Weather Records on 22 April 1969

500 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 April 1969. Highest significance: Worcester, ZA.

Key Facts for 22 April 1969

On 22 April 1969, 500 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
250 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 490 daily.
Worcester set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 22 April 1969.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

500 stations

500 station records on 22 April 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 April 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Monghyr	India	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Timbo Novo (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Campi	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Karikode	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cream Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albany Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mahespur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saanichton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stockbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ware	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pomerode	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kemptville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Simlapal	India	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Periakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schierke	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kaliyal	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belleplain STN Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dom Mauricio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kolaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wells	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Riverhead Rsch Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Utuado	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pechipparai	India	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aquidaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
White Rock Campbell Scientific	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

500 records

Records set or tied on 22 April 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 172, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 200, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 22 April 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	172
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	200
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 22 April 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 490.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

426 broken records

Margins by which the 426 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 April 1969

Top 20 records on 22 April 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 April 1969	Worcester, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	85 years	74 of 100 (Major)
22 April 1969	Vestervig, DK	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	68 of 100 (Major)
22 April 1969	Monghyr, IN	monthly rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 April 1969	Timbo Novo (Pcd), BR	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1969	Calcutta/Alipore, IN	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1969	Campi, PT	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1969	Karikode, IN	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1969	Cream Hill, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1969	Blagovescensk, RU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1969	Albany, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1969	Albany Intl AP, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1969	Mahespur, IN	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1969	Saanichton Cda, CA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1969	Stockbridge, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1969	Ware, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1969	Saltspring Island, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1969	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high max	25.7 C (78.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	79 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1969	Paliganj, IN	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1969	Pomerode, BR	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1969	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	36 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

1800 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1969. 1969 had 500 records.

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

Records on 04-22 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1815	1
1817	1
1838	1
1842	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	2
1855	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	2
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	3
1885	3
1888	4
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	1
1898	4
1899	3
1900	4
1901	26
1902	13
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	11
1907	12
1908	14
1909	25
1910	27
1911	29
1912	35
1913	22
1914	79
1915	14
1916	56
1917	29
1918	63
1919	45
1920	55
1921	75
1922	81
1923	119
1924	132
1925	421
1926	148
1927	547
1928	380
1929	194
1930	207
1931	561
1932	266
1933	189
1934	340
1935	298
1936	543
1937	368
1938	243
1939	210
1940	434
1941	287
1942	286
1943	519
1944	565
1945	250
1946	555
1947	552
1948	454
1949	377
1950	584
1951	556
1952	636
1953	384
1954	545
1955	783
1956	249
1957	705
1958	411
1959	412
1960	1,107
1961	492
1962	329
1963	887
1964	1,109
1965	512
1966	534
1967	1,227
1968	870
1969	500
1970	1,048
1971	420
1972	780
1973	850
1974	647
1975	390
1976	363
1977	818
1978	765
1979	430
1980	1,632
1981	959
1982	1,073
1983	938
1984	1,128
1985	1,426
1986	1,381
1987	1,054
1988	971
1989	1,467
1990	815
1991	1,272
1992	1,155
1993	1,327
1994	812
1995	1,129
1996	1,051
1997	975
1998	1,174
1999	941
2000	1,202
2001	1,325
2002	1,406
2003	529
2004	647
2005	666
2006	797
2007	650
2008	844
2009	959
2010	902
2011	1,017
2012	1,212
2013	985
2014	437
2015	529
2016	593
2017	470
2018	688
2019	498
2020	598
2021	1,320
2022	505
2023	539
2024	663
2025	403
2026	727

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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 10	366
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1