Weather Records on 4 May 1969

377 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 1969. Highest significance: Clark, US.

Key Facts for 4 May 1969

On 4 May 1969, 377 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
69 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 367 daily.
Clark set a daily record precipitation of 70.1 mm (2.8 in) on 4 May 1969.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

377 stations

377 station records on 4 May 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 May 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Redfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manatu	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nalcik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rendsburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Riomedina	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Sao Joaquim (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aparan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Penong (Penalumba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Schikfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Boree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Esmeril (Cpfl) B4-005	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Dourados (Cpfl) B4-003	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hanamkonda	India	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Silli	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cordell	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Claflin	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greylingstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sagaredzo	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kovvur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas Smelter	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Roebling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Porter 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atil	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
McGregor	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kadoka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Farias Brito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli City	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose del Cabo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gogland	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Troitsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Reno Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Crossroads 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont 5 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uchur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn - Meteorologisk Ins	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

377 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 203, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 4 May 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	203
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 4 May 1969 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 367.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

325 broken records

Margins by which the 325 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 1969

Top 20 records on 4 May 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 1969	Clark, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 May 1969	Tandwa, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1969	Hobart Muni AP, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1969	Redfield, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1969	Ardmore, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1969	Manatu, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1969	Beardsley, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1969	Nalcik, RU	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1969	Rendsburg, DE	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1969	Riomedina, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1969	Wien, AT	daily high max	28.1 C (82.6 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	86 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1969	Usina Sao Joaquim (Cpfl), BR	daily rain	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1969	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1969	Ash Fork 6 N, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	67 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1969	Castlewood, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	75 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1969	Aparan, AM	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1969	Penong (Penalumba), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1969	Schikfontein, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1969	Cloud Chief 2 SE, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1969	Orman Dam, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	56 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

1795 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1969. 1969 had 377 records.

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

Records on 05-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1820	1
1836	2
1840	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	2
1852	1
1856	3
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	1
1864	3
1865	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1902	5
1903	8
1904	8
1905	19
1906	5
1907	37
1908	18
1909	13
1910	14
1911	37
1912	12
1913	63
1914	21
1915	75
1916	57
1917	60
1918	30
1919	69
1920	43
1921	62
1922	283
1923	82
1924	88
1925	80
1926	230
1927	112
1928	205
1929	177
1930	269
1931	169
1932	104
1933	274
1934	456
1935	518
1936	313
1937	230
1938	445
1939	295
1940	602
1941	436
1942	820
1943	358
1944	872
1945	654
1946	463
1947	649
1948	578
1949	1,130
1950	953
1951	292
1952	698
1953	389
1954	1,045
1955	471
1956	433
1957	433
1958	414
1959	613
1960	443
1961	466
1962	265
1963	313
1964	570
1965	433
1966	1,113
1967	928
1968	304
1969	377
1970	454
1971	810
1972	364
1973	313
1974	367
1975	683
1976	554
1977	736
1978	1,016
1979	1,529
1980	511
1981	667
1982	591
1983	539
1984	885
1985	821
1986	1,128
1987	1,004
1988	591
1989	743
1990	1,461
1991	1,088
1992	933
1993	791
1994	821
1995	974
1996	1,298
1997	962
1998	898
1999	1,167
2000	1,398
2001	1,345
2002	1,343
2003	1,158
2004	1,341
2005	1,152
2006	650
2007	699
2008	624
2009	727
2010	999
2011	1,023
2012	1,343
2013	1,447
2014	602
2015	622
2016	463
2017	669
2018	972
2019	574
2020	504
2021	616
2022	470
2023	681
2024	885
2025	456
2026	554

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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	261
10 to 20	42
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1