Weather Records on 7 May 1969

678 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 1969. Highest significance: Georgetown, US.

Key Facts for 7 May 1969

On 7 May 1969, 678 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
147 were record highs and 185 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 636 daily.
Georgetown set an all-time record daily precipitation of 100.3 mm (3.9 in) on 7 May 1969.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

678 stations

678 station records on 7 May 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Chodavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	210.3 mm (8.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wymore	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fraser	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kassler	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Byers 5 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cibecue	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Denver WSO City	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Triunfo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bailey	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Safford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parker 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Do Belmonte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cibecue	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haigler	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Akron Washington Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Angostura	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

678 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Lowest daily maximum 109, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 338, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 7 May 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	109
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	338
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 7 May 1969 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 39, daily 636.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

590 broken records

Margins by which the 590 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 1969

Top 20 records on 7 May 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 1969	Georgetown, US	all-time rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
7 May 1969	Grand Lake 1 NW, US	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	72 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1969	Estes Park, US	monthly rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	70 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1969	Tranebjerg, DK	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	95 years	68 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1969	Fairbury 7S, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1969	Chodavaram, IN	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1969	Cleburne, US	all-time rain	210.3 mm (8.3 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1969	Idaho Springs, US	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	11 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1969	Wymore, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	69 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1969	Fraser, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1969	Stamford 1, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1969	Cheesman, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1969	Kassler, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1969	Castle Rock, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1969	Hawthorne, US	monthly rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1969	Byers 5 ENE, US	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1969	Wills Pt, US	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	62 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1969	Cibecue, US	monthly snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1969	Breckenridge, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1969	Honey Grove, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	49 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

1795 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1969. 1969 had 678 records.

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

Records on 05-07 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1816	1
1825	2
1837	1
1838	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	2
1850	2
1852	1
1853	1
1856	3
1857	1
1861	3
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	2
1876	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	4
1891	4
1892	2
1894	4
1895	2
1897	5
1898	7
1899	3
1900	10
1901	1
1902	6
1903	13
1904	19
1905	21
1906	15
1907	14
1908	29
1909	15
1910	16
1911	14
1912	14
1913	30
1914	37
1915	40
1916	34
1917	188
1918	60
1919	263
1920	59
1921	41
1922	40
1923	119
1924	141
1925	207
1926	227
1927	191
1928	204
1929	224
1930	637
1931	473
1932	288
1933	291
1934	698
1935	298
1936	466
1937	121
1938	467
1939	194
1940	317
1941	317
1942	270
1943	416
1944	476
1945	751
1946	339
1947	727
1948	338
1949	439
1950	526
1951	226
1952	485
1953	541
1954	481
1955	393
1956	665
1957	546
1958	585
1959	335
1960	899
1961	442
1962	381
1963	825
1964	687
1965	671
1966	762
1967	973
1968	756
1969	678
1970	822
1971	364
1972	515
1973	447
1974	743
1975	784
1976	782
1977	662
1978	925
1979	888
1980	593
1981	710
1982	802
1983	724
1984	1,300
1985	557
1986	1,163
1987	1,115
1988	752
1989	1,880
1990	1,024
1991	599
1992	1,830
1993	831
1994	621
1995	997
1996	880
1997	1,359
1998	1,166
1999	1,008
2000	1,693
2001	743
2002	1,344
2003	1,138
2004	1,397
2005	645
2006	833
2007	1,047
2008	526
2009	735
2010	1,123
2011	558
2012	709
2013	633
2014	646
2015	569
2016	677
2017	543
2018	542
2019	522
2020	577
2021	484
2022	784
2023	667
2024	858
2025	635
2026	715

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Data for records on 1969-05-07: 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	513
20 to 40	52
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1