Weather Records on 9 May 1969

653 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 May 1969. Highest significance: Morgantown Muni AP, US.

Key Facts for 9 May 1969

On 9 May 1969, 653 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
146 were record highs and 120 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 646 daily.
Morgantown Muni AP set a daily record precipitation of 34.0 mm (1.3 in) on 9 May 1969.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

653 stations

653 station records on 9 May 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 May 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Middlebourne 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cedartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
London Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Junction 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Athens College of Ag	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ironton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Olovjannaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laurens	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bronson	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Goncalo Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cartersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salvisa Lock 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arbovale 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palhano	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boaz	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Scotia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Lock Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Magella	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wadley	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstown Pittsgrov 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Susquehanna	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prattville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

653 records

Records set or tied on 9 May 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 379, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 9 May 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	379
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 May 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 646.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

550 broken records

Margins by which the 550 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 91.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 May 1969

Top 20 records on 9 May 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 May 1969	Morgantown Muni AP, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	91 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1969	Clanton, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	62 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1969	Leeds, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1969	Monterey, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1969	Buckhannon, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1969	Washington 2 ESE, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1969	Calhoun Falls, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1969	Athens, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1969	Uniontown 1 NE, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1969	Middlebourne 3 ESE, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1969	Manchester 4 W, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1969	Cedartown, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1969	London Locks, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1969	Marion Junction 2 E, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1969	Madison 3NNW, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1969	Evergreen, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1969	Athens College of Ag, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1969	Canton, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1969	Logan, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1969	Walkerton, CA	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	66 years	43 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

1793 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1969. 1969 had 653 records.

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

Records on 05-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1806	1
1810	1
1823	1
1834	1
1838	1
1843	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1850	2
1855	2
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1867	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1879	4
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1895	2
1896	4
1897	3
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	9
1902	8
1903	9
1904	14
1905	34
1906	41
1907	11
1908	16
1909	34
1910	45
1911	23
1912	23
1913	15
1914	43
1915	27
1916	26
1917	50
1918	49
1919	47
1920	56
1921	102
1922	45
1923	461
1924	262
1925	123
1926	196
1927	343
1928	302
1929	166
1930	526
1931	411
1932	132
1933	482
1934	750
1935	111
1936	622
1937	128
1938	171
1939	345
1940	237
1941	335
1942	180
1943	524
1944	412
1945	538
1946	278
1947	1,145
1948	379
1949	417
1950	660
1951	188
1952	348
1953	507
1954	489
1955	288
1956	722
1957	505
1958	355
1959	252
1960	748
1961	516
1962	435
1963	1,103
1964	503
1965	730
1966	994
1967	681
1968	545
1969	653
1970	372
1971	338
1972	587
1973	386
1974	699
1975	465
1976	714
1977	931
1978	649
1979	1,605
1980	1,030
1981	639
1982	523
1983	872
1984	892
1985	829
1986	1,253
1987	1,481
1988	594
1989	1,347
1990	850
1991	759
1992	1,476
1993	967
1994	573
1995	960
1996	1,260
1997	1,088
1998	1,182
1999	970
2000	1,114
2001	969
2002	1,489
2003	1,802
2004	926
2005	851
2006	738
2007	765
2008	693
2009	816
2010	764
2011	1,104
2012	686
2013	684
2014	754
2015	689
2016	917
2017	539
2018	879
2019	1,043
2020	1,673
2021	501
2022	1,308
2023	474
2024	792
2025	622
2026	309

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Data for records on 1969-05-09: 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	463
20 to 40	70
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1