Weather Records on 12 May 1969

506 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 May 1969. Highest significance: Sakoli, IN.

Key Facts for 12 May 1969

On 12 May 1969, 506 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 188 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 493 daily.
Sakoli set a monthly record daily precipitation of 113.0 mm (4.4 in) on 12 May 1969.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

506 stations

506 station records on 12 May 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 May 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sakoli	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Cape Capricorn Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mount Larcom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Calliope Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific Salt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mannersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Trida (Willandra National Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Lindsay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Princeville Rch 1117	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Raglan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chenari	India	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bodocongo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Annanvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Limoeiro Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mussoorie	India	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burpengary Ulmann Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trida (Murrumbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poonampet	India	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Calliope Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Simdega	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bajool Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bobbili	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madhubani	India	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Luverne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bhimunipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kalingapatam	India	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Basantpur	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Nova Floresta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mahlabatini (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Euleilah Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Parvatipur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

506 records

Records set or tied on 12 May 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 168, Heaviest daily rainfall 230, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 12 May 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	168
Heaviest daily rainfall	230
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 May 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 493.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

418 broken records

Margins by which the 418 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 148.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 May 1969

Top 20 records on 12 May 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 May 1969	Sakoli, IN	monthly rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 May 1969	Cape Capricorn Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 May 1969	Mount Larcom Post Office, AU	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 May 1969	Kanpur, IN	monthly rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 May 1969	Calliope Post Office, AU	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1969	Bustard Head Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1969	Pacific Salt, AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1969	Mannersley, AU	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1969	Trida (Willandra National Park, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1969	Mount Lindsay, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1969	Princeville Rch 1117, US	daily rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1969	Emu Park Hill St, AU	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1969	Raglan, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1969	Chenari, IN	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1969	Bodocongo, BR	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1969	Annanvale, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1969	Fulham Park, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1969	Limoeiro Do Norte, BR	daily rain	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1969	Mussoorie, IN	monthly rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1969	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high min	5.2 C (41.4 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	86 years	41 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

1814 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1969. 1969 had 506 records.

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

Records on 05-12 in each year
Year	Records
1814	2
1823	1
1825	1
1827	1
1834	1
1837	1
1838	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1851	1
1855	2
1860	2
1862	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1872	2
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	5
1884	3
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1900	3
1901	6
1902	5
1903	7
1904	11
1905	10
1906	20
1907	53
1908	12
1909	4
1910	9
1911	37
1912	46
1913	6
1914	36
1915	50
1916	42
1917	54
1918	113
1919	42
1920	19
1921	64
1922	43
1923	109
1924	245
1925	275
1926	121
1927	167
1928	192
1929	172
1930	500
1931	350
1932	199
1933	476
1934	293
1935	404
1936	329
1937	214
1938	394
1939	233
1940	440
1941	568
1942	418
1943	803
1944	368
1945	389
1946	653
1947	286
1948	390
1949	414
1950	283
1951	427
1952	711
1953	891
1954	305
1955	265
1956	1,568
1957	454
1958	714
1959	740
1960	1,583
1961	381
1962	713
1963	777
1964	401
1965	196
1966	909
1967	810
1968	890
1969	506
1970	698
1971	668
1972	641
1973	393
1974	702
1975	418
1976	541
1977	855
1978	802
1979	763
1980	684
1981	855
1982	763
1983	1,281
1984	887
1985	1,199
1986	473
1987	1,295
1988	619
1989	856
1990	617
1991	1,177
1992	1,022
1993	1,208
1994	738
1995	1,190
1996	1,420
1997	921
1998	1,576
1999	881
2000	1,486
2001	1,015
2002	1,027
2003	861
2004	1,054
2005	1,369
2006	797
2007	630
2008	858
2009	687
2010	1,250
2011	1,119
2012	660
2013	689
2014	949
2015	958
2016	421
2017	529
2018	819
2019	784
2020	1,338
2021	712
2022	1,930
2023	429
2024	447
2025	940
2026	1,110

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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 20	382
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1