Weather Records on 17 May 1969

638 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 May 1969. Highest significance: Chinaganjam, IN.

Key Facts for 17 May 1969

On 17 May 1969, 638 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
121 were record highs and 129 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 608 daily.
Chinaganjam set a monthly record daily precipitation of 200.6 mm (7.9 in) on 17 May 1969.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

638 stations

638 station records on 17 May 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 May 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chinaganjam	India	Record daily precipitation	200.6 mm (7.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Little Swanport (Lisdillon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Swansea (Kelvedon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Richmond (Brookbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nubeena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wattle Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bhimavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalgiri	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Towrana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Seymour (Overton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Monteagle	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Opossum Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Steppes (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bullara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kaikalur	India	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Addanki	India	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Lowlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shaartuz	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Interlaken	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Crescent (Serat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Peddapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pithapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Robeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manginapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boolardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kothapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sassafras Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Freeport 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sugartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea (the Grange)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Runnymede (Whitemarsh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

638 records

Records set or tied on 17 May 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 387, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 17 May 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	387
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 May 1969 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 29, daily 608.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

558 broken records

Margins by which the 558 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 105.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 May 1969

Top 20 records on 17 May 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 May 1969	Chinaganjam, IN	monthly rain	200.6 mm (7.9 in)	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	64 years	75 of 100 (Major)
17 May 1969	Sorell (Whitlea), AU	monthly rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	69 of 100 (Major)
17 May 1969	Little Swanport (Lisdillon), AU	monthly rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 May 1969	Port Arthur, AU	monthly rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 May 1969	Swansea Post Office, AU	monthly rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 May 1969	Premaydena Hatchery, AU	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 May 1969	Swansea (Kelvedon), AU	monthly rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 May 1969	Richmond (Brookbank), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 May 1969	Nubeena, AU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 May 1969	Wattle Hill, AU	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1969	Bhimavaram, IN	monthly rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1969	Bicheno (Council Depot), AU	monthly rain	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	12 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1969	Maria Island (Darlington), AU	monthly rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	12 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1969	Eddystone Point, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1969	Mangalgiri, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1969	Towrana, AU	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1969	Mount Seymour (Overton), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1969	Monteagle, US	monthly rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1969	Albion, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	70 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1969	Polavaram, IN	monthly rain	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	17 years	54 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

1802 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1969. 1969 had 638 records.

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

Records on 05-17 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1808	1
1816	1
1834	1
1837	1
1839	1
1847	2
1848	1
1851	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	2
1864	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	2
1874	4
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	2
1883	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1891	8
1892	4
1893	3
1895	8
1896	2
1897	3
1898	6
1899	7
1900	12
1901	2
1902	3
1903	9
1904	12
1905	10
1906	22
1907	10
1908	5
1909	33
1910	16
1911	30
1912	16
1913	24
1914	24
1915	53
1916	49
1917	18
1918	56
1919	35
1920	46
1921	50
1922	30
1923	95
1924	80
1925	326
1926	133
1927	264
1928	127
1929	168
1930	421
1931	201
1932	288
1933	365
1934	373
1935	341
1936	270
1937	183
1938	340
1939	285
1940	338
1941	408
1942	589
1943	855
1944	521
1945	799
1946	586
1947	249
1948	412
1949	544
1950	371
1951	373
1952	777
1953	441
1954	298
1955	570
1956	1,166
1957	469
1958	331
1959	488
1960	402
1961	291
1962	1,325
1963	368
1964	417
1965	462
1966	489
1967	644
1968	564
1969	638
1970	711
1971	723
1972	610
1973	1,016
1974	1,302
1975	365
1976	426
1977	1,078
1978	872
1979	459
1980	768
1981	940
1982	476
1983	1,326
1984	925
1985	561
1986	921
1987	1,054
1988	1,096
1989	1,307
1990	1,135
1991	1,237
1992	1,025
1993	495
1994	858
1995	1,734
1996	1,706
1997	1,619
1998	1,080
1999	795
2000	825
2001	960
2002	964
2003	1,127
2004	769
2005	784
2006	1,522
2007	742
2008	1,309
2009	1,050
2010	880
2011	1,483
2012	711
2013	739
2014	1,062
2015	824
2016	741
2017	1,302
2018	726
2019	686
2020	496
2021	443
2022	479
2023	385
2024	566
2025	928
2026	745

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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	481
20 to 40	48
40 to 60	23
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2