Weather Records on 20 May 1969

885 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 May 1969. Highest significance: Tiruvur(Tiruvvru), IN.

Key Facts for 20 May 1969

On 20 May 1969, 885 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
165 were record highs and 129 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 850 daily.
Tiruvur(Tiruvvru) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 263.5 mm (10.4 in) on 20 May 1969.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

885 stations

885 station records on 20 May 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 May 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tiruvur(Tiruvvru)	India	Record daily precipitation	263.5 mm (10.4 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Nandigama	India	Record daily precipitation	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bronkhorstfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Darby	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Galeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jaggiayapet	India	Record daily precipitation	137.6 mm (5.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kareepan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yarima	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rienzi	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nooitgedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Witbankfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mahbubabad	India	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Krugersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Narsampet	India	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Geluk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pelserskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leeudoringstad (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Catharinasvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maroonah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Overdene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maraisburg (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Senekal (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bishopville 1.4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brandfort (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spitskrans	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sabattis 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gannavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Houmoed	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Doorndraai	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Konotop	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ceylon (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nyabing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

885 records

Records set or tied on 20 May 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 126, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 589, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 20 May 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	126
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	589
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 May 1969 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 29, daily 850.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

777 broken records

Margins by which the 777 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 122.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 May 1969

Top 20 records on 20 May 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 May 1969	Tiruvur(Tiruvvru), IN	all-time rain	263.5 mm (10.4 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	62 years	79 of 100 (Major)
20 May 1969	Auburn, US	monthly rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	65 years	76 of 100 (Major)
20 May 1969	Nandigama, IN	daily rain	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 May 1969	Hamilton, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 May 1969	Bronkhorstfontein, ZA	daily rain	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 May 1969	Darby, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1969	Galeton, US	all-time rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1969	Jaggiayapet, IN	daily rain	137.6 mm (5.4 in)	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1969	Sloan 3 S, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1969	Kareepan, ZA	daily rain	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	77.9 mm (3.1 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1969	Yarima, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1969	Sackville, CA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	85 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1969	Rienzi, ZA	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1969	Rock Creek, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1969	Nooitgedacht, ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1969	Lake Placid 2 S, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1969	Tarboro 1 S, US	monthly rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1969	Warranooke (Glenorchy), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1969	Annapolis Royal, CA	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1969	Witbankfontein, ZA	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	48 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 885 records.

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

Records on 05-20 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1803	1
1804	1
1815	1
1825	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	3
1847	1
1854	1
1858	3
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1871	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	2
1884	2
1885	1
1887	2
1889	3
1890	3
1891	5
1892	3
1893	1
1894	6
1895	3
1896	3
1897	3
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	11
1903	19
1904	4
1905	4
1906	22
1907	35
1908	23
1909	10
1910	20
1911	82
1912	20
1913	10
1914	16
1915	42
1916	29
1917	46
1918	92
1919	56
1920	44
1921	234
1922	40
1923	125
1924	189
1925	251
1926	128
1927	118
1928	138
1929	323
1930	129
1931	451
1932	689
1933	449
1934	582
1935	259
1936	207
1937	270
1938	331
1939	266
1940	337
1941	378
1942	337
1943	802
1944	315
1945	498
1946	339
1947	358
1948	514
1949	586
1950	327
1951	288
1952	615
1953	518
1954	822
1955	421
1956	565
1957	728
1958	378
1959	785
1960	612
1961	333
1962	773
1963	732
1964	517
1965	200
1966	416
1967	587
1968	743
1969	885
1970	310
1971	653
1972	612
1973	419
1974	893
1975	1,332
1976	837
1977	553
1978	534
1979	683
1980	751
1981	1,540
1982	554
1983	1,307
1984	867
1985	426
1986	790
1987	1,036
1988	805
1989	764
1990	722
1991	925
1992	1,200
1993	1,208
1994	778
1995	734
1996	1,749
1997	1,106
1998	1,124
1999	673
2000	991
2001	847
2002	2,299
2003	1,201
2004	746
2005	929
2006	1,006
2007	565
2008	999
2009	1,529
2010	1,011
2011	1,117
2012	604
2013	919
2014	629
2015	1,001
2016	692
2017	1,214
2018	460
2019	1,483
2020	784
2021	904
2022	1,643
2023	1,106
2024	478
2025	969
2026	696

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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	687
20 to 40	77
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1