Weather Records on 16 July 1969

702 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 July 1969. Highest significance: Elatma, RU.

Key Facts for 16 July 1969

On 16 July 1969, 702 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
342 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 697 daily.
Elatma set a daily record precipitation of 54.3 mm (2.1 in) on 16 July 1969.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

702 stations

702 station records on 16 July 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 July 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Amery	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lac Vieux Desert	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Maranguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wallabadah (Woodton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Belltrees Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Big St Germain Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sterlitamak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Long Lake 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stewarts Brook Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Severnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Evelyn Sharp Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alagoa Nova (Laranjeiras)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jodhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ulladulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hatta	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moonan Flat (High St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Araquem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Godda	India	Record daily precipitation	131.2 mm (5.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chacon	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Custer	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winter	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quipolly Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Sao Jeronimo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rostov-Na-Donu	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harlan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Osage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Long Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Farmerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Curlewis (Wandobah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quirindi (Boxwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crockett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holualoa Beach 68	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Joliet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

702 records

Records set or tied on 16 July 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 154, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 188, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 239.

Records on 16 July 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	154
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	188
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	239
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 July 1969 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 697.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

522 broken records

Margins by which the 522 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 July 1969

Top 20 records on 16 July 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 July 1969	Elatma, RU	daily rain	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1969	Amery, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1969	Lac Vieux Desert, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1969	Maranguape, BR	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1969	Minocqua, US	daily rain	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1969	Curlewis Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1969	Wallabadah (Woodton), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1969	Belltrees Homestead, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1969	Big St Germain Dam, US	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1969	Sterlitamak, RU	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1969	Long Lake 5 SW, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1969	Stewarts Brook Composite, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1969	Phelps, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1969	Severnoe, RU	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1969	Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1969	Evelyn Sharp Fld, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1969	Walma, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1969	Alagoa Nova (Laranjeiras), BR	daily rain	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1969	Jodhpur, IN	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1969	Camp Crook, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	42 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

1798 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1969. 1969 had 702 records.

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

Records on 07-16 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1808	1
1819	1
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1840	2
1845	1
1852	2
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	1
1875	2
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1890	5
1891	2
1892	5
1894	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	9
1902	2
1903	18
1904	20
1905	4
1906	23
1907	7
1908	21
1909	17
1910	9
1911	24
1912	28
1913	23
1914	53
1915	41
1916	39
1917	90
1918	18
1919	56
1920	46
1921	66
1922	303
1923	180
1924	75
1925	179
1926	295
1927	170
1928	405
1929	192
1930	402
1931	527
1932	446
1933	224
1934	432
1935	284
1936	715
1937	307
1938	213
1939	599
1940	255
1941	363
1942	321
1943	297
1944	193
1945	702
1946	454
1947	568
1948	259
1949	417
1950	542
1951	537
1952	560
1953	366
1954	592
1955	548
1956	417
1957	221
1958	1,270
1959	341
1960	329
1961	402
1962	538
1963	251
1964	341
1965	437
1966	415
1967	1,067
1968	788
1969	702
1970	674
1971	766
1972	641
1973	880
1974	666
1975	742
1976	840
1977	829
1978	1,095
1979	543
1980	1,457
1981	569
1982	985
1983	1,362
1984	937
1985	528
1986	845
1987	916
1988	1,306
1989	1,074
1990	955
1991	627
1992	943
1993	1,053
1994	730
1995	929
1996	739
1997	707
1998	1,051
1999	998
2000	1,207
2001	1,073
2002	1,029
2003	1,492
2004	724
2005	1,023
2006	1,527
2007	1,186
2008	669
2009	839
2010	927
2011	1,221
2012	829
2013	853
2014	1,448
2015	605
2016	706
2017	419
2018	694
2019	476
2020	464
2021	661
2022	538
2023	1,150
2024	938
2025	764
2026	727

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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 10	445
10 to 20	35
20 to 30	24
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1