Weather Records on 22 July 1969

454 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 July 1969. Highest significance: Sparta 1 W, US.

Key Facts for 22 July 1969

On 22 July 1969, 454 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 446 daily.
Sparta 1 W set a daily record precipitation of 91.4 mm (3.6 in) on 22 July 1969.
Across 171 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

454 stations

454 station records on 22 July 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 July 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Amenia	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nagarhole	India	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dwarka	India	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Balecove	India	Record daily precipitation	331.2 mm (13.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hotham Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Porto da Folha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hosanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	457.2 mm (18.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Murkhal	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hackberry 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaleer Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sagar	India	Record daily precipitation	204.7 mm (8.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Balehonur	India	Record daily precipitation	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hassan Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Byssa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Koppa(Balgadi)	India	Record daily precipitation	236.2 mm (9.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Srimangala	India	Record daily precipitation	284.5 mm (11.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Changenachery	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eldorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bolshoe Goloustnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stojba	Russia	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Navsari	India	Record daily precipitation	112.1 mm (4.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yellapur	India	Record daily precipitation	243.0 mm (9.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Puerto Vallarta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterfield (Sailor Jack)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Selemdza	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tenkasi	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ootacamund Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Belogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton 4S Mesonet	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rexton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Talavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

454 records

Records set or tied on 22 July 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 343.

Records on 22 July 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	343
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 July 1969 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 4, daily 446.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

405 broken records

Margins by which the 405 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 July 1969

Top 20 records on 22 July 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 July 1969	Sparta 1 W, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1969	Amenia, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1969	Hatch, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1969	Nagarhole, IN	daily rain	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1969	Dwarka, IN	daily rain	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1969	Balecove, IN	all-time rain	331.2 mm (13.0 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1969	Hotham Heights, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1969	Porto da Folha, BR	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1969	Hosanagar, IN	all-time rain	457.2 mm (18.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1969	Vernon, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1969	Murkhal, IN	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1969	Hackberry 8 SSW, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1969	Bundaleer Forest Reserve, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1969	Sagar, IN	daily rain	204.7 mm (8.1 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1969	Jamestown, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1969	Maryland, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	98 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1969	Balehonur, IN	daily rain	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	93.1 mm (3.7 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1969	Du Quoin 4 SE, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1969	El-Golea, DZ	daily low min	18.1 C (64.6 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	72 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1969	Hassan Obsy, IN	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	38 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 454 records.

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

Records on 07-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1796	1
1797	2
1806	2
1808	1
1809	1
1811	1
1813	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1844	1
1845	1
1850	1
1854	2
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1883	1
1885	3
1886	5
1887	2
1889	5
1890	5
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	5
1897	2
1898	4
1900	4
1901	12
1902	3
1903	10
1904	4
1905	12
1906	20
1907	11
1908	9
1909	7
1910	30
1911	26
1912	40
1913	38
1914	52
1915	28
1916	39
1917	34
1918	212
1919	36
1920	71
1921	172
1922	54
1923	107
1924	342
1925	268
1926	345
1927	329
1928	200
1929	267
1930	282
1931	367
1932	291
1933	307
1934	805
1935	250
1936	331
1937	368
1938	404
1939	345
1940	470
1941	236
1942	278
1943	392
1944	633
1945	280
1946	455
1947	1,196
1948	533
1949	419
1950	738
1951	384
1952	797
1953	404
1954	668
1955	618
1956	350
1957	544
1958	450
1959	581
1960	419
1961	519
1962	393
1963	504
1964	418
1965	543
1966	541
1967	295
1968	473
1969	454
1970	1,105
1971	449
1972	715
1973	981
1974	602
1975	335
1976	521
1977	478
1978	1,172
1979	646
1980	844
1981	1,551
1982	710
1983	1,025
1984	945
1985	712
1986	784
1987	1,234
1988	1,001
1989	838
1990	1,026
1991	810
1992	1,393
1993	1,193
1994	1,075
1995	1,241
1996	1,062
1997	1,106
1998	989
1999	756
2000	1,020
2001	1,183
2002	1,002
2003	1,536
2004	805
2005	1,197
2006	1,938
2007	1,190
2008	839
2009	1,294
2010	1,350
2011	1,940
2012	675
2013	604
2014	669
2015	661
2016	895
2017	509
2018	910
2019	513
2020	453
2021	558
2022	782
2023	676
2024	718
2025	877
2026	873

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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 25	378
25 to 50	13
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1