Weather Records on 23 July 1969

436 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 1969. Highest significance: Solomons, US.

Key Facts for 23 July 1969

On 23 July 1969, 436 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
124 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 419 daily.
Solomons set an all-time record daily precipitation of 301.0 mm (11.9 in) on 23 July 1969.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

436 stations

436 station records on 23 July 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 July 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	301.0 mm (11.9 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Poonampet	India	Record daily precipitation	267.7 mm (10.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	201.4 mm (7.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Somwarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	213.1 mm (8.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record daily precipitation	167.0 mm (6.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kapuskasing Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kapuskasing A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sangary	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
York Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sunticoppa	India	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (Canobolas Public Schoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sanklespur	India	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moskalvo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hyndman	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cartersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsport Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kallatty	India	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clare (Emu Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Smoky Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Heggaddevankote	India	Record daily precipitation	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg Capital City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Taboleiro Do Meio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dubari	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hudugur	India	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mavelikara	India	Record daily precipitation	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Purcellville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gundlupet	India	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sheldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Virajpet	India	Record daily precipitation	222.2 mm (8.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vandanmettu	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Thadikarekonam	India	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kundha (Kailkund)	India	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cedartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
State Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newburgh L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

436 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 242.

Records on 23 July 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	242
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 July 1969 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 15, daily 419.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

360 broken records

Margins by which the 360 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 156.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 1969

Top 20 records on 23 July 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 1969	Solomons, US	all-time rain	301.0 mm (11.9 in)	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	33 years	77 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1969	Poonampet, IN	daily rain	267.7 mm (10.5 in)	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1969	Pocomoke City, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1969	Alexandria, US	daily rain	201.4 mm (7.9 in)	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1969	Snow Hill 4 N, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1969	Somwarpet, IN	daily rain	213.1 mm (8.4 in)	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	62 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1969	Hamar-Daban, RU	daily rain	167.0 mm (6.6 in)	128.9 mm (5.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1969	Fredericksburg Np, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	74 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1969	Kapuskasing Cda, CA	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1969	Malvern, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1969	Kapuskasing A, CA	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1969	Krishnarajnagar, IN	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1969	Sangary, RU	daily rain	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1969	York Haven, US	all-time rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1969	Sunticoppa, IN	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1969	Madison, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1969	Orange (Canobolas Public Schoo, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1969	Sanklespur, IN	daily rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1969	Moskalvo, RU	daily rain	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1969	Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam, US	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	4 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

1794 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1969. 1969 had 436 records.

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

Records on 07-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1804	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	1
1835	1
1836	2
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1851	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	5
1890	4
1894	3
1895	7
1896	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	8
1901	10
1902	6
1903	4
1904	18
1905	11
1906	19
1907	9
1908	15
1909	27
1910	54
1911	37
1912	43
1913	36
1914	59
1915	35
1916	34
1917	42
1918	96
1919	26
1920	40
1921	221
1922	113
1923	104
1924	158
1925	173
1926	266
1927	308
1928	146
1929	174
1930	214
1931	334
1932	232
1933	432
1934	898
1935	329
1936	403
1937	319
1938	354
1939	277
1940	494
1941	292
1942	265
1943	245
1944	350
1945	239
1946	531
1947	1,240
1948	610
1949	453
1950	500
1951	422
1952	788
1953	660
1954	545
1955	585
1956	402
1957	513
1958	633
1959	606
1960	568
1961	937
1962	465
1963	490
1964	373
1965	368
1966	368
1967	347
1968	480
1969	436
1970	935
1971	648
1972	640
1973	798
1974	578
1975	359
1976	425
1977	570
1978	1,064
1979	648
1980	703
1981	1,030
1982	594
1983	1,324
1984	980
1985	711
1986	1,239
1987	1,164
1988	1,124
1989	868
1990	1,033
1991	1,050
1992	1,469
1993	1,466
1994	1,215
1995	827
1996	1,227
1997	1,088
1998	885
1999	846
2000	1,225
2001	1,242
2002	875
2003	1,649
2004	1,148
2005	997
2006	1,757
2007	1,262
2008	1,057
2009	1,069
2010	1,627
2011	1,907
2012	822
2013	648
2014	783
2015	559
2016	760
2017	517
2018	873
2019	786
2020	514
2021	506
2022	707
2023	629
2024	798
2025	917
2026	788

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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	312
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1