Weather Records on 31 August 1969

474 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 August 1969. Highest significance: Hastings 4N, US.

Key Facts for 31 August 1969

On 31 August 1969, 474 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
177 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 454 daily.
Hastings 4N set an all-time record daily precipitation of 154.7 mm (6.1 in) on 31 August 1969.
Across 165 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

474 stations

474 station records on 31 August 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 August 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Belgaum	India	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
McCracken	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Khibiny	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Phaltan	India	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mayhill Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shirol	India	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shirala	India	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr 6 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Ahumada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bhor	India	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uthamapalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fleming	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Japaratuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dahiwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Balagansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ramdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Olenja Rechka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Akron	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belthangady	India	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Lorenzana	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Isleworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Central City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tantoyuca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moncegorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Real (Instituto)	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bilgi	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Badagara	India	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gadhinglaj	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Primghar	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

474 records

Records set or tied on 31 August 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 209.

Records on 31 August 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	209
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 August 1969 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 454.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

390 broken records

Margins by which the 390 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 93.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 August 1969

Top 20 records on 31 August 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 August 1969	Hastings 4N, US	all-time rain	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	71 years	74 of 100 (Major)
31 August 1969	Minden, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 August 1969	Franklin, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 August 1969	Belgaum, IN	daily rain	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 August 1969	McCracken, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 August 1969	Walthill 1E, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 August 1969	Khibiny, RU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1969	Phaltan, IN	daily rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1969	Gove 4W, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1969	Mayhill Rs, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1969	Shirol, IN	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1969	Shirala, IN	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1969	Sibley, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1969	Wisconsin Rapids, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1969	Loup City, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1969	Webster City, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1969	Clay Ctr 6 ESE, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1969	Villa Ahumada, MX	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1969	Namdalseid, NO	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1969	Holdrege, US	monthly rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	54 years	41 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

1796 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1969. 1969 had 474 records.

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

Records on 08-31 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1807	2
1813	1
1814	1
1816	1
1827	1
1836	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1886	5
1887	1
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	5
1898	10
1899	4
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	16
1904	13
1905	8
1906	47
1907	6
1908	12
1909	39
1910	20
1911	31
1912	34
1913	40
1914	23
1915	71
1916	7
1917	60
1918	58
1919	25
1920	46
1921	86
1922	58
1923	63
1924	232
1925	111
1926	148
1927	103
1928	201
1929	300
1930	243
1931	192
1932	807
1933	424
1934	381
1935	540
1936	226
1937	508
1938	324
1939	296
1940	400
1941	528
1942	422
1943	650
1944	638
1945	572
1946	545
1947	473
1948	367
1949	409
1950	662
1951	910
1952	388
1953	1,054
1954	633
1955	539
1956	734
1957	317
1958	417
1959	496
1960	366
1961	625
1962	432
1963	415
1964	591
1965	886
1966	830
1967	952
1968	562
1969	474
1970	558
1971	326
1972	287
1973	793
1974	587
1975	658
1976	732
1977	621
1978	891
1979	400
1980	701
1981	692
1982	586
1983	788
1984	866
1985	854
1986	1,218
1987	836
1988	570
1989	622
1990	966
1991	848
1992	1,274
1993	1,286
1994	1,139
1995	1,077
1996	1,451
1997	943
1998	1,163
1999	988
2000	1,545
2001	944
2002	852
2003	1,232
2004	963
2005	1,782
2006	1,147
2007	1,110
2008	870
2009	1,224
2010	1,490
2011	994
2012	932
2013	771
2014	458
2015	1,074
2016	599
2017	596
2018	366
2019	781
2020	737
2021	553
2022	1,191
2023	600
2024	766
2025	307
2026	595

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Data for records on 1969-08-31: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	341
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2