Weather Records on 1 September 1969

493 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 September 1969. Highest significance: Elkhart, US.

Key Facts for 1 September 1969

On 1 September 1969, 493 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
159 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 454 daily.
Elkhart set a daily record precipitation of 67.3 mm (2.6 in) on 1 September 1969.
Across 161 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

493 stations

493 station records on 1 September 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 September 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Idalia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gemsbokfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Poona	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Khandala	India	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mbarara	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Camperdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yeoval Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kabansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lansing	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa Dam 8	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paud	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Incy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Athens College of Ag	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blaauwkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Follett	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elandshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuthbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aquiles Serdan 46	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waukon 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Malsiras	India	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hilok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vryheid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vlakkloof Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kudal	India	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

493 records

Records set or tied on 1 September 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 256.

Records on 1 September 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	256
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 September 1969 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 38, daily 454.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

417 broken records

Margins by which the 417 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 September 1969

Top 20 records on 1 September 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 September 1969	Elkhart, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 September 1969	Khed, IN	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	59 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1969	Idalia, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1969	San Jon, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1969	Gemsbokfontein, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1969	Poona, IN	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	59 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1969	Machadodorp, ZA	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1969	Pratt 3NW, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1969	Walterboro 1 SW, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1969	Khandala, IN	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1969	Stillmore, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1969	Mbarara, UG	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1969	Goodwell Rsch STN, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1969	Camperdown, ZA	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1969	Melrose, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1969	Yeoval Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1969	Kabansk, RU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1969	Charles City, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1969	Hooker, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1969	Lansing, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	42 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

1797 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1969. 1969 had 493 records.

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

Records on 09-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1806	1
1819	1
1827	1
1831	1
1838	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	2
1869	3
1871	1
1873	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1881	5
1883	1
1886	3
1887	3
1888	2
1890	2
1892	2
1894	3
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	14
1902	5
1903	16
1904	9
1905	6
1906	26
1907	14
1908	26
1909	34
1910	22
1911	16
1912	47
1913	32
1914	23
1915	46
1916	16
1917	24
1918	31
1919	19
1920	31
1921	46
1922	67
1923	75
1924	210
1925	127
1926	182
1927	136
1928	166
1929	324
1930	264
1931	233
1932	550
1933	622
1934	654
1935	584
1936	385
1937	502
1938	373
1939	303
1940	333
1941	497
1942	532
1943	578
1944	377
1945	497
1946	642
1947	555
1948	460
1949	1,102
1950	849
1951	668
1952	644
1953	937
1954	407
1955	413
1956	504
1957	320
1958	427
1959	519
1960	408
1961	531
1962	368
1963	416
1964	621
1965	657
1966	596
1967	1,263
1968	604
1969	493
1970	502
1971	464
1972	518
1973	874
1974	895
1975	939
1976	627
1977	500
1978	809
1979	459
1980	671
1981	649
1982	642
1983	1,167
1984	619
1985	901
1986	964
1987	909
1988	651
1989	823
1990	749
1991	687
1992	1,010
1993	1,122
1994	1,291
1995	1,165
1996	823
1997	1,161
1998	1,159
1999	925
2000	1,613
2001	904
2002	778
2003	1,254
2004	827
2005	901
2006	1,157
2007	976
2008	1,204
2009	1,003
2010	1,313
2011	1,071
2012	874
2013	775
2014	515
2015	661
2016	522
2017	686
2018	399
2019	800
2020	689
2021	751
2022	1,016
2023	720
2024	938
2025	359
2026	521

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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	313
10 to 20	53
20 to 30	25
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	10
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	2