Weather Records on 3 September 1969

516 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 September 1969. Highest significance: Aberdeen Phillips Fld, US.

Key Facts for 3 September 1969

On 3 September 1969, 516 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
105 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 502 daily.
Aberdeen Phillips Fld set a monthly record daily precipitation of 162.1 mm (6.4 in) on 3 September 1969.
Across 170 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

516 stations

516 station records on 3 September 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 September 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mahad	India	Record daily precipitation	207.0 mm (8.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stettler	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Meanook	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marcus Hook	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Porter Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholm (Stoke Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Walburg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Scott Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nandigama	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ulverstone (Knights Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huzurabad(Rev)	India	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baramati	India	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Deer	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rabbit Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jersey City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moorabool Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nalgonda	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pemberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roebling	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Umikoa 118	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tenali	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jetsonville ( Muskfield )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gooty	India	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sathenapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Copperhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Latrobe (Coal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dhaka	India	Record daily precipitation	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brushy Run	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenlyon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trichur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chandur Railway	India	Record daily precipitation	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

516 records

Records set or tied on 3 September 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 327.

Records on 3 September 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	327
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 September 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 502.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

450 broken records

Margins by which the 450 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 September 1969

Top 20 records on 3 September 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 September 1969	Aberdeen Phillips Fld, US	monthly rain	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 September 1969	Mahad, IN	daily rain	207.0 mm (8.1 in)	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1969	Dover, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1969	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1969	Daylesford, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	91 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1969	Elkton, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1969	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1969	Trenton, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1969	Stettler, CA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1969	Meanook, CA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1969	Ekimchan, RU	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1969	Marcus Hook, US	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1969	Little Mtn, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1969	Wilmington Porter Rsch, US	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1969	Branxholm (Stoke Street), AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1969	St Walburg, CA	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1969	Scott Cda, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1969	Nandigama, IN	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1969	Elk Point, CA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1969	Neshaminy Falls, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 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

1811 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1969. 1969 had 516 records.

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

Records on 09-03 in each year
Year	Records
1811	1
1823	1
1835	1
1843	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1853	1
1854	1
1856	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1880	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	4
1892	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	3
1898	8
1899	1
1900	3
1901	3
1902	3
1903	4
1904	12
1905	22
1906	14
1907	13
1908	10
1909	22
1910	28
1911	87
1912	76
1913	21
1914	14
1915	20
1916	32
1917	20
1918	135
1919	68
1920	65
1921	116
1922	51
1923	134
1924	189
1925	290
1926	225
1927	67
1928	302
1929	431
1930	120
1931	429
1932	411
1933	270
1934	587
1935	453
1936	342
1937	774
1938	336
1939	656
1940	213
1941	406
1942	451
1943	286
1944	282
1945	404
1946	524
1947	1,515
1948	453
1949	281
1950	654
1951	455
1952	823
1953	846
1954	350
1955	492
1956	482
1957	315
1958	539
1959	380
1960	462
1961	996
1962	415
1963	295
1964	422
1965	472
1966	387
1967	901
1968	378
1969	516
1970	566
1971	570
1972	691
1973	766
1974	2,122
1975	530
1976	795
1977	542
1978	635
1979	755
1980	517
1981	518
1982	699
1983	947
1984	838
1985	983
1986	735
1987	666
1988	1,224
1989	723
1990	773
1991	782
1992	1,127
1993	1,226
1994	1,249
1995	1,409
1996	683
1997	1,274
1998	1,333
1999	1,520
2000	1,722
2001	799
2002	605
2003	1,259
2004	704
2005	727
2006	1,512
2007	1,032
2008	1,183
2009	801
2010	1,204
2011	1,252
2012	944
2013	694
2014	535
2015	760
2016	833
2017	1,122
2018	680
2019	644
2020	756
2021	493
2022	1,587
2023	969
2024	851
2025	533
2026	1,240

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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	392
20 to 40	41
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1