Weather Records on 4 September 1969

510 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 September 1969. Highest significance: Suhobuzimskoe, RU.

Key Facts for 4 September 1969

On 4 September 1969, 510 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 152 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 494 daily.
Suhobuzimskoe set a monthly record daily precipitation of 40.8 mm (1.6 in) on 4 September 1969.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

510 stations

510 station records on 4 September 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 September 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Suhobuzimskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gregory	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Red Deer A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati Fernbank	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boyds 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jamkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gaffney 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Whitesand Dam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laurens	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttle	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sion	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fords Ferry Dam 5O	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Patterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dinapur Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Voroncovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canoe Brook	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
High Prairie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mineola	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holtwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Calmar	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ra-Iz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wymah (Gwandallen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cumikan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ville Platte	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coffeeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
George School	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muddebihal	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-USA	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

510 records

Records set or tied on 4 September 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 85, Highest daily minimum 77, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 252.

Records on 4 September 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	85
Highest daily minimum	77
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	252
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 September 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 494.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

434 broken records

Margins by which the 434 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 124.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 September 1969

Top 20 records on 4 September 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 September 1969	Suhobuzimskoe, RU	monthly rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 September 1969	Gregory, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1969	Conroe, US	daily rain	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	124.4 mm (4.9 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1969	Red Deer A, CA	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1969	Sparta 1 W, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	73 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1969	Cincinnati Fernbank, US	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1969	Boyds 2 NW, US	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1969	Elizabeth, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1969	Jamkhed, IN	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1969	Gaffney 6 E, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	67 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1969	Whitesand Dam, CA	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1969	Laurens, US	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1969	Morris, CA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1969	Tuttle, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1969	Sion, CA	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1969	Aberdeen Phillips Fld, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1969	Innsbruck, AT	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1969	Shelby 2 NW, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1969	Moorina (Frome Dam), AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1969	Emerson, CA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	39 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

1802 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1969. 1969 had 510 records.

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

Records on 09-04 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1823	1
1833	1
1837	1
1839	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1854	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	4
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1880	4
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	1
1897	4
1898	9
1899	4
1900	1
1901	4
1902	4
1903	2
1904	7
1905	18
1906	16
1907	22
1908	9
1909	23
1910	91
1911	25
1912	29
1913	29
1914	19
1915	37
1916	24
1917	40
1918	96
1919	48
1920	105
1921	105
1922	62
1923	325
1924	167
1925	339
1926	256
1927	68
1928	341
1929	371
1930	102
1931	477
1932	429
1933	424
1934	393
1935	514
1936	309
1937	411
1938	236
1939	434
1940	287
1941	528
1942	323
1943	472
1944	341
1945	542
1946	431
1947	618
1948	409
1949	370
1950	642
1951	404
1952	645
1953	869
1954	372
1955	465
1956	586
1957	250
1958	384
1959	316
1960	552
1961	909
1962	733
1963	443
1964	507
1965	611
1966	428
1967	786
1968	546
1969	510
1970	644
1971	717
1972	513
1973	530
1974	2,279
1975	432
1976	582
1977	386
1978	940
1979	461
1980	355
1981	582
1982	617
1983	1,040
1984	1,107
1985	915
1986	663
1987	685
1988	1,259
1989	681
1990	787
1991	708
1992	1,132
1993	859
1994	1,001
1995	1,287
1996	907
1997	1,452
1998	1,564
1999	1,479
2000	1,336
2001	833
2002	767
2003	1,094
2004	898
2005	998
2006	1,268
2007	1,077
2008	1,335
2009	914
2010	1,804
2011	1,310
2012	1,209
2013	630
2014	461
2015	893
2016	597
2017	881
2018	758
2019	616
2020	957
2021	544
2022	1,256
2023	1,290
2024	985
2025	635
2026	1,222

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Data for records on 1969-09-04: 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	385
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1