Weather Records on 5 September 1969

556 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 September 1969. Highest significance: Ada, US.

Key Facts for 5 September 1969

On 5 September 1969, 556 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
136 were record highs and 150 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 547 daily.
Ada set a daily record precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 5 September 1969.
Across 157 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

556 stations

556 station records on 5 September 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 September 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kolaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	121.3 mm (4.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
East Angus	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Amenia	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Colgate	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Juchitan de Zaragoza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nukinenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bastanka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Najahan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maddens Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Armoor(Armur)	India	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petrified Forest Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cochrane	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Garah (Ulinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coolatai (Willunga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Estes Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heppner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baramati	India	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valle de Santiago	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria Asuncion Tlaxiaco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Foxpark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Gouin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cosamaloapan de Carpio (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Matias Romero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Inwood 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Willowghby East Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bristol AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lees Ferry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

556 records

Records set or tied on 5 September 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 116, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 270.

Records on 5 September 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	116
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	270
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 September 1969 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 547.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

460 broken records

Margins by which the 460 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 105.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 September 1969

Top 20 records on 5 September 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 September 1969	Ada, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1969	Kolaghat, IN	daily rain	121.3 mm (4.8 in)	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1969	Elwood 8 S, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1969	Prospect Reservoir, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1969	Helensburgh (Sawan St), AU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1969	Academy 2NE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1969	East Angus, CA	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1969	Amenia, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1969	Colgate, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1969	Juchitan de Zaragoza, MX	daily rain	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1969	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1969	Nukinenda, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1969	Red Lake Falls, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1969	Bertrand, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1969	Newport, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1969	Bastanka, UA	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1969	Broken Bow 2 W, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1969	Najahan, RU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1969	Lynch, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	73 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1969	Maddens Creek, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	38 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 556 records.

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

Records on 09-05 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	1
1833	1
1837	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	1
1856	1
1859	2
1861	2
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	2
1885	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	7
1898	7
1899	2
1900	1
1901	4
1902	10
1903	14
1904	2
1905	17
1906	8
1907	11
1908	28
1909	16
1910	35
1911	23
1912	39
1913	24
1914	10
1915	27
1916	22
1917	28
1918	109
1919	60
1920	47
1921	82
1922	96
1923	204
1924	191
1925	298
1926	243
1927	71
1928	306
1929	371
1930	94
1931	381
1932	315
1933	361
1934	399
1935	432
1936	313
1937	291
1938	244
1939	317
1940	249
1941	470
1942	282
1943	593
1944	387
1945	447
1946	367
1947	557
1948	458
1949	421
1950	559
1951	251
1952	396
1953	728
1954	593
1955	517
1956	637
1957	323
1958	413
1959	367
1960	351
1961	727
1962	922
1963	554
1964	315
1965	899
1966	335
1967	1,092
1968	524
1969	556
1970	754
1971	736
1972	653
1973	669
1974	1,902
1975	388
1976	636
1977	344
1978	1,376
1979	611
1980	357
1981	448
1982	615
1983	1,181
1984	1,185
1985	1,231
1986	711
1987	618
1988	1,309
1989	522
1990	806
1991	598
1992	1,116
1993	635
1994	901
1995	1,168
1996	773
1997	1,460
1998	1,686
1999	1,215
2000	1,342
2001	626
2002	710
2003	860
2004	1,135
2005	502
2006	1,014
2007	1,344
2008	1,486
2009	765
2010	1,316
2011	1,186
2012	1,115
2013	798
2014	462
2015	846
2016	651
2017	778
2018	861
2019	724
2020	1,250
2021	424
2022	1,168
2023	1,166
2024	1,320
2025	695
2026	835

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Data for records on 1969-09-05: 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	422
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1