Weather Records on 9 September 1969

603 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 September 1969. Highest significance: Cap Madeleine, CA.

Key Facts for 9 September 1969

On 9 September 1969, 603 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
203 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 579 daily.
Cap Madeleine set a daily record precipitation of 47.8 mm (1.9 in) on 9 September 1969.
Across 162 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

603 stations

603 station records on 9 September 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 September 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Hosanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Houlton	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey Station	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chikhli	India	Record daily precipitation	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nepisiguit Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cosamaloapan de Carpio (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rockland	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ware	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Somwarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Price	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bhiwandi	India	Record daily precipitation	216.2 mm (8.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quakertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aroostook	Canada	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baindur	India	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Munday	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling City	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bulsar Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	219.8 mm (8.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Machias	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
South Egremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coondapur	India	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gaspe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sanivarsanthe	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jambughoda Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	182.8 mm (7.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ahwa	India	Record daily precipitation	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barwani	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kharar	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kiama Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

603 records

Records set or tied on 9 September 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 277.

Records on 9 September 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	277
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 September 1969 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 23, daily 579.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

472 broken records

Margins by which the 472 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 121.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 September 1969

Top 20 records on 9 September 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 September 1969	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	86 years	74 of 100 (Major)
9 September 1969	St Andrews, CA	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	83 years	74 of 100 (Major)
9 September 1969	Hosanagar, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	67 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 September 1969	Houlton, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 September 1969	Eastport, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 September 1969	Bar Harbor 3 NW, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 September 1969	Cheyenne Wells 2NE, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 September 1969	Causapscal, CA	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1969	McAdam, CA	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1969	Gardiner, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1969	Fredericton Cda, CA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1969	Setauket Strong, US	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	67 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1969	Harvey Station, CA	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1969	Chikhli, IN	daily rain	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	121.6 mm (4.8 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1969	Hyannis, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1969	Cap Chat, CA	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1969	Nepisiguit Falls, CA	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1969	Middletown 4 W, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1969	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	82 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1969	Cosamaloapan de Carpio (Smn), MX	daily rain	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	108.4 mm (4.3 in)	18 years	48 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

1806 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1969. 1969 had 603 records.

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

Records on 09-09 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1812	1
1813	1
1814	2
1834	1
1836	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1850	1
1854	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	3
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1883	3
1884	4
1886	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	4
1893	4
1894	3
1895	7
1897	3
1898	5
1899	6
1900	1
1901	4
1902	5
1903	14
1904	9
1905	8
1906	24
1907	9
1908	5
1909	9
1910	17
1911	27
1912	48
1913	12
1914	69
1915	48
1916	16
1917	44
1918	40
1919	74
1920	145
1921	92
1922	115
1923	58
1924	232
1925	248
1926	168
1927	246
1928	108
1929	362
1930	211
1931	558
1932	302
1933	433
1934	256
1935	461
1936	297
1937	242
1938	416
1939	429
1940	294
1941	763
1942	357
1943	596
1944	719
1945	355
1946	366
1947	465
1948	307
1949	1,407
1950	426
1951	338
1952	511
1953	344
1954	283
1955	608
1956	742
1957	390
1958	419
1959	736
1960	492
1961	383
1962	847
1963	400
1964	488
1965	326
1966	366
1967	367
1968	440
1969	603
1970	584
1971	498
1972	464
1973	517
1974	689
1975	555
1976	773
1977	410
1978	702
1979	878
1980	829
1981	1,011
1982	814
1983	958
1984	1,304
1985	1,269
1986	1,026
1987	676
1988	836
1989	983
1990	762
1991	882
1992	620
1993	886
1994	892
1995	937
1996	809
1997	837
1998	1,667
1999	1,013
2000	811
2001	1,647
2002	1,355
2003	786
2004	1,603
2005	1,068
2006	917
2007	948
2008	1,161
2009	792
2010	1,049
2011	1,328
2012	681
2013	974
2014	590
2015	806
2016	1,210
2017	661
2018	876
2019	953
2020	2,579
2021	1,458
2022	1,094
2023	1,222
2024	1,146
2025	520
2026	815

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Data for records on 1969-09-09: 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	394
20 to 40	42
40 to 60	20
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1