Weather Records on 12 September 1969

558 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 September 1969. Highest significance: Sarna, SE.

Key Facts for 12 September 1969

On 12 September 1969, 558 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
178 were record highs and 145 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 548 daily.
Sarna set a daily record precipitation of 46.9 mm (1.8 in) on 12 September 1969.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

558 stations

558 station records on 12 September 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 September 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Dashauz	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Nimach	India	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tatlayoko Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Indarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Verhnjaja Gutara	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ratlam	India	Record daily precipitation	101.5 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boverdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Koksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rowan (Connorton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Round Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Lorenzana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Khunti	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cowalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sitamau	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dadahor	India	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eastland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jawad	India	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saragt	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Garoth (Garot)	India	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jaora	India	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record low maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jaen (Instituto)	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Carlos	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Menard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tamenlong	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nimbahera	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sauda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

558 records

Records set or tied on 12 September 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 231, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 12 September 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	231
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 September 1969 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 548.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

468 broken records

Margins by which the 468 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 September 1969

Top 20 records on 12 September 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 September 1969	Sarna, SE	daily rain	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1969	Dashauz, TM	all-time rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1969	Nimach, IN	daily rain	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1969	Tatlayoko Lake, CA	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1969	Indarrie, AU	monthly rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1969	Verhnjaja Gutara, RU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1969	Ratlam, IN	daily rain	101.5 mm (4.0 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1969	Boverdal, NO	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1969	Ash Fork 6 N, US	all-time rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1969	Ust-Koksa, RU	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1969	Rowan (Connorton), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1969	Round Hill, AU	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1969	Trafalgar Toseland Road, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1969	Quesnel, CA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1969	Vanersborg, SE	daily high max	23.5 C (74.3 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1969	Toledo Lorenzana, ES	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1969	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	84 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1969	Columbus, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1969	Khunti, IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1969	Cowalla, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	54 years	36 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

1793 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1969. 1969 had 558 records.

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

Records on 09-12 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1809	1
1813	1
1814	2
1834	1
1837	2
1839	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	4
1859	2
1860	2
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1872	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	11
1903	18
1904	7
1905	8
1906	24
1907	11
1908	12
1909	11
1910	4
1911	15
1912	20
1913	12
1914	49
1915	71
1916	21
1917	231
1918	42
1919	69
1920	49
1921	60
1922	136
1923	33
1924	177
1925	443
1926	89
1927	339
1928	155
1929	118
1930	198
1931	648
1932	199
1933	360
1934	176
1935	441
1936	515
1937	318
1938	332
1939	702
1940	891
1941	172
1942	337
1943	544
1944	393
1945	414
1946	302
1947	596
1948	292
1949	512
1950	578
1951	399
1952	575
1953	515
1954	313
1955	457
1956	389
1957	727
1958	783
1959	536
1960	772
1961	750
1962	407
1963	466
1964	836
1965	459
1966	416
1967	510
1968	428
1969	558
1970	619
1971	593
1972	430
1973	588
1974	575
1975	1,102
1976	539
1977	524
1978	952
1979	765
1980	511
1981	424
1982	993
1983	915
1984	700
1985	876
1986	787
1987	686
1988	997
1989	1,313
1990	1,001
1991	672
1992	767
1993	798
1994	550
1995	532
1996	1,014
1997	737
1998	1,770
1999	938
2000	1,188
2001	797
2002	883
2003	830
2004	653
2005	1,032
2006	963
2007	776
2008	1,213
2009	876
2010	939
2011	988
2012	639
2013	1,066
2014	1,374
2015	704
2016	748
2017	1,114
2018	595
2019	884
2020	566
2021	513
2022	739
2023	844
2024	1,009
2025	433
2026	627

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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	445
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1