Weather Records on 16 September 1969

360 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1969. Highest significance: Mattoon, US.

Key Facts for 16 September 1969

On 16 September 1969, 360 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 354 daily.
Mattoon set a daily record precipitation of 95.0 mm (3.7 in) on 16 September 1969.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 414 records.

Record Map

360 stations

360 station records on 16 September 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Conceicao da Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Stover	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bolotnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Billings	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kolyvan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenix AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bucklin 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trousdale 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dacoma 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leamington	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Follett	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Lambert Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Watersmeet	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ponca City	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paris 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwell 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Badiraguato (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tajga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moran	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record low minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
High River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gottingen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

360 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 203.

Records on 16 September 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	203
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 354.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

300 broken records

Margins by which the 300 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 117.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1969

Top 20 records on 16 September 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1969	Mattoon, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1969	Conceicao da Barra, BR	monthly rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1969	Columbus, US	daily rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	58 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1969	Oswego 1 N, US	monthly rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1969	Stover, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1969	Lakeside, US	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1969	Versailles, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1969	Newkirk 5NE, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	11 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1969	Bolotnoe, RU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1969	Billings, US	daily rain	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1969	Ica, RU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1969	Sedalia Wtp, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1969	Buffalo 2 SSW, US	monthly rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1969	Kolyvan, RU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1969	Phoenix AP, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1969	Bucklin 1SE, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1969	Pelee Island, CA	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1969	Greiz-Dolau, DE	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1969	Lamar, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1969	Anthony, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	69 years	40 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 360 records.

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

Records on 09-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1809	1
1823	2
1828	1
1829	1
1833	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1877	4
1879	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	9
1890	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	3
1903	18
1904	5
1905	9
1906	12
1907	14
1908	15
1909	18
1910	26
1911	18
1912	58
1913	43
1914	35
1915	50
1916	60
1917	180
1918	125
1919	26
1920	164
1921	62
1922	147
1923	151
1924	77
1925	212
1926	116
1927	382
1928	62
1929	121
1930	235
1931	568
1932	533
1933	321
1934	519
1935	303
1936	442
1937	536
1938	296
1939	666
1940	188
1941	319
1942	504
1943	270
1944	284
1945	390
1946	610
1947	763
1948	541
1949	486
1950	506
1951	290
1952	378
1953	317
1954	554
1955	490
1956	605
1957	500
1958	538
1959	983
1960	235
1961	833
1962	479
1963	491
1964	859
1965	1,159
1966	838
1967	427
1968	496
1969	360
1970	627
1971	617
1972	451
1973	608
1974	385
1975	836
1976	878
1977	577
1978	421
1979	1,025
1980	568
1981	765
1982	863
1983	814
1984	898
1985	539
1986	862
1987	783
1988	786
1989	854
1990	593
1991	1,367
1992	1,073
1993	1,542
1994	1,008
1995	976
1996	1,403
1997	1,028
1998	1,466
1999	879
2000	1,315
2001	819
2002	1,117
2003	627
2004	746
2005	1,112
2006	1,274
2007	895
2008	1,000
2009	754
2010	880
2011	1,265
2012	572
2013	673
2014	490
2015	926
2016	767
2017	583
2018	921
2019	742
2020	674
2021	454
2022	521
2023	568
2024	885
2025	578
2026	920

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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	255
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1