Weather Records on 20 September 1969

604 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 September 1969. Highest significance: Greensboro, US.

Key Facts for 20 September 1969

On 20 September 1969, 604 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
94 were record highs and 305 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 594 daily.
Greensboro set a daily record precipitation of 96.3 mm (3.8 in) on 20 September 1969.
Across 156 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

604 stations

604 station records on 20 September 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 September 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Baturite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chornomorske	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carlyle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chorkhamara	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moosomin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Apalachicola AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Junction 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sumter	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sironcha	India	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Marks 5 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karabulak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chester 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Asola	India	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sakoli	India	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Evap	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Farmville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chimur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ghorajheri	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Summit WSO AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ibate	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

604 records

Records set or tied on 20 September 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 217, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 203, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 20 September 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	217
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	203
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 September 1969 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 594.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

500 broken records

Margins by which the 500 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 93.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 September 1969

Top 20 records on 20 September 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 September 1969	Greensboro, US	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1969	Baturite, BR	monthly rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1969	Thomasville, US	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1969	Fruitland, US	all-time rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1969	Houma, US	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	63 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1969	Chornomorske, UA	daily rain	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1969	Keams Canyon, US	monthly high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1969	Carlyle, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1969	Chorkhamara, IN	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1969	Moosomin, CA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1969	Apalachicola AP, US	daily rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1969	Bedford, US	monthly low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	75 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1969	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	106 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1969	Marion Junction 2 E, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1969	Enterprise, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1969	Hickory 1 E, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1969	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	monthly high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	66 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1969	Waynesboro 2 W, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1969	Balmoral Station, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1969	Talbotton, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	68 years	35 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

1812 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1969. 1969 had 604 records.

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

Records on 09-20 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1837	1
1840	1
1844	1
1848	2
1851	1
1852	1
1854	2
1855	1
1856	2
1859	2
1860	1
1862	1
1870	1
1871	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	8
1891	4
1893	5
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	16
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	3
1902	3
1903	3
1904	12
1905	8
1906	22
1907	11
1908	24
1909	10
1910	8
1911	21
1912	34
1913	48
1914	28
1915	239
1916	28
1917	100
1918	59
1919	55
1920	64
1921	40
1922	52
1923	249
1924	329
1925	330
1926	129
1927	169
1928	144
1929	373
1930	102
1931	564
1932	270
1933	223
1934	349
1935	201
1936	133
1937	385
1938	506
1939	312
1940	591
1941	582
1942	436
1943	419
1944	466
1945	406
1946	766
1947	460
1948	454
1949	268
1950	435
1951	267
1952	434
1953	479
1954	628
1955	625
1956	985
1957	514
1958	410
1959	489
1960	352
1961	384
1962	707
1963	290
1964	482
1965	1,180
1966	414
1967	449
1968	617
1969	604
1970	591
1971	884
1972	582
1973	569
1974	771
1975	527
1976	375
1977	776
1978	1,216
1979	767
1980	567
1981	979
1982	911
1983	1,958
1984	895
1985	730
1986	743
1987	856
1988	698
1989	968
1990	743
1991	1,835
1992	718
1993	1,031
1994	788
1995	1,374
1996	1,077
1997	1,282
1998	1,157
1999	923
2000	908
2001	821
2002	845
2003	910
2004	1,156
2005	960
2006	732
2007	645
2008	648
2009	715
2010	1,497
2011	650
2012	549
2013	595
2014	577
2015	439
2016	778
2017	920
2018	1,020
2019	835
2020	630
2021	565
2022	786
2023	482
2024	596
2025	877
2026	682

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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	472
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2