Weather Records on 21 September 1969

593 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 September 1969. Highest significance: Morgan 1 W, US.

Key Facts for 21 September 1969

On 21 September 1969, 593 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
112 were record highs and 224 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 592 daily.
Morgan 1 W set a daily record precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 21 September 1969.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

593 stations

593 station records on 21 September 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 September 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ingenio Tamazula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cuthbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brantley	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Andalusia 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coffee Springs 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cuthbert	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rainer Ohanapecosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Caryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hubbard	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ajan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fleming	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kadoka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jaen (Instituto)	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Ridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nizamabad	India	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hosanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wick	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cedartown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater Power House	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chipley	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

593 records

Records set or tied on 21 September 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 177, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 255, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 21 September 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	177
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	255
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 21 September 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 592.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

525 broken records

Margins by which the 525 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 105.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 September 1969

Top 20 records on 21 September 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 September 1969	Morgan 1 W, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	72 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 September 1969	De Funiak Springs 1 E, US	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	62 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1969	Ingenio Tamazula, MX	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1969	Cuthbert, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1969	Brantley, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1969	Keams Canyon, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	10.5 C (18.9 F)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1969	Daytona Beach Intl AP, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1969	Andalusia 3 W, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1969	Troy, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1969	Blountstown 2 SE, US	daily rain	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1969	Stromsfoss Sluse, NO	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1969	Elba, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1969	Carrollton, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1969	Cairo 1SW, US	monthly rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1969	Kalihi Rsch Site 777, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1969	Morgan 1 W, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	66 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1969	Coffee Springs 2 NW, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1969	Camilla 3SE, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1969	Newport News Press Bld, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 September 1969	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low max	8.5 C (47.3 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	106 years	42 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

1805 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1969. 1969 had 593 records.

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

Records on 09-21 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1812	1
1825	2
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1877	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1891	10
1892	1
1893	10
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	6
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	5
1902	5
1903	8
1904	20
1905	12
1906	17
1907	10
1908	17
1909	10
1910	8
1911	18
1912	26
1913	37
1914	29
1915	34
1916	48
1917	28
1918	43
1919	54
1920	29
1921	64
1922	35
1923	232
1924	291
1925	278
1926	178
1927	165
1928	81
1929	232
1930	82
1931	681
1932	242
1933	193
1934	492
1935	199
1936	329
1937	487
1938	508
1939	308
1940	908
1941	416
1942	291
1943	407
1944	413
1945	507
1946	176
1947	534
1948	301
1949	298
1950	334
1951	241
1952	430
1953	382
1954	453
1955	752
1956	1,100
1957	366
1958	588
1959	513
1960	418
1961	441
1962	1,085
1963	306
1964	374
1965	1,088
1966	565
1967	577
1968	790
1969	593
1970	708
1971	645
1972	599
1973	421
1974	652
1975	528
1976	694
1977	918
1978	818
1979	736
1980	990
1981	696
1982	1,484
1983	2,207
1984	707
1985	796
1986	671
1987	965
1988	557
1989	1,002
1990	716
1991	1,021
1992	752
1993	911
1994	713
1995	2,002
1996	1,233
1997	1,112
1998	1,481
1999	1,025
2000	884
2001	718
2002	696
2003	959
2004	888
2005	1,143
2006	920
2007	742
2008	740
2009	715
2010	1,290
2011	542
2012	595
2013	769
2014	716
2015	565
2016	989
2017	1,178
2018	1,051
2019	833
2020	580
2021	465
2022	1,049
2023	783
2024	470
2025	588
2026	469

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Data for records on 1969-09-21: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	481
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1