Weather Records on 22 September 1969

488 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 September 1969. Highest significance: Greenville, US.

Key Facts for 22 September 1969

On 22 September 1969, 488 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 156 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 470 daily.
Greenville set a daily record precipitation of 131.6 mm (5.2 in) on 22 September 1969.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

488 stations

488 station records on 22 September 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 September 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Frederick	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dadeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Roseau	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Amenia	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grapeview 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Princeville Rch 1117	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Armstrong (Aut)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sugozero	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hayneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rainer Ohanapecosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pecos	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Thurlow Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maracas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton 4S Mesonet	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Astolfo Dutra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Isleworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clallam Bay 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shahpur	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashta	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lawton	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

488 records

Records set or tied on 22 September 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 109, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 285, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 22 September 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	109
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	285
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 22 September 1969 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 16, daily 470.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

437 broken records

Margins by which the 437 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 139.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 September 1969

Top 20 records on 22 September 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 September 1969	Greenville, US	daily rain	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 September 1969	Highland Home, US	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 September 1969	Frederick, US	all-time rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1969	Union Springs 9 S, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1969	W Pt, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1969	Chattanooga, US	daily rain	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1969	Dadeville, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1969	Camp Hill 2NW, US	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	11 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1969	Roseau, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1969	Amenia, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1969	Auburn, US	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1969	Rock Mills, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1969	Grapeview 3 SW, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1969	Princeville Rch 1117, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1969	Armstrong (Aut), CA	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1969	Sugozero, RU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1969	Hayneville, US	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1969	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily low max	9.5 C (49.1 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	77 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1969	Quanah 2 SW, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1969	Rainer Ohanapecosh, US	monthly rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	44 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 488 records.

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

Records on 09-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1824	1
1825	1
1827	1
1830	1
1835	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	2
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1851	3
1855	1
1856	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1881	2
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	3
1898	8
1899	12
1900	3
1901	3
1902	7
1903	4
1904	34
1905	5
1906	16
1907	12
1908	10
1909	6
1910	18
1911	17
1912	17
1913	43
1914	48
1915	23
1916	236
1917	128
1918	25
1919	64
1920	35
1921	44
1922	27
1923	118
1924	132
1925	265
1926	214
1927	160
1928	119
1929	166
1930	231
1931	732
1932	189
1933	230
1934	348
1935	231
1936	448
1937	507
1938	394
1939	266
1940	621
1941	424
1942	323
1943	266
1944	299
1945	739
1946	288
1947	583
1948	345
1949	385
1950	394
1951	419
1952	383
1953	253
1954	359
1955	584
1956	490
1957	580
1958	633
1959	416
1960	360
1961	555
1962	732
1963	351
1964	249
1965	841
1966	595
1967	507
1968	526
1969	488
1970	1,197
1971	500
1972	448
1973	509
1974	1,075
1975	591
1976	538
1977	632
1978	620
1979	991
1980	1,199
1981	754
1982	1,122
1983	2,060
1984	614
1985	820
1986	729
1987	1,300
1988	665
1989	1,155
1990	795
1991	758
1992	1,011
1993	1,448
1994	941
1995	2,498
1996	916
1997	851
1998	1,251
1999	1,172
2000	1,508
2001	604
2002	718
2003	1,472
2004	948
2005	1,155
2006	1,260
2007	896
2008	830
2009	985
2010	1,217
2011	611
2012	568
2013	673
2014	812
2015	666
2016	1,096
2017	1,272
2018	574
2019	651
2020	687
2021	432
2022	985
2023	905
2024	502
2025	387
2026	309

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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	363
20 to 40	43
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	6
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1