Weather Records on 24 September 1969

278 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 September 1969. Highest significance: San Benito, US.

Key Facts for 24 September 1969

On 24 September 1969, 278 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
49 were record highs and 124 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 269 daily.
San Benito set a daily record precipitation of 116.8 mm (4.6 in) on 24 September 1969.
Across 166 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

278 stations

278 station records on 24 September 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 September 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
San Benito	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bettiah	India	Record daily precipitation	179.4 mm (7.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mukteshwar Kumaon	India	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dalmorton Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tripoli City	Libya	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dinapur Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli Sidi El Mesri	Libya	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corner Brook	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gander Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Austin 3 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karaganda	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Taylorsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Casper 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Verhnjaja Tom	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chugwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brooks Ahrc	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rudnaja Pristan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sierra Ancha	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Hopes Advance	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mazanovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.7 C (18.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Acarape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Itapeim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elbow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ganjuskino	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kemchug	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tugaske	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

278 records

Records set or tied on 24 September 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 104, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 24 September 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	104
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 September 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 269.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

245 broken records

Margins by which the 245 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 September 1969

Top 20 records on 24 September 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 September 1969	San Benito, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1969	Logansport Cicott St, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1969	Bettiah, IN	daily rain	179.4 mm (7.1 in)	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1969	Mukteshwar Kumaon, IN	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1969	Dalmorton Homestead, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1969	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	87 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1969	Tripoli City, LY	daily rain	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1969	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily low min	8.0 C (46.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	72 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1969	Dinapur Sr, IN	daily rain	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1969	Tripoli Sidi El Mesri, LY	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1969	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	76 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1969	Irkutsk, RU	daily low min	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	78 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1969	Blagovescensk, RU	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	70 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1969	Corner Brook, CA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1969	Huetamo, MX	monthly rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1969	Morgan 1 W, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	68 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1969	Idaho City, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	71 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1969	Tobolsk, RU	daily low min	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	68 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1969	Plant City, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	54 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1969	Gander Int'l A, CA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)

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

1803 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1969. 1969 had 278 records.

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

Records on 09-24 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1847	1
1852	2
1854	2
1857	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	3
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1881	5
1884	1
1885	2
1887	1
1889	5
1890	1
1891	2
1892	5
1893	1
1894	2
1895	7
1896	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	3
1902	10
1903	8
1904	9
1905	7
1906	5
1907	20
1908	23
1909	31
1910	8
1911	11
1912	49
1913	9
1914	23
1915	159
1916	253
1917	87
1918	7
1919	26
1920	69
1921	23
1922	49
1923	70
1924	175
1925	146
1926	630
1927	194
1928	603
1929	137
1930	488
1931	463
1932	354
1933	424
1934	367
1935	449
1936	329
1937	237
1938	355
1939	331
1940	319
1941	319
1942	918
1943	413
1944	334
1945	475
1946	425
1947	704
1948	422
1949	554
1950	778
1951	580
1952	425
1953	346
1954	269
1955	577
1956	427
1957	370
1958	725
1959	414
1960	487
1961	680
1962	360
1963	715
1964	329
1965	624
1966	410
1967	394
1968	433
1969	278
1970	1,046
1971	485
1972	480
1973	1,208
1974	1,204
1975	1,116
1976	556
1977	814
1978	619
1979	577
1980	633
1981	604
1982	702
1983	1,128
1984	1,565
1985	771
1986	1,207
1987	729
1988	740
1989	1,668
1990	969
1991	519
1992	1,250
1993	1,055
1994	842
1995	1,251
1996	676
1997	1,238
1998	945
1999	933
2000	1,966
2001	1,097
2002	885
2003	863
2004	600
2005	1,256
2006	1,306
2007	1,244
2008	633
2009	866
2010	1,340
2011	770
2012	545
2013	514
2014	764
2015	770
2016	732
2017	1,402
2018	497
2019	516
2020	754
2021	457
2022	395
2023	689
2024	778
2025	576
2026	389

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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	232
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2