Weather Records on 28 September 1969

244 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 September 1969. Highest significance: Itapipoca, BR.

Key Facts for 28 September 1969

On 28 September 1969, 244 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
115 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 227 daily.
Itapipoca set a monthly record daily precipitation of 33.9 mm (1.3 in) on 28 September 1969.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

244 stations

244 station records on 28 September 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 September 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Itapipoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gundlupet	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Palani	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sand I Ryfylke II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oorschot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flin Flon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Sobradinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Etne	Norway	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Idalia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hornindal	Norway	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leoti	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rubcovsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mtunzini	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lead	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sauda	Norway	Record low maximum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sauda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	77.3 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mkambati	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vlakkloof Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Groot Rietvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Des Moines	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Deadwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Talavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uch-Aral	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alcozauca (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Matias Romero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Merriman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Edenholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arneiroz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dwaleni	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Island Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Junqueiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pombal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taboleiro Do Meio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whitesand Dam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Castelo Do Piaui (Marvao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greylingstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Verebye (Closed)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hundseid I Vikedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

244 records

Records set or tied on 28 September 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 80, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 28 September 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	80
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 28 September 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 227.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

186 broken records

Margins by which the 186 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 September 1969

Top 20 records on 28 September 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 September 1969	Itapipoca, BR	monthly rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1969	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily rain	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1969	Gundlupet, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1969	Mbabane, SZ	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1969	Palani, IN	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1969	Sand I Ryfylke II, NO	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1969	Oorschot, ZA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1969	Eureka, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1969	Belvidere, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1969	Springerville, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1969	Flin Flon, CA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1969	Roldal, NO	monthly rain	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	50 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1969	Fazenda Sobradinho, BR	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1969	Etne, NO	monthly rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1969	Idalia, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1969	Ovre Sirdal, NO	monthly rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1969	Bakke, NO	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1969	Risnes I Fjotland, NO	monthly rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1969	Hornindal, NO	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	15 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1969	Zmeinogorsk, RU	monthly low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	35 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

1794 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1969. 1969 had 244 records.

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

Records on 09-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1826	1
1832	1
1849	2
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	3
1868	1
1869	2
1873	3
1874	3
1877	3
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	3
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	1
1888	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	6
1895	5
1896	3
1897	5
1898	4
1899	6
1900	9
1901	2
1902	5
1903	19
1904	17
1905	17
1906	37
1907	27
1908	23
1909	16
1910	39
1911	62
1912	32
1913	37
1914	28
1915	57
1916	61
1917	35
1918	55
1919	38
1920	23
1921	39
1922	34
1923	150
1924	139
1925	191
1926	305
1927	194
1928	205
1929	432
1930	116
1931	233
1932	195
1933	459
1934	237
1935	282
1936	502
1937	313
1938	311
1939	552
1940	419
1941	479
1942	1,187
1943	440
1944	367
1945	1,034
1946	347
1947	647
1948	617
1949	359
1950	233
1951	441
1952	366
1953	842
1954	512
1955	409
1956	590
1957	695
1958	509
1959	874
1960	226
1961	385
1962	705
1963	666
1964	723
1965	582
1966	477
1967	978
1968	262
1969	244
1970	932
1971	954
1972	671
1973	886
1974	583
1975	502
1976	900
1977	784
1978	513
1979	915
1980	750
1981	752
1982	1,001
1983	941
1984	1,326
1985	1,189
1986	1,264
1987	825
1988	623
1989	847
1990	414
1991	821
1992	643
1993	627
1994	836
1995	794
1996	1,069
1997	681
1998	1,541
1999	1,533
2000	652
2001	791
2002	743
2003	929
2004	852
2005	1,088
2006	704
2007	837
2008	536
2009	792
2010	1,139
2011	1,025
2012	624
2013	790
2014	878
2015	673
2016	520
2017	755
2018	527
2019	1,388
2020	531
2021	740
2022	727
2023	772
2024	1,364
2025	464
2026	531

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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	174
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1