Weather Records on 3 November 1969

568 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 November 1969. Highest significance: Cape Naturaliste, AU.

Key Facts for 3 November 1969

On 3 November 1969, 568 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
148 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 536 daily.
Cape Naturaliste set a monthly record daily precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 3 November 1969.
Across 155 earlier years (1821 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

568 stations

568 station records on 3 November 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 November 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Naturaliste	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Illalangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Greenbushes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Boyup Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gingin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Anklam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Husum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Skjak	Norway	Record snow depth	57.0 cm (22.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mylor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Falnash	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nannup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nornalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pallinup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wilgarrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Darradup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Av-A-Rest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eutin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rendsburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Culicup Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rottnest Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Meyersburg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Dithmarschen Helse	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yanchep	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Castledene	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weddingstedt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lensahn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Balingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Northern Gully	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maristova	Norway	Record snow depth	62.0 cm (24.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Northcliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nabowla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Erfde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manjimup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ferndale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cowaramup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bananal (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haigler	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aldervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Westbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hatchville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Warren	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cacapava	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Griffiss AFB	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

568 records

Records set or tied on 3 November 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 317, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 3 November 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	317
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 3 November 1969 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 31, daily 536.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

511 broken records

Margins by which the 511 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 320.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 November 1969

Top 20 records on 3 November 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 November 1969	Cape Naturaliste, AU	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 November 1969	Illalangi, AU	monthly rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 November 1969	Bridgetown Comparison, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 November 1969	Greenbushes, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 November 1969	Boyup Brook, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 November 1969	Gingin, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 November 1969	Anklam, DE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1969	Husum, DE	monthly rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1969	Skjak, NO	daily snow depth	57.0 cm (22.4 in)	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1969	Mylor, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1969	Falnash, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1969	Nannup, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1969	Nornalup, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1969	Pallinup, AU	monthly rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1969	Wilgarrup, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1969	Darradup, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1969	Av-A-Rest, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1969	Eutin, DE	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1969	Rendsburg, DE	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1969	Cape Leeuwin, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	47 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

1821 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1821 to 1969. 1969 had 568 records.

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

Records on 11-03 in each year
Year	Records
1821	2
1828	1
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	1
1851	1
1857	1
1858	7
1862	1
1864	1
1875	5
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	8
1897	3
1898	6
1899	10
1900	6
1901	6
1902	5
1903	19
1904	22
1905	11
1906	13
1907	28
1908	19
1909	17
1910	21
1911	39
1912	112
1913	35
1914	41
1915	19
1916	22
1917	36
1918	16
1919	74
1920	38
1921	35
1922	85
1923	123
1924	136
1925	107
1926	188
1927	343
1928	236
1929	352
1930	154
1931	279
1932	466
1933	398
1934	571
1935	968
1936	1,217
1937	309
1938	1,019
1939	584
1940	285
1941	214
1942	303
1943	172
1944	498
1945	333
1946	1,017
1947	457
1948	416
1949	565
1950	482
1951	2,288
1952	404
1953	351
1954	693
1955	522
1956	781
1957	453
1958	274
1959	472
1960	239
1961	1,007
1962	438
1963	271
1964	719
1965	522
1966	1,373
1967	588
1968	471
1969	568
1970	551
1971	666
1972	636
1973	903
1974	929
1975	1,066
1976	719
1977	767
1978	1,197
1979	630
1980	1,031
1981	876
1982	826
1983	1,254
1984	624
1985	725
1986	491
1987	1,148
1988	915
1989	615
1990	1,114
1991	3,969
1992	1,158
1993	653
1994	1,227
1995	1,078
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	789
1999	808
2000	851
2001	587
2002	1,376
2003	1,914
2004	1,356
2005	1,576
2006	1,065
2007	642
2008	1,011
2009	688
2010	718
2011	765
2012	605
2013	515
2014	639
2015	1,123
2016	941
2017	871
2018	405
2019	303
2020	1,688
2021	352
2022	869
2023	714
2024	703
2025	525

Download the Data

Data for records on 1969-11-03: 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 2026-10-17 (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 50	504
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	2