Weather Records on 5 November 1969

745 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 November 1969. Highest significance: Skjak, NO.

Key Facts for 5 November 1969

On 5 November 1969, 745 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
288 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 722 daily.
Skjak set a daily record snow depth of 56.0 cm (22.0 in) on 5 November 1969.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

745 stations

745 station records on 5 November 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 November 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Skjak	Norway	Record snow depth	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Euabolong (Brotherony)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Rose du Degelis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
West Burke	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis Water Bureau	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dunsmuir	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Willamina	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Errol	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roxbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maristova	Norway	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Price	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aroostook	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 7 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oroville Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gogland	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leaburg 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cascadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Battle Ground	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Luroy	Norway	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hat Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Whyalla (Norrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Keno	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Powers	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Hyacinthe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lambton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Silli	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

745 records

Records set or tied on 5 November 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 109, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 179, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 324, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 5 November 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	109
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	179
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	324
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 5 November 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 722.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

616 broken records

Margins by which the 616 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 November 1969

Top 20 records on 5 November 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 November 1969	Skjak, NO	daily snow depth	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1969	Greenville Muni AP, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1969	Euabolong (Brotherony), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1969	Huntingdon, CA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1969	Lewiston, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1969	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	113 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1969	Ste Rose du Degelis, CA	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1969	Middle Dam, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1969	W Pt, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1969	West Burke, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1969	Mineral, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1969	Bar Harbor 3 NW, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1969	Corvallis Water Bureau, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1969	Dunsmuir, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1969	Willamina, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1969	Enisejsk, RU	monthly high min	2.4 C (36.3 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1969	Canyon Dam, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1969	Chester, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1969	Errol, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1969	Roxbury, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	40 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

1801 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1969. 1969 had 745 records.

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

Records on 11-05 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1806	1
1834	1
1835	2
1842	1
1845	1
1848	2
1851	1
1857	1
1858	4
1862	3
1863	1
1867	1
1868	2
1872	1
1873	2
1877	2
1878	3
1880	2
1881	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1889	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	6
1897	1
1898	2
1899	11
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	8
1904	6
1905	9
1906	16
1907	5
1908	17
1909	9
1910	62
1911	21
1912	55
1913	22
1914	29
1915	18
1916	69
1917	36
1918	32
1919	82
1920	72
1921	221
1922	88
1923	230
1924	301
1925	138
1926	122
1927	248
1928	128
1929	86
1930	162
1931	298
1932	316
1933	706
1934	479
1935	1,196
1936	453
1937	186
1938	720
1939	485
1940	239
1941	604
1942	446
1943	224
1944	357
1945	503
1946	615
1947	408
1948	1,330
1949	572
1950	610
1951	1,815
1952	404
1953	599
1954	611
1955	416
1956	820
1957	452
1958	171
1959	1,516
1960	254
1961	660
1962	343
1963	278
1964	317
1965	424
1966	580
1967	755
1968	298
1969	745
1970	639
1971	384
1972	480
1973	1,622
1974	423
1975	1,499
1976	835
1977	902
1978	799
1979	504
1980	1,033
1981	538
1982	991
1983	980
1984	528
1985	1,249
1986	693
1987	895
1988	1,275
1989	596
1990	1,286
1991	3,388
1992	1,316
1993	770
1994	1,864
1995	1,399
1996	1,380
1997	676
1998	792
1999	872
2000	1,108
2001	758
2002	1,303
2003	2,232
2004	909
2005	1,114
2006	1,258
2007	566
2008	1,326
2009	606
2010	1,454
2011	984
2012	812
2013	594
2014	510
2015	1,659
2016	755
2017	972
2018	426
2019	420
2020	1,419
2021	439
2022	1,029
2023	758
2024	1,118
2025	862

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Data for records on 1969-11-05: 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	605
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1