Weather Records on 1 December 1969

673 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 December 1969. Highest significance: Quanbun Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 1 December 1969

On 1 December 1969, 673 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
324 were record highs and 130 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 635 daily.
Quanbun Downs set a daily record precipitation of 94.0 mm (3.7 in) on 1 December 1969.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

673 stations

673 station records on 1 December 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 December 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Quanbun Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Craigie (Bondi Forest Lodge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Anand	India	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rocco	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moosomin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
South Pass City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (Kalyra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Swan River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ceuta (Monte Hacho)	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dansville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.8 C (-1.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	101.0 cm (39.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Malmo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pedro Do Rio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Portal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jutai (Jatoba de Sta.Barbara)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Baroda	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	63.0 cm (24.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Batavia	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Macaubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cypress River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stiege	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Klintonel	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boissevain	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Steigen	Norway	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Timber Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kaycee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Real (Instituto)	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Monica Pier	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jordan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Seneca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

673 records

Records set or tied on 1 December 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 260, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 166, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 1 December 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	260
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	166
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 1 December 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 38, daily 635.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

565 broken records

Margins by which the 565 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 380.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 December 1969

Top 20 records on 1 December 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 December 1969	Quanbun Downs, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1969	Craigie (Bondi Forest Lodge), AU	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1969	Anand, IN	monthly rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1969	Virden, CA	monthly high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	78 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1969	Rocco, ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1969	Aachen, DE	monthly snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1969	Moosomin, CA	monthly high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1969	South Pass City, US	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	66 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1969	Belair (Kalyra), AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	59 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1969	Minnedosa, CA	daily high max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	84 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1969	Lockport 2SE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	59 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1969	Morden, CA	monthly high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	55 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1969	Swan River, CA	monthly high min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	58 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1969	Ceuta (Monte Hacho), ES	daily low max	8.8 C (47.8 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1969	Dansville, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1969	Haskinville, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	59 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1969	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	68 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1969	Jonkoping, SE	daily low min	-18.8 C (-1.8 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1969	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	daily low max	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	67 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1969	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily snow depth	101.0 cm (39.8 in)	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	24 years	30 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

1797 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1969. 1969 had 673 records.

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

Records on 12-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1805	1
1807	2
1810	1
1817	2
1821	1
1823	2
1831	1
1849	1
1856	3
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	3
1873	6
1875	8
1876	4
1877	1
1879	7
1884	3
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	4
1897	10
1898	5
1899	4
1901	5
1902	7
1903	13
1904	4
1905	11
1906	3
1907	8
1908	40
1909	64
1910	39
1911	45
1912	37
1913	53
1914	142
1915	23
1916	29
1917	52
1918	32
1919	78
1920	192
1921	55
1922	85
1923	70
1924	135
1925	145
1926	115
1927	271
1928	85
1929	515
1930	128
1931	337
1932	383
1933	656
1934	667
1935	164
1936	433
1937	238
1938	159
1939	346
1940	300
1941	391
1942	424
1943	93
1944	478
1945	259
1946	224
1947	392
1948	252
1949	313
1950	437
1951	585
1952	762
1953	283
1954	308
1955	624
1956	338
1957	295
1958	531
1959	355
1960	258
1961	373
1962	1,073
1963	282
1964	1,181
1965	598
1966	995
1967	601
1968	883
1969	673
1970	1,299
1971	574
1972	843
1973	888
1974	1,339
1975	1,007
1976	1,294
1977	1,166
1978	777
1979	874
1980	1,019
1981	1,320
1982	1,759
1983	1,275
1984	513
1985	3,874
1986	803
1987	1,020
1988	538
1989	822
1990	514
1991	2,124
1992	552
1993	597
1994	717
1995	1,386
1996	1,448
1997	736
1998	1,698
1999	790
2000	777
2001	1,211
2002	637
2003	627
2004	1,033
2005	815
2006	2,866
2007	1,427
2008	879
2009	927
2010	1,991
2011	947
2012	1,027
2013	400
2014	677
2015	850
2016	384
2017	496
2018	807
2019	803
2020	567
2021	2,030
2022	584
2023	609
2024	636
2025	679

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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 50	544
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1