Weather Records on 4 December 1969

366 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 December 1969. Highest significance: Harrington Harbour, CA.

Key Facts for 4 December 1969

On 4 December 1969, 366 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 363 daily.
Harrington Harbour set a daily record precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 4 December 1969.
Across 166 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

366 stations

366 station records on 4 December 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 December 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eau Claire 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	108.0 cm (42.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-25.2 C (-13.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record snow depth	78.0 cm (30.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chacon	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Limon 10 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stensele	Sweden	Record snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford Cntrl Fs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ahuacatlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record snow depth	63.0 cm (24.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kamiah	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orofino	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Olean	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg-Buchenbuehl	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli	Lebanon	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.7 C (-30.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Naboomspruit (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Meadville 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ibotirama (Jardinopolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Strasbourg-Entzheim	France	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnohrad	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

366 records

Records set or tied on 4 December 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 137, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 38.

Records on 4 December 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	38

Records on 4 December 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 363.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

296 broken records

Margins by which the 296 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 December 1969

Top 20 records on 4 December 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 December 1969	Harrington Harbour, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1969	Rush 1N, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1969	Eau Claire 4 NE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1969	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	98 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1969	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily snow depth	108.0 cm (42.5 in)	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	66 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1969	Vastervik, SE	daily low max	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	86 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1969	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low max	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	114 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1969	Morgantown Muni AP, US	daily low max	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	90 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1969	Baddeck, CA	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	90 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1969	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	69 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1969	Jonkoping, SE	daily low min	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	7.0 C (12.6 F)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1969	Eagle Nest, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1969	Plauen, DE	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	67 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1969	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily low max	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	67 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1969	Flahult, SE	daily low min	-25.2 C (-13.4 F)	6.8 C (12.2 F)	54 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1969	Boras, SE	daily low max	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	67 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1969	Liafoss, NO	daily snow depth	78.0 cm (30.7 in)	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	47 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1969	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	60 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1969	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	51 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1969	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily low min	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	75 years	31 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

1796 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1969. 1969 had 366 records.

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

Records on 12-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1797	1
1810	2
1823	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	3
1854	1
1855	5
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1872	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	7
1882	3
1883	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	4
1892	9
1896	2
1897	5
1898	9
1899	3
1900	13
1901	7
1902	15
1903	7
1904	6
1905	16
1906	25
1907	5
1908	8
1909	45
1910	7
1911	27
1912	46
1913	59
1914	61
1915	61
1916	95
1917	31
1918	27
1919	94
1920	54
1921	60
1922	72
1923	142
1924	129
1925	266
1926	174
1927	184
1928	143
1929	432
1930	221
1931	411
1932	265
1933	524
1934	149
1935	330
1936	637
1937	148
1938	275
1939	443
1940	600
1941	1,326
1942	450
1943	259
1944	377
1945	332
1946	515
1947	577
1948	504
1949	120
1950	852
1951	583
1952	269
1953	738
1954	689
1955	811
1956	692
1957	350
1958	529
1959	212
1960	628
1961	570
1962	574
1963	285
1964	1,195
1965	590
1966	1,047
1967	428
1968	775
1969	366
1970	933
1971	768
1972	1,973
1973	1,124
1974	651
1975	757
1976	669
1977	654
1978	1,582
1979	943
1980	976
1981	638
1982	2,138
1983	1,284
1984	796
1985	1,239
1986	549
1987	624
1988	764
1989	1,541
1990	1,164
1991	1,178
1992	1,075
1993	708
1994	1,029
1995	972
1996	684
1997	654
1998	2,549
1999	930
2000	895
2001	974
2002	1,478
2003	595
2004	721
2005	1,075
2006	1,510
2007	1,005
2008	652
2009	1,114
2010	1,874
2011	1,252
2012	1,482
2013	1,227
2014	629
2015	428
2016	533
2017	607
2018	563
2019	522
2020	424
2021	942
2022	437
2023	736
2024	590
2025	535

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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	274
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1