Weather Records on 12 December 1969

499 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 December 1969. Highest significance: Cle Elum, US.

Key Facts for 12 December 1969

On 12 December 1969, 499 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
145 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 493 daily.
Cle Elum set a daily record precipitation of 66.0 mm (2.6 in) on 12 December 1969.
Across 153 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

499 stations

499 station records on 12 December 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 December 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Old Junee (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Serpentine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gundagai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Fairy (Merigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nellore	India	Record daily precipitation	167.2 mm (6.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	167.2 mm (6.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Potter Valley Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bredbo (Bredbo Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lidsdale State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton Salines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Amalapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lithgow (Birdwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chatsbury (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bapatla	India	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalgiri	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Avanigadda	India	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Machilipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dunsmuir	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yarra (Rowe's Lagoon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis Water Bureau	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore (Douglas)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eurongilly (Bundaleer)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vollmers	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Round Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kickerbell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boorowa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lins (Inemet)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.7 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Peraiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belconnen (Weetangerra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tarago (Willeroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harden (East St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Illabo (Clock Museum)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yalleroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hall (Lochleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ponnur(Ponnuru)	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tanuku	India	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Jones Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

499 records

Records set or tied on 12 December 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 295, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 12 December 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	295
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 12 December 1969 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 493.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

438 broken records

Margins by which the 438 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 December 1969

Top 20 records on 12 December 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 December 1969	Cle Elum, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 December 1969	Barcaldine Post Office, AU	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 December 1969	Old Junee (Millbank), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1969	Serpentine, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1969	Yreka, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1969	Gundagai, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	74 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1969	Klamath Falls 2 SSW, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1969	Mount Fairy (Merigan), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1969	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	86 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1969	Nellore, IN	daily rain	167.2 mm (6.6 in)	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1969	Krishnapatnam, IN	daily rain	167.2 mm (6.6 in)	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1969	Potter Valley Powerhouse, US	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1969	Bungonia (Inverary Park), AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1969	Bungendore (Gidleigh), AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1969	Bredbo (Bredbo Station), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1969	Corvallis State UNIV, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1969	Comet Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1969	Lithgow (Cooerwull), AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1969	Michelago (Soglio), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1969	Wien, AT	daily snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	36 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

1796 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1969. 1969 had 499 records.

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

Records on 12-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1846	1
1855	2
1861	1
1863	3
1870	2
1871	5
1873	2
1879	2
1882	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	8
1894	3
1895	1
1896	4
1897	3
1898	20
1899	11
1900	5
1901	4
1902	7
1903	18
1904	20
1905	10
1906	14
1907	8
1908	25
1909	20
1910	39
1911	104
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	46
1916	115
1917	246
1918	33
1919	23
1920	41
1921	63
1922	61
1923	91
1924	130
1925	75
1926	143
1927	335
1928	234
1929	405
1930	45
1931	522
1932	813
1933	358
1934	430
1935	266
1936	142
1937	468
1938	103
1939	418
1940	621
1941	260
1942	257
1943	165
1944	688
1945	212
1946	761
1947	295
1948	282
1949	789
1950	364
1951	175
1952	501
1953	288
1954	696
1955	381
1956	441
1957	1,118
1958	884
1959	464
1960	710
1961	1,481
1962	1,495
1963	439
1964	459
1965	1,045
1966	369
1967	565
1968	727
1969	499
1970	366
1971	585
1972	1,669
1973	397
1974	191
1975	492
1976	319
1977	907
1978	382
1979	1,016
1980	583
1981	734
1982	867
1983	816
1984	808
1985	1,384
1986	408
1987	468
1988	1,030
1989	930
1990	676
1991	1,980
1992	818
1993	887
1994	1,172
1995	2,030
1996	1,391
1997	869
1998	1,103
1999	952
2000	2,510
2001	700
2002	683
2003	537
2004	727
2005	769
2006	886
2007	1,315
2008	1,424
2009	818
2010	1,501
2011	621
2012	684
2013	646
2014	1,040
2015	1,496
2016	530
2017	808
2018	256
2019	418
2020	507
2021	441
2022	767
2023	544
2024	328
2025	1,485

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	378
25 to 50	38
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	7
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	3