Weather Records on 17 December 1969

238 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 December 1969. Highest significance: Esplanada, BR.

Key Facts for 17 December 1969

On 17 December 1969, 238 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 233 daily.
Esplanada set an all-time record daily precipitation of 191.3 mm (7.5 in) on 17 December 1969.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

238 stations

238 station records on 17 December 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 December 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Esplanada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Glanworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Islet Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
West Quarter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bogie River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Limbunya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carinhanha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplyne	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Perumbalur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chiknayakanihall	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Verwoedburg-Mu"Lytteltn"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pindobacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Konni	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dindigul	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ogmore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jeremoabo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Queimadas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Laranjeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Punganur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
B.K.Pet	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Alphen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Poco Das Trincheiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brandenburg-Gorden	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kangayam	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Westby	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stanwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Nora (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santana Do Ipanema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Riddle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Andarai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zumbrota	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aach	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kallatty	India	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wamsutter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ambur	India	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record snow depth	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

238 records

Records set or tied on 17 December 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 117, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 17 December 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	117
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 17 December 1969 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 233.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

200 broken records

Margins by which the 200 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 December 1969

Top 20 records on 17 December 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 December 1969	Esplanada, BR	all-time rain	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	5 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1969	Glanworth, AU	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1969	Pine Islet Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1969	West Quarter, AU	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1969	Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho), BR	daily rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1969	St Lawrence Post Office, AU	monthly rain	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1969	Bogie River, AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1969	Beerfelden, DE	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1969	Limbunya, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1969	Carinhanha, BR	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1969	Chaplyne, UA	monthly rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1969	Homestead Post Office, AU	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1969	Regensburg, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1969	Perumbalur, IN	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1969	Little Falls 2NNE, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	14 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1969	Chiknayakanihall, IN	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1969	Verwoedburg-Mu"Lytteltn", ZA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	55 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1969	Pindobacu, BR	daily rain	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1969	Konni, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1969	Dindigul, IN	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	28 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

1793 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1969. 1969 had 238 records.

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

Records on 12-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1796	1
1806	2
1808	2
1814	1
1815	1
1839	1
1845	1
1846	4
1847	1
1848	1
1859	3
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	2
1876	3
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1881	2
1885	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	4
1892	4
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	6
1901	5
1902	47
1903	2
1904	14
1905	2
1906	17
1907	9
1908	13
1909	5
1910	37
1911	12
1912	15
1913	21
1914	17
1915	31
1916	21
1917	21
1918	21
1919	109
1920	97
1921	94
1922	120
1923	170
1924	505
1925	79
1926	172
1927	143
1928	359
1929	221
1930	362
1931	217
1932	684
1933	710
1934	200
1935	87
1936	504
1937	379
1938	118
1939	1,126
1940	248
1941	261
1942	507
1943	444
1944	189
1945	621
1946	207
1947	258
1948	316
1949	296
1950	294
1951	773
1952	277
1953	283
1954	409
1955	419
1956	448
1957	686
1958	540
1959	548
1960	492
1961	911
1962	676
1963	531
1964	1,239
1965	482
1966	516
1967	1,121
1968	338
1969	238
1970	820
1971	781
1972	601
1973	1,016
1974	390
1975	474
1976	507
1977	1,024
1978	710
1979	951
1980	1,116
1981	1,354
1982	569
1983	1,264
1984	1,618
1985	1,210
1986	743
1987	1,191
1988	481
1989	2,905
1990	866
1991	577
1992	1,461
1993	761
1994	685
1995	956
1996	1,212
1997	1,279
1998	695
1999	901
2000	1,566
2001	1,262
2002	858
2003	751
2004	554
2005	806
2006	1,307
2007	1,100
2008	1,354
2009	926
2010	1,405
2011	430
2012	942
2013	718
2014	370
2015	1,378
2016	1,521
2017	408
2018	498
2019	917
2020	768
2021	908
2022	595
2023	931
2024	560
2025	1,198

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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	186
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1