Weather Records on 19 December 1969

381 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 December 1969. Highest significance: Rio Vista, US.

Key Facts for 19 December 1969

On 19 December 1969, 381 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
152 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 365 daily.
Rio Vista set a daily record precipitation of 71.6 mm (2.8 in) on 19 December 1969.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

381 stations

381 station records on 19 December 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 December 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rio Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Farrell Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lambton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St George	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Itaporanga Dajuda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Campo Maior	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lagoa da Canoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Espoey	France	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	72.0 cm (28.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brandenburg-Gorden	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Supai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nossa Senhora Das Dores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harvey Station	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Hohenheim	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lynway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palmeiro Dos Indios	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg-Buchenbuehl	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weihenstephan-Durnast	Germany	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-40.8 C (-41.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lagarto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

381 records

Records set or tied on 19 December 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 130, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 42.

Records on 19 December 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	130
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	42

Records on 19 December 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 365.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

293 broken records

Margins by which the 293 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 220.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 December 1969

Top 20 records on 19 December 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 December 1969	Rio Vista, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1969	Farrell Sharon, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1969	St Thomas, CA	monthly snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	84 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1969	Lambton, CA	daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1969	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	90 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1969	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1969	Weimar, DE	monthly snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1969	St Andrews, CA	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1969	St George, CA	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1969	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	daily snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	69 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1969	Itaporanga Dajuda, BR	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1969	Saint John, CA	daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	3.1 cm (1.2 in)	97 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1969	Greenville Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1969	Campo Maior, BR	daily rain	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1969	Lagoa da Canoa, BR	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1969	Espoey, FR	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1969	Ebrach, DE	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1969	Estancia, BR	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1969	Sussex, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	64 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1969	Aurora, BR	daily rain	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	35 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

1793 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1969. 1969 had 381 records.

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

Records on 12-19 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1795	1
1805	1
1835	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	3
1855	3
1859	3
1860	1
1861	2
1869	2
1870	1
1875	2
1877	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1892	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	16
1903	2
1904	19
1905	5
1906	9
1907	12
1908	12
1909	18
1910	22
1911	17
1912	41
1913	50
1914	23
1915	31
1916	38
1917	36
1918	24
1919	53
1920	30
1921	60
1922	155
1923	180
1924	492
1925	79
1926	152
1927	222
1928	45
1929	386
1930	76
1931	650
1932	239
1933	459
1934	455
1935	110
1936	689
1937	211
1938	237
1939	390
1940	392
1941	588
1942	654
1943	364
1944	241
1945	700
1946	182
1947	283
1948	397
1949	632
1950	545
1951	622
1952	469
1953	517
1954	443
1955	906
1956	287
1957	984
1958	386
1959	249
1960	432
1961	595
1962	670
1963	966
1964	753
1965	392
1966	851
1967	1,063
1968	900
1969	381
1970	485
1971	288
1972	325
1973	1,014
1974	252
1975	843
1976	398
1977	569
1978	1,191
1979	829
1980	456
1981	1,515
1982	768
1983	2,804
1984	1,066
1985	1,179
1986	609
1987	1,095
1988	1,001
1989	1,740
1990	1,463
1991	1,236
1992	1,176
1993	1,153
1994	692
1995	1,459
1996	2,108
1997	830
1998	855
1999	609
2000	1,154
2001	627
2002	1,467
2003	996
2004	664
2005	697
2006	1,061
2007	689
2008	1,545
2009	1,937
2010	1,610
2011	832
2012	774
2013	636
2014	537
2015	1,109
2016	1,080
2017	783
2018	397
2019	541
2020	327
2021	603
2022	494
2023	1,224
2024	864
2025	1,542

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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	255
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	4