Weather Records on 5 July 1969

822 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 July 1969. Highest significance: Wooster Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 5 July 1969

On 5 July 1969, 822 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
255 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 786 daily.
Wooster Exp STN set an all-time record daily precipitation of 238.0 mm (9.4 in) on 5 July 1969.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

822 stations

822 station records on 5 July 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 July 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	238.0 mm (9.4 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ashland 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	204.7 mm (8.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Charles Mill Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	229.1 mm (9.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Millersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Catingueira (Juca)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Corry	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Triunfo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kotel'nikovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Pompeu Sobrinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Afogados da Ingazeira (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Correntes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fowler	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Valladolid (Villanubla)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Put-In-Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boa Viagem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boqueirao Pedras Brancas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McKeesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hotham Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barkers Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhneangarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Princesa Isabel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Cedro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salva Vidas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Groznyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Agua Branca (Imoroti)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sertania (Alagoa de Baixo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carnaubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burhanpur Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nimbahera	India	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Willowghby East Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Meadville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hall (Lochleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monsenhor Tabosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Head	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nizhny-Chir	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

822 records

Records set or tied on 5 July 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 95, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 160, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 459.

Records on 5 July 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	95
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	160
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	459
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 July 1969 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 26, daily 786.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

650 broken records

Margins by which the 650 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 141.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 July 1969

Top 20 records on 5 July 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 July 1969	Wooster Exp STN, US	all-time rain	238.0 mm (9.4 in)	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	56 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 July 1969	Ashland 2 SW, US	all-time rain	204.7 mm (8.1 in)	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	10 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1969	Charles Mill Lake, US	all-time rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	11 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1969	Fremont, US	all-time rain	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	2 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1969	Norwalk Wwtp, US	all-time rain	229.1 mm (9.0 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	2 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1969	Millersburg, US	monthly rain	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	29 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1969	Catingueira (Juca), BR	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1969	Corry, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1969	Triunfo, BR	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1969	Pontiac Wwtp, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1969	Kotel'nikovo, RU	daily rain	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1969	Euroa, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1969	Acude Pompeu Sobrinho, BR	monthly rain	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	3 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1969	Palmares, BR	daily rain	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1969	Afogados da Ingazeira (Dnocs), BR	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1969	Correntes, BR	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1969	Fowler, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1969	Plymouth 2 WSW, US	all-time rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1969	Valladolid (Villanubla), ES	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1969	Put-In-Bay, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 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 822 records.

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

Records on 07-05 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1816	1
1819	2
1822	1
1828	2
1835	1
1839	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	1
1852	1
1856	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	6
1891	2
1892	2
1893	4
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	8
1901	8
1902	11
1903	6
1904	4
1905	9
1906	25
1907	12
1908	10
1909	22
1910	33
1911	46
1912	12
1913	23
1914	56
1915	75
1916	37
1917	32
1918	30
1919	40
1920	206
1921	75
1922	66
1923	67
1924	112
1925	108
1926	183
1927	206
1928	185
1929	224
1930	233
1931	395
1932	344
1933	335
1934	505
1935	242
1936	714
1937	340
1938	328
1939	398
1940	352
1941	309
1942	443
1943	418
1944	438
1945	244
1946	273
1947	815
1948	655
1949	444
1950	480
1951	635
1952	341
1953	532
1954	417
1955	437
1956	499
1957	491
1958	634
1959	318
1960	515
1961	604
1962	324
1963	642
1964	421
1965	298
1966	305
1967	923
1968	828
1969	822
1970	552
1971	431
1972	1,580
1973	766
1974	488
1975	806
1976	639
1977	740
1978	804
1979	919
1980	557
1981	914
1982	981
1983	841
1984	832
1985	695
1986	1,155
1987	665
1988	1,828
1989	930
1990	1,103
1991	936
1992	937
1993	1,383
1994	1,137
1995	1,243
1996	1,130
1997	962
1998	957
1999	1,838
2000	729
2001	1,153
2002	892
2003	646
2004	853
2005	797
2006	974
2007	1,206
2008	779
2009	946
2010	1,085
2011	696
2012	1,356
2013	768
2014	420
2015	1,303
2016	932
2017	619
2018	754
2019	742
2020	416
2021	639
2022	855
2023	688
2024	1,030
2025	632
2026	505

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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 20	603
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1