Weather Records on 4 August 1969

638 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 August 1969. Highest significance: Enisejsk, RU.

Key Facts for 4 August 1969

On 4 August 1969, 638 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
161 were record highs and 220 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 621 daily.
Enisejsk set an all-time record daily precipitation of 74.4 mm (2.9 in) on 4 August 1969.
Across 165 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

638 stations

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

Weather records on 4 August 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bakani (Rallai)	India	Record daily precipitation	203.5 mm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Porciuncula	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Todgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Luiz Do Curu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
La Huacana	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Doctortown 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tatlayoko Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pirawa	India	Record daily precipitation	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Menza	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jetmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kamensk-Sahtinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wolseley Park (the Pastures)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro Do Rio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haigler	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manohar Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	186.2 mm (7.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Conselheiro Paulino	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Natoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sumter	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sosnovo-Ozerskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Danpur(Danpura)	India	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Falls Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dug (Dag)	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Basirhat	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Menzelinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

638 records

Records set or tied on 4 August 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 92, Lowest daily maximum 122, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 257.

Records on 4 August 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	92
Lowest daily maximum	122
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	257
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 August 1969 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 14, daily 621.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

498 broken records

Margins by which the 498 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 187.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 August 1969

Top 20 records on 4 August 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 August 1969	Enisejsk, RU	all-time rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
4 August 1969	Bakani (Rallai), IN	daily rain	203.5 mm (8.0 in)	124.3 mm (4.9 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1969	Elizabeth City, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1969	Ashley, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1969	Woodstock, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1969	Porciuncula, BR	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1969	Todgarh, IN	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1969	Sao Luiz Do Curu, BR	monthly rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1969	Quatsino, CA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1969	Milledgeville, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	3 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1969	La Huacana, MX	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1969	Healdsburg, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1969	Doctortown 1 WSW, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1969	Madison, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1969	Chattanooga AP, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1969	Tatlayoko Lake, CA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1969	Pirawa, IN	daily rain	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	187.2 mm (7.4 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1969	Menza, RU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1969	Wishek, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1969	Great Bend 3WNW, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	42 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

1815 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1969. 1969 had 638 records.

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

Records on 08-04 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1827	1
1830	2
1833	1
1835	1
1843	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1857	1
1859	2
1860	2
1863	1
1865	3
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1874	3
1875	1
1878	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1888	4
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	1
1899	7
1900	6
1902	4
1903	18
1904	11
1905	19
1906	14
1907	20
1908	31
1909	27
1910	17
1911	23
1912	51
1913	15
1914	33
1915	85
1916	97
1917	29
1918	95
1919	34
1920	79
1921	67
1922	68
1923	146
1924	132
1925	77
1926	334
1927	136
1928	352
1929	224
1930	698
1931	371
1932	258
1933	347
1934	521
1935	367
1936	719
1937	258
1938	489
1939	433
1940	236
1941	383
1942	303
1943	468
1944	662
1945	355
1946	265
1947	845
1948	558
1949	421
1950	666
1951	680
1952	465
1953	1,017
1954	426
1955	624
1956	437
1957	343
1958	533
1959	303
1960	331
1961	745
1962	470
1963	438
1964	885
1965	409
1966	552
1967	428
1968	280
1969	638
1970	415
1971	813
1972	773
1973	748
1974	1,040
1975	772
1976	801
1977	599
1978	1,051
1979	510
1980	998
1981	636
1982	703
1983	920
1984	722
1985	634
1986	905
1987	892
1988	1,204
1989	738
1990	1,013
1991	769
1992	754
1993	1,046
1994	1,265
1995	1,117
1996	1,143
1997	891
1998	1,423
1999	762
2000	840
2001	1,087
2002	928
2003	1,309
2004	968
2005	1,246
2006	1,131
2007	685
2008	883
2009	681
2010	1,665
2011	1,536
2012	738
2013	452
2014	980
2015	505
2016	732
2017	1,134
2018	760
2019	499
2020	778
2021	691
2022	1,185
2023	1,150
2024	809
2025	840
2026	1,044

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Data for records on 1969-08-04: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 25	463
25 to 50	23
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1