Weather Records on 10 December 1969

423 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 December 1969. Highest significance: Avon Park 2 W, US.

Key Facts for 10 December 1969

On 10 December 1969, 423 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 418 daily.
Avon Park 2 W set a daily record precipitation of 71.1 mm (2.8 in) on 10 December 1969.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

423 stations

423 station records on 10 December 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 December 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Isleworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Alfred Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Raglan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hope	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fellsmere 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scotia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grimsby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kitchener	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scotia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Catharines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Porter Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Delhi Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.6 C (5.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	105.0 cm (41.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hatfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland Station	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

423 records

Records set or tied on 10 December 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 250, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 36.

Records on 10 December 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	250
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	36

Records on 10 December 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 418.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

367 broken records

Margins by which the 367 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 December 1969

Top 20 records on 10 December 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 December 1969	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
10 December 1969	Arcadia, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	62 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 December 1969	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 December 1969	Cedar Key 1 WSW, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 December 1969	Isleworth, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 December 1969	Glen St Mary 1 W, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1969	Titusville, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	62 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1969	Wien, AT	daily snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1969	Woodstock, CA	daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	86 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1969	Clearwater, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1969	Crescent City, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1969	Mtn Lake, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1969	New Bern 3 NW, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1969	Bloomfield, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1969	Lake Alfred Exp STN, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1969	Cambridge Galt Moe, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	86 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1969	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1969	Johnstown, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1969	Raglan, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1969	Midland Water Pollution Contro, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	76 years	43 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 423 records.

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

Records on 12-10 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1812	2
1815	1
1816	1
1825	2
1841	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	2
1855	1
1856	1
1860	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	1
1878	3
1879	10
1880	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	1
1889	1
1891	17
1893	2
1894	2
1895	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	15
1905	18
1906	15
1907	29
1908	11
1909	16
1910	47
1911	35
1912	23
1913	21
1914	35
1915	123
1916	89
1917	76
1918	30
1919	80
1920	186
1921	52
1922	157
1923	121
1924	64
1925	83
1926	106
1927	202
1928	131
1929	250
1930	141
1931	318
1932	511
1933	265
1934	331
1935	194
1936	178
1937	449
1938	272
1939	924
1940	163
1941	249
1942	282
1943	504
1944	431
1945	193
1946	1,073
1947	378
1948	174
1949	536
1950	336
1951	582
1952	633
1953	408
1954	336
1955	385
1956	455
1957	449
1958	751
1959	205
1960	390
1961	878
1962	405
1963	511
1964	447
1965	843
1966	991
1967	829
1968	576
1969	423
1970	1,338
1971	1,646
1972	1,858
1973	453
1974	372
1975	688
1976	376
1977	1,370
1978	1,299
1979	1,378
1980	531
1981	1,035
1982	748
1983	685
1984	605
1985	1,421
1986	601
1987	803
1988	599
1989	787
1990	935
1991	940
1992	795
1993	754
1994	940
1995	1,758
1996	1,193
1997	1,198
1998	709
1999	568
2000	882
2001	460
2002	1,030
2003	1,086
2004	1,247
2005	833
2006	998
2007	1,202
2008	1,083
2009	1,354
2010	1,424
2011	362
2012	825
2013	1,010
2014	602
2015	1,166
2016	858
2017	719
2018	500
2019	572
2020	567
2021	934
2022	570
2023	926
2024	477
2025	1,969

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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	335
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1