Weather Records on 4 January 1968

661 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 1968. Highest significance: Frome Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 4 January 1968

On 4 January 1968, 661 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 258 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 652 daily.
Frome Downs set a monthly record daily precipitation of 82.6 mm (3.3 in) on 4 January 1968.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

661 stations

661 station records on 4 January 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bijaypur	India	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	137.2 cm (54.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Emery	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Marree (Farina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gammon Ranges (Mount Serle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Angorichina Hostel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Terragong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mantuan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gammon Ranges (Umberatana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Babbiloora Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Holowilena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Klintonel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bayana Biana	India	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beltana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Premer (Eden Moor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cessnock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nawa	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Old Baratta Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crown King	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Washakie 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hana 354	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Wilson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cortez	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Luverne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maroota ( Roberts Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beltana Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Erudina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrenceville 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

661 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 178, Heaviest daily rainfall 243, Heaviest daily snowfall 46, Deepest snow cover 61.

Records on 4 January 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	178
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	46
Deepest snow cover	61

Records on 4 January 1968 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 652.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

569 broken records

Margins by which the 569 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 991.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 1968

Top 20 records on 4 January 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 1968	Frome Downs, AU	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1968	Bijaypur, IN	monthly rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1968	Red Lodge, US	daily snow depth	137.2 cm (54.0 in)	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1968	Emery, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	66 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1968	Marree (Farina), AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1968	Gammon Ranges (Mount Serle), AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1968	Angorichina Hostel, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1968	Petoskey, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	73 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1968	Hawker (Warcowie), AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1968	Merriwa (Terragong), AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1968	Mantuan Downs, AU	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1968	Blinman, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1968	Anna Creek, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1968	Gammon Ranges (Umberatana), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1968	Babbiloora Station, AU	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1968	Hawker (Holowilena), AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1968	Klintonel, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.2 cm (2.8 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1968	Bayana Biana, IN	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1968	Nelson Bay (Nelson Head), AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1968	Beltana, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	40 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

1795 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1968. 1968 had 661 records.

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

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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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 200	564
200 to 400	3
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	1
800 to 1000	1