Weather Records on 7 January 1968

1,305 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 January 1968. Highest significance: Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE.

Key Facts for 7 January 1968

On 7 January 1968, 1,305 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
52 were record highs and 729 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 1,286 daily.
Munchen-Nymphenburg set a daily record precipitation of 27.4 mm (1.1 in) on 7 January 1968.
Across 158 earlier years (1826 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

1,305 stations

1,305 station records on 7 January 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 January 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Goonumbla (Coradgery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marhaura(Amnar)	India	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sulak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Krumbach-Edenhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mohania(Mahania)	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Springfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-14.6 C (5.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Siwan	India	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Musquash	Canada	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Old Burren (Windella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leupp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Strathalbyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Washakie 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winslow AP	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chenari	India	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Versailles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muskogee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wagoner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Ridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wateranga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Graman (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sapphire (Argyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-25.2 C (-13.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charles City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Scott	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,305 records

Records set or tied on 7 January 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 324, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 405, Heaviest daily rainfall 341, Heaviest daily snowfall 100, Deepest snow cover 83.

Records on 7 January 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	324
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	405
Heaviest daily rainfall	341
Heaviest daily snowfall	100
Deepest snow cover	83

Records on 7 January 1968 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 9, daily 1,286.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,112 broken records

Margins by which the 1,112 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 January 1968

Top 20 records on 7 January 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 January 1968	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 January 1968	Goonumbla (Coradgery), AU	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1968	Marhaura(Amnar), IN	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1968	Sulak, RU	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1968	Krumbach-Edenhausen, DE	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1968	Mohania(Mahania), IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1968	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1968	Skaneateles, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1968	Springfields, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1968	Bar Harbor 3 NW, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1968	Princeton, US	daily low min	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	12.7 C (22.9 F)	73 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1968	Marquette, US	daily low max	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	86 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1968	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1968	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low max	-14.6 C (5.7 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	118 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1968	Plymouth-Kingston, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	71 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1968	Oswego, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1968	Siwan, IN	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1968	Mattoon, US	daily low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1968	Musquash, CA	all-time snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1968	Nanaimo, CA	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	64 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

1826 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1826 to 1968. 1968 had 1,305 records.

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

Records on 01-07 in each year
Year	Records
1826	1
1839	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	3
1877	5
1879	1
1880	1
1882	2
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	5
1891	4
1893	1
1894	1
1896	4
1897	1
1898	5
1899	1
1900	5
1901	6
1902	5
1903	17
1904	3
1905	15
1906	19
1907	43
1908	19
1909	18
1910	14
1911	17
1912	56
1913	55
1914	11
1915	111
1916	53
1917	17
1918	57
1919	145
1920	60
1921	76
1922	180
1923	104
1924	206
1925	70
1926	91
1927	171
1928	212
1929	73
1930	449
1931	94
1932	216
1933	180
1934	645
1935	509
1936	529
1937	851
1938	192
1939	220
1940	697
1941	303
1942	702
1943	342
1944	283
1945	803
1946	834
1947	293
1948	740
1949	510
1950	377
1951	361
1952	386
1953	494
1954	409
1955	164
1956	283
1957	338
1958	416
1959	350
1960	440
1961	351
1962	855
1963	609
1964	218
1965	1,297
1966	614
1967	686
1968	1,305
1969	761
1970	1,139
1971	927
1972	395
1973	1,106
1974	892
1975	739
1976	1,127
1977	676
1978	485
1979	1,481
1980	700
1981	779
1982	1,416
1983	922
1984	657
1985	1,224
1986	717
1987	787
1988	2,940
1989	1,713
1990	688
1991	993
1992	993
1993	1,266
1994	1,226
1995	1,172
1996	1,945
1997	1,011
1998	2,599
1999	1,223
2000	696
2001	915
2002	1,296
2003	1,260
2004	928
2005	1,241
2006	1,164
2007	1,147
2008	1,806
2009	1,033
2010	1,899
2011	727
2012	537
2013	397
2014	2,632
2015	598
2016	704
2017	1,315
2018	1,026
2019	538
2020	446
2021	535
2022	895
2023	444
2024	690
2025	560
2026	725

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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	1,049
50 to 100	33
100 to 150	17
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	1