Weather Records on 12 January 1968

1,207 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 1968. Highest significance: Nelson Bay (Nelson Head), AU.

Key Facts for 12 January 1968

On 12 January 1968, 1,207 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
25 were record highs and 548 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 1,167 daily.
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head) set a daily record precipitation of 134.9 mm (5.3 in) on 12 January 1968.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

1,207 stations

1,207 station records on 12 January 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Attunga (Garthowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Garah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Elands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	254.8 mm (10.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Monkerai Upper (Redleaf)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rose Isle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerston (Hunters Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dungowan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hickeys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Caririacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cundletown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bonnie Brae	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oxley Island (Lyndhurst)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Andres	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Manilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tamworth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Terrace (Wallaroo Stat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tarome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	149.9 cm (59.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Green Mountains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley (Midkin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clouds Creek State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton (Clermont Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stewarts Brook Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton (Girraweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nundle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manilla (Avoca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coramba (Glenfiddich)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moonan Flat (High St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crofton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Samford Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bryn Euryn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toombul Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kelvin (Carellan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nuguru(Venkitapu)	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cortez	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Archerfield Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Derra Derra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chemainus	Canada	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,207 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 244, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 304, Heaviest daily rainfall 403, Heaviest daily snowfall 142, Deepest snow cover 89.

Records on 12 January 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	244
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	304
Heaviest daily rainfall	403
Heaviest daily snowfall	142
Deepest snow cover	89

Records on 12 January 1968 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 32, daily 1,167.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,075 broken records

Margins by which the 1,075 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 966.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 1968

Top 20 records on 12 January 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 1968	Nelson Bay (Nelson Head), AU	daily rain	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	75 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1968	Stroud Post Office, AU	daily rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	75 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1968	Barraba Post Office, AU	daily rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1968	Gloucester Post Office, AU	daily rain	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1968	Krambach (Bellevue), AU	monthly rain	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	29 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1968	Attunga (Garthowen), AU	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1968	Garah Post Office, AU	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1968	Elands Post Office, AU	monthly rain	254.8 mm (10.0 in)	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	16 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1968	Monkerai Upper (Redleaf), AU	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1968	Rose Isle, AU	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1968	Ellerston (Hunters Vale), AU	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1968	Wingham (Lanark Close), AU	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1968	Dungowan Station, AU	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1968	Hickeys Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1968	Caririacu, BR	all-time rain	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1968	Cundletown Post Office, AU	daily rain	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1968	Fairview, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1968	Bonnie Brae, AU	daily rain	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1968	Oxley Island (Lyndhurst), AU	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1968	Tahlee (Carrington (Church St), AU	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	77 years	50 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

1794 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1968. 1968 had 1,207 records.

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

Records on 01-12 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1812	1
1830	2
1840	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1863	2
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	6
1903	13
1904	3
1905	15
1906	4
1907	12
1908	29
1909	19
1910	43
1911	70
1912	55
1913	19
1914	67
1915	39
1916	47
1917	118
1918	148
1919	24
1920	73
1921	31
1922	71
1923	65
1924	87
1925	141
1926	65
1927	144
1928	629
1929	103
1930	185
1931	142
1932	475
1933	91
1934	222
1935	299
1936	334
1937	260
1938	179
1939	296
1940	315
1941	246
1942	327
1943	440
1944	119
1945	490
1946	288
1947	258
1948	330
1949	510
1950	399
1951	368
1952	268
1953	1,207
1954	427
1955	302
1956	503
1957	376
1958	410
1959	568
1960	1,365
1961	291
1962	1,397
1963	2,005
1964	635
1965	346
1966	485
1967	436
1968	1,207
1969	514
1970	527
1971	763
1972	1,289
1973	564
1974	1,057
1975	1,205
1976	986
1977	1,078
1978	711
1979	1,295
1980	1,442
1981	1,508
1982	1,614
1983	1,115
1984	596
1985	896
1986	690
1987	2,007
1988	841
1989	1,019
1990	637
1991	1,324
1992	774
1993	1,923
1994	942
1995	1,688
1996	1,596
1997	1,957
1998	1,077
1999	871
2000	1,061
2001	575
2002	1,011
2003	737
2004	651
2005	1,918
2006	1,117
2007	1,410
2008	715
2009	839
2010	1,044
2011	1,714
2012	810
2013	1,481
2014	515
2015	743
2016	400
2017	1,358
2018	1,198
2019	919
2020	1,310
2021	618
2022	570
2023	830
2024	1,068
2025	543
2026	630

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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	1,071
200 to 400	3
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1