Weather Records on 13 January 1968

1,024 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 1968. Highest significance: Ebor (Kotupna), AU.

Key Facts for 13 January 1968

On 13 January 1968, 1,024 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
89 were record highs and 294 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 981 daily.
Ebor (Kotupna) set a daily record precipitation of 210.1 mm (8.3 in) on 13 January 1968.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

1,024 stations

1,024 station records on 13 January 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 January 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	210.1 mm (8.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Nizamabad	India	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bulahdelah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hickeys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	266.4 mm (10.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hermidale Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mirannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Beechmont Binna Burra Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dorrigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dungog Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moorang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (McPherson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bowraville (Weeroona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	214.9 mm (8.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bryn Euryn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	202.7 mm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Imbil Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Green Mountains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mummulgum (Bingeebeebra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kilcoy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bonnie Brae	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coolabah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dalmorton Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes (Mt Mitchell Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Allandale (Tingara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Terrace (Wallaroo Stat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	137.2 cm (54.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ulupna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kenilworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wollomombi (Wallamumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Parkersburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Camoola Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ashwood	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,024 records

Records set or tied on 13 January 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 146, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 148, Heaviest daily rainfall 411, Heaviest daily snowfall 120, Deepest snow cover 110.

Records on 13 January 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	146
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	148
Heaviest daily rainfall	411
Heaviest daily snowfall	120
Deepest snow cover	110

Records on 13 January 1968 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 35, daily 981.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

897 broken records

Margins by which the 897 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 737.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 January 1968

Top 20 records on 13 January 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 January 1968	Ebor (Kotupna), AU	daily rain	210.1 mm (8.3 in)	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1968	Ebor (Wongwibinda), AU	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1968	Gloucester Post Office, AU	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1968	Stroud Post Office, AU	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1968	Tahlee (Carrington (Church St), AU	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1968	St Thomas, CA	monthly rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	82 years	69 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1968	Clarence Town (Grey St), AU	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1968	Gresford Post Office, AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	69 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1968	Wingham (Lanark Close), AU	daily rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1968	Nizamabad, IN	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	66 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1968	Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede, AU	daily rain	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1968	Bulahdelah Post Office, AU	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1968	Hickeys Creek Post Office, AU	monthly rain	266.4 mm (10.5 in)	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	24 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1968	Legume (New Koreelah), AU	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1968	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1968	Kursk, RU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1968	Bowraville Recreation Club, AU	daily rain	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1968	Nelson Bay (Nelson Head), AU	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1968	Hermidale Tank, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1968	Paterson Post Office, AU	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	52 years	59 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 1,024 records.

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

Records on 01-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	2
1837	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1871	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	4
1904	23
1905	5
1906	9
1907	14
1908	17
1909	8
1910	45
1911	60
1912	104
1913	6
1914	58
1915	14
1916	49
1917	39
1918	102
1919	23
1920	87
1921	55
1922	104
1923	72
1924	68
1925	418
1926	62
1927	189
1928	638
1929	116
1930	310
1931	102
1932	1,183
1933	115
1934	232
1935	174
1936	220
1937	284
1938	235
1939	357
1940	324
1941	415
1942	318
1943	377
1944	373
1945	507
1946	212
1947	341
1948	533
1949	420
1950	1,141
1951	400
1952	375
1953	669
1954	427
1955	261
1956	469
1957	552
1958	327
1959	347
1960	968
1961	264
1962	711
1963	1,727
1964	995
1965	320
1966	652
1967	470
1968	1,024
1969	615
1970	468
1971	827
1972	1,221
1973	928
1974	762
1975	916
1976	683
1977	889
1978	487
1979	1,801
1980	1,246
1981	1,168
1982	1,381
1983	1,131
1984	657
1985	923
1986	619
1987	1,851
1988	674
1989	769
1990	517
1991	627
1992	841
1993	2,132
1994	1,264
1995	1,729
1996	1,855
1997	2,435
1998	1,001
1999	679
2000	966
2001	662
2002	1,219
2003	566
2004	769
2005	1,883
2006	1,104
2007	2,370
2008	398
2009	875
2010	800
2011	1,358
2012	433
2013	1,645
2014	370
2015	916
2016	422
2017	1,126
2018	961
2019	479
2020	611
2021	631
2022	754
2023	741
2024	1,987
2025	436
2026	1,150

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	855
100 to 200	39
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1