Weather Records on 21 January 1968

1,179 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 1968. Highest significance: Euroa, AU.

Key Facts for 21 January 1968

On 21 January 1968, 1,179 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
611 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 1,141 daily.
Euroa set a daily record precipitation of 68.6 mm (2.7 in) on 21 January 1968.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

1,179 stations

1,179 station records on 21 January 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Campbells Forest (Yarraberb)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Broken Hill (Patton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Charlton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nagambie (Goulburn Weir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Werribee Research Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Aberfeldy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glenloth Shingle Hut Hmsd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Drummartin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wanganella (Zara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carwarp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ouyen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands (Glentannar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Willow Point)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Murrabit R.W.C.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fort William	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkadene (Murtho)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mallan (Niemur Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Merton Weir Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Observatorio Do Iag	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.1 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Patchewollock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandra (Acheron)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Turriff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Invergordon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murrindindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (Clare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wycheproof (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Eildon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Edna 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dunham River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berrigan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woomelang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nagambie Cba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Floresville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Merrinee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,179 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 252, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 359, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 508, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 21 January 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	252
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	359
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	508
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 21 January 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 38, daily 1,141.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,018 broken records

Margins by which the 1,018 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 January 1968

Top 20 records on 21 January 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 1968	Euroa, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	67 years	68 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1968	Alexandra (Post Office), AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	83 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1968	Strathbogie, AU	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	64 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1968	Campbells Forest (Yarraberb), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 January 1968	Broken Hill (Patton Street), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	77 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1968	Charlton Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1968	Nagambie (Goulburn Weir), AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1968	Woods Point, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1968	Lampasas, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1968	Werribee Research Farm, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1968	Elaine (Larundel), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1968	Aberfeldy, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1968	Glenloth Shingle Hut Hmsd, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1968	Drummartin, AU	monthly rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1968	Wanganella (Zara), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1968	Carwarp, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1968	Ouyen (Post Office), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1968	Kew, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1968	Mansfield (Post Office), AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1968	Highlands (Glentannar), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	47 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

1793 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1968. 1968 had 1,179 records.

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

Records on 01-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1800	2
1803	1
1804	2
1829	1
1838	3
1840	2
1845	2
1846	1
1850	2
1864	2
1866	4
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1876	1
1878	4
1880	3
1881	4
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	15
1900	5
1901	4
1902	8
1903	18
1904	30
1905	3
1906	53
1907	10
1908	11
1909	25
1910	11
1911	8
1912	7
1913	23
1914	37
1915	47
1916	38
1917	83
1918	49
1919	14
1920	75
1921	54
1922	35
1923	62
1924	535
1925	103
1926	157
1927	447
1928	206
1929	132
1930	616
1931	112
1932	167
1933	572
1934	255
1935	771
1936	314
1937	852
1938	250
1939	305
1940	562
1941	205
1942	522
1943	1,168
1944	324
1945	290
1946	339
1947	205
1948	387
1949	452
1950	643
1951	367
1952	436
1953	325
1954	1,094
1955	399
1956	653
1957	527
1958	506
1959	936
1960	319
1961	746
1962	741
1963	761
1964	771
1965	251
1966	636
1967	511
1968	1,179
1969	927
1970	1,770
1971	672
1972	598
1973	573
1974	992
1975	496
1976	860
1977	549
1978	1,301
1979	1,675
1980	425
1981	972
1982	1,339
1983	1,179
1984	2,132
1985	2,457
1986	883
1987	934
1988	771
1989	511
1990	927
1991	559
1992	447
1993	1,763
1994	1,195
1995	1,276
1996	528
1997	950
1998	606
1999	1,387
2000	686
2001	736
2002	796
2003	690
2004	535
2005	1,111
2006	1,116
2007	1,955
2008	1,061
2009	788
2010	1,166
2011	836
2012	1,148
2013	455
2014	522
2015	426
2016	580
2017	1,248
2018	664
2019	526
2020	894
2021	626
2022	430
2023	517
2024	1,015
2025	1,386
2026	201

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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 2026-10-13 (13 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 20	925
20 to 40	68
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1