Weather Records on 1 February 1968

941 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 February 1968. Highest significance: Woodstock, CA.

Key Facts for 1 February 1968

On 1 February 1968, 941 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
571 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 911 daily.
Woodstock set a daily record precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 1 February 1968.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

941 stations

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

Weather records on 1 February 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Madawaska	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Washago	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
North Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Baloda Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moberly	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nominingue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aracaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Muskoka A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tobermory	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milford Gm Proving Ground	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Peedamullah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bamboo Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bingham Chute	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kitchener	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	45.2 C (113.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nurina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
High Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Angliers	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canton L&D 20	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

941 records

Records set or tied on 1 February 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 209, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 362, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 308, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 1 February 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	209
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	362
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	308
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 1 February 1968 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 28, daily 911.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

798 broken records

Margins by which the 798 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 137.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 February 1968

Top 20 records on 1 February 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 February 1968	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	89 years	75 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1968	Hillsdale, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1968	Valparaiso Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1968	Parry Sound, CA	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1968	Lucknow, CA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1968	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	all-time high min	31.7 C (89.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	92 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1968	Mount Forest, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1968	Madawaska, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1968	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1968	Coldwater St School, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1968	Sandusky, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1968	Plymouth Pwr Substn, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1968	Washago, CA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1968	Keokuk L&D 19, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1968	North Bay, CA	monthly rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1968	Goshen 3SW, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1968	Beatrice, CA	monthly rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1968	Baloda Bazar, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1968	Marshall, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1968	Turbine, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	48 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 941 records.

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

Records on 02-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1830	1
1831	1
1846	1
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1862	3
1866	1
1867	1
1869	4
1871	1
1873	1
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	5
1900	2
1901	3
1902	10
1903	4
1904	9
1905	7
1906	29
1907	13
1908	85
1909	23
1910	5
1911	38
1912	37
1913	35
1914	54
1915	51
1916	68
1917	69
1918	71
1919	21
1920	84
1921	36
1922	68
1923	249
1924	193
1925	80
1926	56
1927	110
1928	281
1929	178
1930	102
1931	264
1932	142
1933	283
1934	515
1935	441
1936	514
1937	270
1938	299
1939	271
1940	328
1941	365
1942	157
1943	281
1944	240
1945	469
1946	273
1947	352
1948	397
1949	604
1950	1,223
1951	1,756
1952	907
1953	552
1954	1,012
1955	296
1956	1,013
1957	539
1958	369
1959	398
1960	646
1961	479
1962	657
1963	1,161
1964	453
1965	453
1966	756
1967	628
1968	941
1969	485
1970	397
1971	1,597
1972	385
1973	716
1974	865
1975	634
1976	723
1977	516
1978	904
1979	1,728
1980	689
1981	961
1982	1,029
1983	1,463
1984	278
1985	2,572
1986	709
1987	826
1988	1,699
1989	1,772
1990	1,122
1991	554
1992	1,501
1993	819
1994	917
1995	1,330
1996	1,632
1997	883
1998	737
1999	1,031
2000	687
2001	1,124
2002	2,087
2003	1,301
2004	1,146
2005	714
2006	638
2007	930
2008	1,136
2009	506
2010	1,239
2011	1,204
2012	1,027
2013	704
2014	635
2015	958
2016	1,496
2017	424
2018	512
2019	816
2020	1,608
2021	570
2022	254
2023	416
2024	1,204
2025	557
2026	1,241

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Data for records on 1968-02-01: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	741
20 to 40	42
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1