Weather Records on 6 February 1968

231 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 February 1968. Highest significance: Lunner, NO.

Key Facts for 6 February 1968

On 6 February 1968, 231 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 228 daily.
Lunner set a daily record precipitation of 27.1 mm (1.1 in) on 6 February 1968.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

231 stations

231 station records on 6 February 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 February 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lunner	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chasm Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nottingham Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	268.0 mm (10.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tree Point Lt STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tamala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Doolgunna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Primghar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gustavus	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Chico	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Belele	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	291.1 mm (11.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-40.6 C (-41.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yandil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alcozauca (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zyrjanka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Margaret River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Piata (Anchieta)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tapalpa (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record low maximum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nottingham Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooralya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wolwefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ningaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murchison Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buttah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cloughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Inga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dairy Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gnaraloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carpina (Floresta Dos Leoes)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valle de Santiago	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

231 records

Records set or tied on 6 February 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 6 February 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 6 February 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 228.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

191 broken records

Margins by which the 191 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 February 1968

Top 20 records on 6 February 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 1968	Lunner, NO	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1968	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1968	Chasm Falls, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1968	Nottingham Island, CA	daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1968	Hedal I Valdres, NO	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1968	Bingil Bay, AU	daily rain	268.0 mm (10.6 in)	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1968	Hedrum, NO	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1968	Gjerstad I Aust-Agder, NO	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1968	Tree Point Lt STN, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1968	Tamala, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1968	Sherwood, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1968	Hiasen I Sigdal, NO	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	6 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1968	Herefoss, NO	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1968	Mykland, NO	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1968	Tashkent, UZ	daily low max	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	84 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1968	Little Port Walter, US	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1968	Doolgunna, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1968	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	66 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1968	Primghar, US	daily high min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	70 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1968	Gustavus, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)

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 231 records.

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

Records on 02-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1803	2
1814	1
1827	1
1837	1
1841	2
1848	2
1852	1
1853	1
1854	1
1856	2
1865	4
1866	3
1867	1
1869	3
1870	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	2
1876	2
1877	1
1885	1
1886	3
1888	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	2
1895	14
1896	5
1897	6
1899	2
1900	3
1901	2
1902	9
1903	1
1904	37
1905	9
1906	10
1907	16
1908	18
1909	40
1910	10
1911	35
1912	22
1913	58
1914	23
1915	30
1916	25
1917	80
1918	59
1919	11
1920	154
1921	30
1922	67
1923	53
1924	192
1925	481
1926	183
1927	372
1928	421
1929	206
1930	145
1931	240
1932	214
1933	188
1934	212
1935	127
1936	767
1937	220
1938	1,004
1939	198
1940	481
1941	194
1942	422
1943	372
1944	554
1945	199
1946	489
1947	408
1948	458
1949	533
1950	877
1951	388
1952	276
1953	638
1954	415
1955	819
1956	483
1957	436
1958	237
1959	356
1960	537
1961	866
1962	375
1963	1,381
1964	478
1965	405
1966	716
1967	499
1968	231
1969	485
1970	320
1971	707
1972	304
1973	1,355
1974	596
1975	838
1976	1,101
1977	1,083
1978	1,482
1979	1,882
1980	737
1981	739
1982	2,171
1983	677
1984	1,425
1985	1,198
1986	1,123
1987	858
1988	1,517
1989	3,297
1990	1,294
1991	1,923
1992	608
1993	931
1994	675
1995	1,465
1996	1,618
1997	791
1998	759
1999	1,200
2000	545
2001	1,442
2002	1,291
2003	923
2004	2,182
2005	1,296
2006	768
2007	1,291
2008	2,583
2009	1,134
2010	1,379
2011	1,425
2012	1,103
2013	385
2014	1,587
2015	1,269
2016	456
2017	848
2018	586
2019	1,613
2020	1,163
2021	836
2022	516
2023	255
2024	904
2025	935
2026	987

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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 20	174
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1