Weather Records on 8 February 1968

229 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 1968. Highest significance: Millen 4 N, US.

Key Facts for 8 February 1968

On 8 February 1968, 229 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 221 daily.
Millen 4 N set an all-time record snow depth of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 8 February 1968.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

229 stations

229 station records on 8 February 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 February 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Millen 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sunny Corner (Snow Line)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lithgow (Newnes Forest Centre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weetaliba (Weetalabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Springkell	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah USDA Plt Gd	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blairsville Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Feira de Santana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zelinda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-34.7 C (-30.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dwarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pretoria-Waterkloof-Cntry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stewarts Brook Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oslo Blindern	Norway	Record snow depth	79.0 cm (31.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tepeaca	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Miami Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zitacuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli Sidi El Mesri	Libya	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Welbekend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Home Hill Fifteen A St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Norwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rodeo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zamora	Spain	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belltrees Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yathroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alma Bacon Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Resaca	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
El Salto (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valladolid (Villanubla)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Doorawarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ogilvie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

229 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 85, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 8 February 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	85
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 8 February 1968 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 2, daily 221.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

196 broken records

Margins by which the 196 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

8 February 1968

Top 20 records on 8 February 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 1968	Millen 4 N, US	all-time snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	66 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1968	Sunny Corner (Snow Line), AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1968	Millen 4 N, US	all-time snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1968	Grindstone Island, CA	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	72 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1968	Brooklet 1 W, US	all-time snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1968	Lithgow (Newnes Forest Centre), AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1968	Weetaliba (Weetalabah), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	73 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1968	Springkell, ZA	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1968	Savannah USDA Plt Gd, US	all-time snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1968	Blairsville Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1968	Yakutat AP, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1968	Feira de Santana, BR	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1968	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1968	Zelinda, BR	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1968	Sackville, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1968	Verhojansk, RU	daily high min	-34.7 C (-30.5 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	56 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1968	Dwarsfontein, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	52 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1968	Pretoria-Waterkloof-Cntry, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	54 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1968	Ft Pierce, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	56 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1968	Stewarts Brook Composite, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	54 years	26 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

1798 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1968. 1968 had 229 records.

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

Records on 02-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1822	1
1829	1
1838	1
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	4
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1889	3
1890	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	14
1896	1
1898	1
1899	9
1900	9
1901	5
1902	3
1903	18
1904	8
1905	2
1906	9
1907	16
1908	36
1909	8
1910	16
1911	47
1912	67
1913	22
1914	25
1915	30
1916	16
1917	45
1918	44
1919	39
1920	43
1921	39
1922	60
1923	41
1924	147
1925	685
1926	205
1927	59
1928	263
1929	458
1930	181
1931	398
1932	526
1933	1,064
1934	418
1935	370
1936	717
1937	738
1938	575
1939	315
1940	235
1941	342
1942	224
1943	459
1944	500
1945	530
1946	239
1947	553
1948	417
1949	346
1950	500
1951	811
1952	198
1953	462
1954	1,111
1955	448
1956	584
1957	998
1958	323
1959	274
1960	551
1961	863
1962	448
1963	933
1964	305
1965	793
1966	1,116
1967	539
1968	229
1969	561
1970	342
1971	1,146
1972	348
1973	759
1974	560
1975	346
1976	771
1977	704
1978	1,331
1979	1,355
1980	1,345
1981	736
1982	808
1983	492
1984	630
1985	1,256
1986	819
1987	835
1988	837
1989	2,241
1990	2,042
1991	1,376
1992	833
1993	894
1994	2,056
1995	1,004
1996	1,697
1997	725
1998	1,148
1999	1,633
2000	786
2001	1,743
2002	863
2003	719
2004	692
2005	865
2006	614
2007	657
2008	797
2009	1,217
2010	1,023
2011	883
2012	876
2013	733
2014	1,125
2015	1,344
2016	777
2017	1,648
2018	851
2019	1,386
2020	597
2021	970
2022	273
2023	414
2024	1,347
2025	886
2026	912

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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	169
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1