Weather Records on 9 February 1968

312 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 February 1968. Highest significance: Badiraguato (Smn), MX.

Key Facts for 9 February 1968

On 9 February 1968, 312 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
85 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 305 daily.
Badiraguato (Smn) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 108.0 mm (4.3 in) on 9 February 1968.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

312 stations

312 station records on 9 February 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 February 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Badiraguato (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Santana Do Cariri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maranboy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aguiar da Beira	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Inacio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Campi	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Atlin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ingenio Tamazula	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nachiki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Swaziland Ranch-Homest	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Watersmeet	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fig Tree	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Varzea Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bunda Bunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Huajuapan de Leon (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
El Salto (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tepeaca	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Novo Acre (Giqui)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Alfred Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camargo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cuttening	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Craigie-Lea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Parral	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Podor	Senegal	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kasilof 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bunbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Junta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muchea Tree Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cuatro Cienegas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chidlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

312 records

Records set or tied on 9 February 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 144, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 9 February 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 9 February 1968 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 305.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

251 broken records

Margins by which the 251 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 February 1968

Top 20 records on 9 February 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 February 1968	Badiraguato (Smn), MX	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1968	Santana Do Cariri, BR	daily rain	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1968	Maranboy, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1968	Aguiar da Beira, PT	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1968	Valdez WSO, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1968	Santo Inacio, BR	daily rain	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1968	Chatham Exp Fa, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1968	Campi, PT	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1968	Atlin, CA	monthly high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	51 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1968	Ingenio Tamazula, MX	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1968	Nachiki, RU	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1968	Kenai AP, US	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	67 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1968	Swaziland Ranch-Homest, SZ	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1968	Port Aux Basques, CA	monthly high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1968	Watersmeet, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	10 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1968	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	64 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1968	Fig Tree, ZA	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1968	Clearwater, US	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	66 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1968	Varzea Alegre, BR	daily rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1968	Arad, RO	daily high min	5.1 C (41.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	65 years	27 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 312 records.

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

Records on 02-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1809	1
1847	1
1849	1
1855	2
1856	5
1857	1
1858	2
1860	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	4
1879	1
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	5
1894	7
1895	5
1896	3
1897	5
1898	3
1899	17
1900	4
1901	3
1902	4
1903	13
1904	22
1905	7
1906	13
1907	9
1908	18
1909	6
1910	9
1911	65
1912	38
1913	27
1914	57
1915	16
1916	53
1917	39
1918	43
1919	59
1920	63
1921	22
1922	43
1923	65
1924	50
1925	642
1926	151
1927	76
1928	176
1929	433
1930	191
1931	205
1932	652
1933	986
1934	618
1935	427
1936	437
1937	638
1938	772
1939	838
1940	380
1941	178
1942	468
1943	438
1944	546
1945	400
1946	337
1947	541
1948	342
1949	467
1950	463
1951	758
1952	334
1953	569
1954	1,034
1955	482
1956	754
1957	1,072
1958	375
1959	578
1960	453
1961	693
1962	546
1963	635
1964	267
1965	677
1966	1,610
1967	362
1968	312
1969	1,116
1970	518
1971	1,015
1972	270
1973	501
1974	425
1975	569
1976	1,406
1977	514
1978	1,274
1979	1,657
1980	1,124
1981	705
1982	1,368
1983	361
1984	559
1985	1,218
1986	1,140
1987	687
1988	786
1989	1,249
1990	1,535
1991	720
1992	844
1993	871
1994	2,208
1995	999
1996	1,781
1997	759
1998	857
1999	1,622
2000	920
2001	2,173
2002	1,390
2003	758
2004	644
2005	1,025
2006	566
2007	703
2008	807
2009	1,354
2010	1,312
2011	1,361
2012	887
2013	598
2014	949
2015	1,228
2016	1,294
2017	1,412
2018	677
2019	871
2020	1,384
2021	826
2022	585
2023	745
2024	1,392
2025	823
2026	660

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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	229
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1