Weather Records on 10 March 1968

557 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 March 1968. Highest significance: Crownpoint, US.

Key Facts for 10 March 1968

On 10 March 1968, 557 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
156 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 541 daily.
Crownpoint set a monthly record daily precipitation of 43.7 mm (1.7 in) on 10 March 1968.
Across 160 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

557 stations

557 station records on 10 March 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 March 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Crownpoint	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Palma 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mesa	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nundroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sacaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mescalero	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palma 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose de Piranhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tempe	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sells	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ragland 3 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tajique 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Engeland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gavilan	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Amhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mormon Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tajique 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mombaca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Louisa Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Cleveland Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Miguel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brejo Do Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cartersville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Laramie 11 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
North Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rusel-Irlmoos	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record snow depth	71.0 cm (28.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alma Bacon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Real (Instituto)	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bandelier Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

557 records

Records set or tied on 10 March 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 123, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 288, Heaviest daily snowfall 48, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 10 March 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	123
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	288
Heaviest daily snowfall	48
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 10 March 1968 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 541.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

476 broken records

Margins by which the 476 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 March 1968

Top 20 records on 10 March 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 March 1968	Crownpoint, US	monthly rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	63 of 100 (Major)
10 March 1968	Rucker Canyon, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	74 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1968	Palma 2 NE, US	monthly snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1968	Mesa, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1968	Nundroo, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1968	Alapaha Exp STN, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1968	Sacaton, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1968	Mescalero, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1968	Mitchell 5E, US	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1968	Palma 2 NE, US	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1968	Rucker Canyon, US	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	74 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1968	Springer, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1968	Sao Jose de Piranhas, BR	all-time rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1968	Tempe, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1968	Sells, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1968	Ragland 3 SSW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1968	Tajique 4 N, US	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1968	Ft Grant, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1968	Tucson Magnetic Obsy, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	13 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1968	Vik I Sogn III, NO	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	37 years	35 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

1807 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1968. 1968 had 557 records.

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

Records on 03-10 in each year
Year	Records
1807	1
1809	1
1810	3
1834	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1858	2
1860	4
1862	1
1866	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1877	2
1878	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	3
1884	1
1886	2
1888	2
1890	1
1891	3
1892	4
1894	10
1895	1
1896	2
1897	7
1898	1
1901	12
1902	4
1903	6
1904	13
1905	4
1906	26
1907	14
1908	14
1909	16
1910	14
1911	21
1912	53
1913	78
1914	29
1915	29
1916	33
1917	36
1918	73
1919	28
1920	22
1921	65
1922	58
1923	87
1924	236
1925	265
1926	122
1927	93
1928	107
1929	407
1930	96
1931	374
1932	1,857
1933	267
1934	479
1935	338
1936	406
1937	218
1938	142
1939	497
1940	367
1941	260
1942	233
1943	490
1944	646
1945	250
1946	274
1947	316
1948	1,943
1949	511
1950	500
1951	753
1952	478
1953	355
1954	573
1955	1,308
1956	633
1957	607
1958	490
1959	256
1960	834
1961	351
1962	765
1963	470
1964	934
1965	306
1966	588
1967	850
1968	557
1969	874
1970	341
1971	533
1972	1,382
1973	1,143
1974	1,376
1975	868
1976	488
1977	1,300
1978	877
1979	538
1980	491
1981	1,178
1982	858
1983	1,014
1984	1,397
1985	758
1986	1,041
1987	595
1988	830
1989	1,846
1990	1,333
1991	406
1992	1,063
1993	753
1994	1,496
1995	1,241
1996	1,978
1997	1,360
1998	1,957
1999	759
2000	1,609
2001	882
2002	850
2003	1,137
2004	942
2005	963
2006	1,625
2007	457
2008	792
2009	1,407
2010	1,287
2011	934
2012	785
2013	937
2014	988
2015	825
2016	1,781
2017	562
2018	410
2019	1,208
2020	753
2021	1,131
2022	1,486
2023	1,139
2024	489
2025	737
2026	1,485

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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 50	450
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1