Weather Records on 25 March 1968

787 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 March 1968. Highest significance: Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 25 March 1968

On 25 March 1968, 787 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
224 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 769 daily.
Gabo Island Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 155.4 mm (6.1 in) on 25 March 1968.
Across 164 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

787 stations

787 station records on 25 March 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 March 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Mount Phillip	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Harvey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Woodanilling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoopa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelirrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Volciha	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Radyr Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mossgiel Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Bathurst (Somerton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Apollo Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beringarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mileura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hamel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wagin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Fairy (Merigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moorarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stockinbingal General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Geluk (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Albion Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marrar (Centenary Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moyale	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Noongaar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vleiplaas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madoonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Mt Manara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Turee Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waroona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Behtungra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nyabing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hillston (Willanthry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Judal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Klipkop-Irr	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wind River	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gascoyne Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Landor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kathleen Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Miguel Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

787 records

Records set or tied on 25 March 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 118, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 106, Lowest daily minimum 114, Heaviest daily rainfall 374, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 25 March 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	118
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	106
Lowest daily minimum	114
Heaviest daily rainfall	374
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 25 March 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 769.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

689 broken records

Margins by which the 689 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 240.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 March 1968

Top 20 records on 25 March 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 March 1968	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1968	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	89 years	76 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1968	Mount Phillip, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1968	Harvey Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1968	Williams, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1968	San Sebastian - Igueldo, ES	monthly rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1968	Woodanilling, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1968	Naracoopa, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1968	Murchison Downs, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1968	Yeelirrie, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1968	Volciha, RU	monthly rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1968	Radyr Park, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1968	Mossgiel Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1968	Vik I Sogn III, NO	daily snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1968	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	11.9 C (53.4 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	103 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1968	Lake Bathurst (Somerton), AU	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1968	Apollo Bay, AU	monthly rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1968	Putbus, DE	daily high max	19.1 C (66.4 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1968	Beringarra, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1968	Mileura, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	45 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

1806 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1968. 1968 had 787 records.

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

Records on 03-25 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1830	1
1837	1
1841	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	1
1857	1
1861	1
1862	2
1865	2
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1873	2
1876	4
1877	1
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1882	2
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	1
1896	10
1897	6
1898	1
1899	6
1900	2
1901	11
1902	13
1903	16
1904	21
1905	22
1906	20
1907	10
1908	8
1909	26
1910	65
1911	14
1912	22
1913	125
1914	68
1915	21
1916	26
1917	33
1918	25
1919	38
1920	82
1921	73
1922	33
1923	80
1924	45
1925	101
1926	289
1927	113
1928	265
1929	473
1930	216
1931	95
1932	283
1933	331
1934	402
1935	377
1936	227
1937	539
1938	427
1939	606
1940	1,544
1941	351
1942	518
1943	227
1944	373
1945	816
1946	528
1947	395
1948	274
1949	421
1950	348
1951	489
1952	429
1953	598
1954	667
1955	1,548
1956	849
1957	534
1958	355
1959	251
1960	1,108
1961	369
1962	330
1963	569
1964	893
1965	1,553
1966	536
1967	655
1968	787
1969	938
1970	297
1971	699
1972	439
1973	681
1974	1,110
1975	690
1976	472
1977	553
1978	725
1979	768
1980	382
1981	1,059
1982	540
1983	1,146
1984	704
1985	424
1986	660
1987	859
1988	1,250
1989	777
1990	1,204
1991	828
1992	642
1993	834
1994	1,210
1995	1,181
1996	1,481
1997	777
1998	1,222
1999	793
2000	654
2001	1,159
2002	814
2003	463
2004	1,395
2005	695
2006	1,000
2007	1,926
2008	1,455
2009	910
2010	756
2011	738
2012	1,113
2013	2,029
2014	986
2015	567
2016	511
2017	596
2018	784
2019	421
2020	882
2021	709
2022	957
2023	1,805
2024	806
2025	1,707
2026	2,283

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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	669
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1