Weather Records on 30 March 1968

736 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 March 1968. Highest significance: Uppsala_Aut, SE.

Key Facts for 30 March 1968

On 30 March 1968, 736 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
526 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 125 monthly and 611 daily.
Uppsala_Aut set a monthly record high maximum temperature of 15.9 C (60.6 F) on 30 March 1968.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

736 stations

736 station records on 30 March 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 March 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kottarakara	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zolotoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bulwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Partizansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weltevrede	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vosburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buckeye	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Plain	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rietfontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Creek 2 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Windom	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Devala	India	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Siauliai	Lithuania	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kaliningrad	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harderug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marshfield 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elberta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ventnor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

736 records

Records set or tied on 30 March 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 364, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 162, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 175, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 30 March 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	364
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	162
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 30 March 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 125, daily 611.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

579 broken records

Margins by which the 579 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 147.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 March 1968

Top 20 records on 30 March 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 March 1968	Uppsala_Aut, SE	monthly high max	15.9 C (60.6 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	110 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1968	Kottarakara, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1968	Port Aux Basques, CA	daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1968	Waren, DE	monthly high max	23.5 C (74.3 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1968	Altastenberg, DE	monthly high min	9.8 C (49.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	78 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1968	Geisenheim, DE	monthly high max	25.1 C (77.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	78 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1968	Visby_Flygplats, SE	monthly high max	18.1 C (64.6 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	65 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1968	Karlsruhe, DE	monthly high max	24.7 C (76.5 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1968	Putbus, DE	monthly high max	21.4 C (70.5 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1968	Zolotoj, RU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1968	Glenwood 3SW, US	monthly high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	73 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1968	Garnett 1 E, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1968	Sonnblick, AT	daily high max	3.4 C (38.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	77 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1968	Lubeck-Werft, DE	monthly high max	22.4 C (72.3 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	65 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1968	Bulwater, ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1968	Independence, US	monthly high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	73 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1968	Tartu, EE	monthly high max	17.7 C (63.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	65 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1968	Magdeburg, DE	monthly high max	25.1 C (77.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	65 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1968	Partizansk, RU	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1968	Weltevrede, ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	37 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

1796 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1968. 1968 had 736 records.

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

Records on 03-30 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1805	1
1808	1
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	2
1865	4
1869	1
1872	6
1874	1
1881	4
1882	3
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1888	2
1890	4
1892	4
1894	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	5
1901	6
1902	9
1903	8
1904	14
1905	35
1906	9
1907	28
1908	12
1909	18
1910	68
1911	45
1912	25
1913	31
1914	20
1915	78
1916	19
1917	248
1918	29
1919	42
1920	20
1921	32
1922	89
1923	229
1924	215
1925	90
1926	273
1927	80
1928	209
1929	99
1930	215
1931	254
1932	198
1933	382
1934	236
1935	187
1936	881
1937	262
1938	690
1939	305
1940	466
1941	438
1942	257
1943	928
1944	823
1945	676
1946	536
1947	1,000
1948	363
1949	795
1950	616
1951	569
1952	265
1953	432
1954	743
1955	437
1956	500
1957	330
1958	288
1959	398
1960	431
1961	404
1962	578
1963	1,010
1964	1,420
1965	376
1966	759
1967	1,261
1968	736
1969	1,372
1970	1,040
1971	490
1972	384
1973	1,089
1974	895
1975	1,255
1976	619
1977	1,627
1978	1,017
1979	753
1980	762
1981	898
1982	764
1983	624
1984	756
1985	1,331
1986	1,533
1987	1,850
1988	635
1989	1,063
1990	897
1991	821
1992	611
1993	712
1994	767
1995	920
1996	781
1997	911
1998	2,464
1999	708
2000	631
2001	840
2002	878
2003	1,472
2004	1,298
2005	683
2006	689
2007	1,265
2008	1,100
2009	750
2010	933
2011	670
2012	743
2013	691
2014	776
2015	1,194
2016	596
2017	1,267
2018	433
2019	662
2020	464
2021	1,013
2022	576
2023	1,107
2024	431
2025	956
2026	1,210

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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	567
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1