Weather Records on 4 April 1968

640 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 April 1968. Highest significance: Dover 1 W, US.

Key Facts for 4 April 1968

On 4 April 1968, 640 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
157 were record highs and 177 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 623 daily.
Dover 1 W set a monthly record daily precipitation of 159.5 mm (6.3 in) on 4 April 1968.
Across 155 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

640 stations

640 station records on 4 April 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 April 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wood	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Paris 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Meadowlands 9 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lovelaceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mayo A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Berea College	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Noblesville River	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marinette	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Griffiss AFB	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Put-In-Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Ridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Myton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

640 records

Records set or tied on 4 April 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 109, Lowest daily minimum 112, Heaviest daily rainfall 259, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 4 April 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	109
Lowest daily minimum	112
Heaviest daily rainfall	259
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 4 April 1968 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 623.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

527 broken records

Margins by which the 527 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 April 1968

Top 20 records on 4 April 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 April 1968	Dover 1 W, US	monthly rain	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	25 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 April 1968	Wood, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 April 1968	Russellville, US	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	11 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 April 1968	Long Prairie, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1968	Paris 3 ESE, US	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1968	Meadowlands 9 S, US	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1968	Lovelaceville, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1968	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1968	Moose Lake 1 SSE, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1968	Pine Rvr Dam, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1968	Plymouth Pwr Substn, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1968	Detour Village, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1968	Fergus Falls, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1968	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low max	4.0 C (39.2 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	92 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1968	Harrison, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1968	Mayo A, CA	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1968	Rantoul, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1968	Berea College, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1968	Ulricehamn, SE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1968	Montreal McGill, CA	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	87 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

1794 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1968. 1968 had 640 records.

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

Records on 04-04 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1808	1
1809	1
1815	2
1819	1
1853	1
1857	1
1873	1
1874	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	3
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1891	1
1892	6
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	4
1900	7
1901	12
1902	2
1903	17
1904	6
1905	23
1906	7
1907	9
1908	20
1909	15
1910	48
1911	55
1912	25
1913	31
1914	13
1915	52
1916	65
1917	36
1918	37
1919	27
1920	89
1921	205
1922	39
1923	101
1924	51
1925	126
1926	206
1927	203
1928	625
1929	1,320
1930	86
1931	201
1932	193
1933	167
1934	656
1935	402
1936	714
1937	344
1938	201
1939	243
1940	392
1941	353
1942	537
1943	456
1944	975
1945	806
1946	459
1947	397
1948	202
1949	458
1950	1,044
1951	352
1952	348
1953	332
1954	742
1955	448
1956	426
1957	984
1958	492
1959	524
1960	756
1961	525
1962	308
1963	586
1964	675
1965	443
1966	469
1967	438
1968	640
1969	424
1970	438
1971	560
1972	695
1973	511
1974	1,356
1975	1,981
1976	353
1977	780
1978	497
1979	984
1980	690
1981	1,393
1982	1,251
1983	1,202
1984	762
1985	865
1986	810
1987	2,317
1988	1,119
1989	668
1990	826
1991	957
1992	1,270
1993	733
1994	726
1995	935
1996	699
1997	1,538
1998	931
1999	1,575
2000	1,371
2001	1,040
2002	989
2003	1,055
2004	782
2005	1,070
2006	911
2007	1,009
2008	860
2009	1,068
2010	758
2011	1,155
2012	830
2013	938
2014	705
2015	452
2016	795
2017	603
2018	1,196
2019	407
2020	914
2021	1,341
2022	1,014
2023	2,058
2024	966
2025	1,330
2026	894

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Data for records on 1968-04-04: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	507
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1