Weather Records on 5 April 1968

590 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1968. Highest significance: Dijon-Longvic, FR.

Key Facts for 5 April 1968

On 5 April 1968, 590 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
142 were record highs and 218 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 583 daily.
Dijon-Longvic set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.9 mm (2.0 in) on 5 April 1968.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

590 stations

590 station records on 5 April 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Stuttgart	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Driekoppies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna Lock 12	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
College Hill Lock 11	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carsanga	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Centreville	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pforzheim-Eutingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Schwabisch Hall-Bibersfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Strasbourg-Entzheim	France	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shubuta	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paintsville 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Loco Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Renison Bell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Verma	Norway	Record snow depth	145.0 cm (57.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palani	India	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Iskanderkul'	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rems-Murr-Kreis Winterbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brandfort (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hickory 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boyatup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eppingen-Elsenz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valley View Lock 9	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Peterboro 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charles City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salvisa Lock 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Farmville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ford Lock 1O	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Solon Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Little Hickman Lock 8	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
O'Neill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

590 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 118, Lowest daily minimum 155, Heaviest daily rainfall 205, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 5 April 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	118
Lowest daily minimum	155
Heaviest daily rainfall	205
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 5 April 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 583.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

461 broken records

Margins by which the 461 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1968

Top 20 records on 5 April 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1968	Dijon-Longvic, FR	monthly rain	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1968	Stuttgart, DE	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1968	Driekoppies, ZA	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1968	Ravenna Lock 12, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1968	Uniontown, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1968	College Hill Lock 11, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1968	Lancaster, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1968	Richmond, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1968	St Andrews, CA	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	87 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1968	Carsanga, TM	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1968	Centreville, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1968	Rheinstetten, DE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1968	Ohringen, DE	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1968	Pforzheim-Eutingen, DE	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1968	Schwabisch Hall-Bibersfeld, DE	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1968	Strasbourg-Entzheim, FR	monthly rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1968	Ellwangen-Rindelbach, DE	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1968	Franklin, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1968	Shubuta, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1968	Kunzelsau, DE	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	41 years	36 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

1809 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1968. 1968 had 590 records.

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

Records on 04-05 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1815	2
1828	1
1848	2
1851	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1870	1
1874	2
1876	2
1879	2
1881	4
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	15
1904	3
1905	30
1906	4
1907	15
1908	12
1909	33
1910	74
1911	82
1912	44
1913	11
1914	31
1915	36
1916	38
1917	43
1918	66
1919	36
1920	94
1921	158
1922	126
1923	107
1924	46
1925	111
1926	394
1927	149
1928	382
1929	1,124
1930	155
1931	162
1932	254
1933	379
1934	302
1935	416
1936	576
1937	427
1938	215
1939	356
1940	214
1941	401
1942	448
1943	344
1944	831
1945	460
1946	290
1947	649
1948	262
1949	379
1950	593
1951	305
1952	517
1953	249
1954	605
1955	364
1956	304
1957	795
1958	479
1959	559
1960	770
1961	523
1962	324
1963	546
1964	675
1965	456
1966	518
1967	745
1968	590
1969	498
1970	499
1971	481
1972	685
1973	680
1974	652
1975	1,581
1976	335
1977	880
1978	486
1979	886
1980	486
1981	927
1982	1,964
1983	1,909
1984	703
1985	922
1986	800
1987	1,687
1988	1,054
1989	945
1990	868
1991	1,595
1992	827
1993	627
1994	734
1995	1,500
1996	827
1997	2,108
1998	808
1999	1,658
2000	1,194
2001	1,097
2002	790
2003	1,120
2004	756
2005	856
2006	1,070
2007	1,144
2008	685
2009	1,096
2010	926
2011	974
2012	745
2013	987
2014	444
2015	433
2016	828
2017	518
2018	906
2019	373
2020	483
2021	1,030
2022	758
2023	2,543
2024	1,289
2025	1,320
2026	782

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Data for records on 1968-04-05: 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	454
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1