Weather Records on 7 April 1968

302 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 April 1968. Highest significance: Mantova, IT.

Key Facts for 7 April 1968

On 7 April 1968, 302 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
50 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 288 daily.
Mantova set a daily record precipitation of 31.4 mm (1.2 in) on 7 April 1968.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

302 stations

302 station records on 7 April 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 April 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bothaville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mmabatho Arpt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Seneca	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perinthalamanna	India	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Slangfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tafjord	Norway	Record snow depth	74.0 cm (29.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dahiwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hillside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carrarang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Perdeput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stillewoning	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Athens 5 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent Lake Nwr	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Verma	Norway	Record snow depth	143.0 cm (56.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Schoongezicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ebersberg-Halbing	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goedehoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wesselsbron (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hayden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Norwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bergen-Fredriksberg	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hornindal	Norway	Record snow depth	230.0 cm (90.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Uitkyk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mhaswad	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record low minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Schweizer-Reneke (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Roy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Outlook	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grangeville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Isla Perez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kjahta	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Weltevrede	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lerwick	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Paxton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bely Island	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baunt	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skjomen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Objacevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Horinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williambury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

302 records

Records set or tied on 7 April 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 126, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 7 April 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 7 April 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 288.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

263 broken records

Margins by which the 263 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 390.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 April 1968

Top 20 records on 7 April 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 April 1968	Mantova, IT	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	101 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1968	Bothaville (Mun), ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1968	Mmabatho Arpt, ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1968	Seneca, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1968	Cordova AP, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1968	Perinthalamanna, IN	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1968	Slangfontein, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1968	Tafjord, NO	daily snow depth	74.0 cm (29.1 in)	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1968	Dahiwadi, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1968	Babuskin, RU	daily low max	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	71 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1968	Hillside, ZA	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1968	Carrarang, AU	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	14 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1968	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily low min	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	79 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1968	Perdeput, ZA	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1968	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low min	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	66 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1968	Elatma, RU	daily high min	6.6 C (43.9 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	65 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1968	Stillewoning, ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1968	Athens 5 NW, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	71 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1968	Crescent Lake Nwr, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1968	Verma, NO	daily snow depth	143.0 cm (56.3 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	63 years	27 of 100 (Routine)

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

1800 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1968. 1968 had 302 records.

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

Records on 04-07 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1808	1
1809	3
1811	1
1815	2
1839	1
1844	1
1851	1
1854	2
1858	2
1859	1
1863	1
1864	4
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	2
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1890	3
1891	2
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	8
1900	5
1901	6
1902	14
1903	10
1904	11
1905	12
1906	2
1907	33
1908	20
1909	33
1910	24
1911	24
1912	59
1913	55
1914	23
1915	33
1916	62
1917	83
1918	37
1919	157
1920	63
1921	319
1922	57
1923	83
1924	138
1925	152
1926	343
1927	99
1928	378
1929	835
1930	327
1931	406
1932	132
1933	174
1934	230
1935	381
1936	1,184
1937	170
1938	803
1939	956
1940	294
1941	258
1942	420
1943	720
1944	166
1945	356
1946	397
1947	278
1948	734
1949	237
1950	1,030
1951	311
1952	491
1953	425
1954	514
1955	198
1956	458
1957	293
1958	358
1959	384
1960	532
1961	665
1962	572
1963	630
1964	457
1965	342
1966	302
1967	569
1968	302
1969	449
1970	494
1971	1,260
1972	1,290
1973	722
1974	576
1975	1,305
1976	329
1977	1,050
1978	686
1979	691
1980	497
1981	353
1982	3,747
1983	1,517
1984	583
1985	599
1986	901
1987	724
1988	1,402
1989	1,386
1990	813
1991	2,007
1992	693
1993	590
1994	1,144
1995	897
1996	1,112
1997	1,996
1998	1,231
1999	898
2000	634
2001	1,556
2002	755
2003	2,205
2004	554
2005	1,002
2006	856
2007	2,249
2008	807
2009	1,183
2010	1,691
2011	1,187
2012	514
2013	693
2014	936
2015	658
2016	793
2017	692
2018	1,980
2019	604
2020	529
2021	758
2022	818
2023	844
2024	1,360
2025	645
2026	381

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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	254
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1