Weather Records on 9 April 1968

669 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 April 1968. Highest significance: Dartmoor, AU.

Key Facts for 9 April 1968

On 9 April 1968, 669 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
213 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 654 daily.
Dartmoor set a monthly record daily precipitation of 62.5 mm (2.5 in) on 9 April 1968.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

669 stations

669 station records on 9 April 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 April 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tenindewa Bindu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tamala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tardun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Camm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pindathuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sunderland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wurarga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mullewa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Odessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	96.0 cm (37.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eden	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hamelin Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morawa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brady	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yamma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jingemarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yuin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wychitella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Knapp 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Edenholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paint Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bullardoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Peaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gabyon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ogilvie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bronson	United States	Record daily precipitation	217.7 mm (8.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Snowville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgorong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morawa West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Naraling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ardath	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amguri	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tallering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gingin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yathroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Navarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trichur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wooleen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canna 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

669 records

Records set or tied on 9 April 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 130, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 348, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 9 April 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	130
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	348
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 9 April 1968 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 654.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

589 broken records

Margins by which the 589 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 460.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 April 1968

Top 20 records on 9 April 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 April 1968	Dartmoor, AU	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1968	Angleton 2 W, US	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1968	Brenham, US	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1968	Tenindewa Bindu, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1968	Tamala, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1968	Tardun, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1968	Nacogdoches, US	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1968	Lake Camm, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1968	Pindathuna, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1968	Sunderland, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1968	Wurarga, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1968	Mullewa, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1968	Beaumont City, US	monthly rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1968	Midland Odessa, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1968	Riverside, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1968	Norddal, NO	daily snow depth	96.0 cm (37.8 in)	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1968	Eden, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1968	Luling, US	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1968	Yuna, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1968	Colfax, US	daily rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	7 years	46 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

1793 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1968. 1968 had 669 records.

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

Records on 04-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	1
1800	1
1805	1
1809	2
1812	2
1815	1
1818	1
1839	1
1842	2
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1869	1
1871	2
1873	1
1877	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	7
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	8
1903	12
1904	15
1905	21
1906	20
1907	21
1908	28
1909	25
1910	19
1911	21
1912	51
1913	16
1914	41
1915	89
1916	85
1917	105
1918	29
1919	67
1920	56
1921	114
1922	140
1923	79
1924	353
1925	129
1926	83
1927	260
1928	395
1929	402
1930	430
1931	193
1932	119
1933	320
1934	310
1935	398
1936	151
1937	172
1938	378
1939	282
1940	214
1941	297
1942	432
1943	752
1944	564
1945	1,055
1946	335
1947	174
1948	365
1949	179
1950	750
1951	304
1952	578
1953	638
1954	239
1955	484
1956	371
1957	502
1958	294
1959	634
1960	623
1961	879
1962	344
1963	390
1964	645
1965	651
1966	466
1967	743
1968	669
1969	898
1970	489
1971	576
1972	1,200
1973	1,695
1974	972
1975	968
1976	347
1977	1,693
1978	921
1979	855
1980	911
1981	785
1982	1,923
1983	1,170
1984	904
1985	1,424
1986	620
1987	604
1988	737
1989	1,402
1990	888
1991	1,545
1992	641
1993	687
1994	511
1995	1,296
1996	1,547
1997	2,686
1998	1,018
1999	1,848
2000	997
2001	1,947
2002	590
2003	1,781
2004	572
2005	998
2006	603
2007	1,412
2008	1,029
2009	802
2010	652
2011	1,480
2012	640
2013	1,245
2014	592
2015	664
2016	974
2017	759
2018	1,306
2019	716
2020	916
2021	642
2022	574
2023	512
2024	1,093
2025	530
2026	517

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Data for records on 1968-04-09: 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 100	581
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1