Weather Records on 19 April 1968

612 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 April 1968. Highest significance: Tropic, US.

Key Facts for 19 April 1968

On 19 April 1968, 612 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
171 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 597 daily.
Tropic set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 19 April 1968.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

612 stations

612 station records on 19 April 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 April 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tropic	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tolarno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Penedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yampa	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Sal	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manley Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Virudhunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iapi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Klintonel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Myton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Snowville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parachilna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ndumu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lead Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uttiramerur	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kapalama 773	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palm Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.4 C (101.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mataj	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sacaton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cuthbert	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sanderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pederneiras (Cpef) D5-005	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kolaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Awini 182.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

612 records

Records set or tied on 19 April 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 93, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 288, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 19 April 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	93
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	288
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 19 April 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 597.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

506 broken records

Margins by which the 506 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 260.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 April 1968

Top 20 records on 19 April 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 April 1968	Tropic, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	74 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1968	Tolarno, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1968	Steamboat Springs, US	daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1968	Penedo, BR	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1968	Yampa, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1968	Fullerton, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1968	La Sal, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1968	Manley Hot Springs, US	daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1968	Freiburg, DE	daily high min	15.4 C (59.7 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	82 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1968	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high min	0.8 C (33.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1968	Norddal, NO	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1968	Virudhunagar, IN	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1968	Gann Valley 4NW, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1968	Papaikou 144.1, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1968	Iapi, BR	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1968	Goondiwindi Post Office, AU	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	69 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1968	Klintonel, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1968	Steamboat Springs, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1968	Okmulgee Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1968	Sallisaw 2 NW, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	35 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

1807 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1968. 1968 had 612 records.

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

Records on 04-19 in each year
Year	Records
1807	2
1814	1
1840	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	2
1851	2
1852	3
1854	1
1860	2
1862	1
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1890	7
1892	3
1893	5
1894	15
1895	6
1896	3
1897	4
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	4
1902	3
1903	16
1904	31
1905	5
1906	23
1907	27
1908	14
1909	43
1910	37
1911	31
1912	14
1913	29
1914	42
1915	32
1916	26
1917	26
1918	53
1919	25
1920	66
1921	34
1922	46
1923	106
1924	99
1925	208
1926	421
1927	609
1928	404
1929	167
1930	70
1931	164
1932	125
1933	242
1934	291
1935	256
1936	382
1937	569
1938	433
1939	383
1940	361
1941	747
1942	254
1943	588
1944	290
1945	295
1946	501
1947	314
1948	817
1949	384
1950	211
1951	576
1952	450
1953	1,158
1954	342
1955	858
1956	480
1957	576
1958	268
1959	526
1960	216
1961	759
1962	567
1963	510
1964	478
1965	578
1966	1,188
1967	915
1968	612
1969	697
1970	943
1971	721
1972	573
1973	811
1974	593
1975	584
1976	863
1977	686
1978	616
1979	592
1980	844
1981	677
1982	641
1983	2,588
1984	720
1985	1,388
1986	522
1987	1,493
1988	1,100
1989	881
1990	1,502
1991	1,068
1992	594
1993	613
1994	1,117
1995	1,347
1996	751
1997	899
1998	1,049
1999	794
2000	963
2001	1,135
2002	1,612
2003	824
2004	783
2005	851
2006	1,111
2007	759
2008	926
2009	737
2010	600
2011	1,363
2012	660
2013	2,068
2014	436
2015	692
2016	813
2017	485
2018	1,490
2019	856
2020	444
2021	640
2022	1,166
2023	828
2024	790
2025	1,135
2026	460

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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	489
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1