Weather Records on 1 May 1968

426 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 May 1968. Highest significance: Sellheim, AU.

Key Facts for 1 May 1968

On 1 May 1968, 426 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
189 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 408 daily.
Sellheim set a monthly record daily precipitation of 95.3 mm (3.8 in) on 1 May 1968.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

426 stations

426 station records on 1 May 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 May 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rosera	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boyatup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Helena (Mariquita)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zolotonosha	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gogri	India	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mongpoo	India	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marsrakh	India	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hansonville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karnaprayag	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.2 C (-18.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sertania (Alagoa de Baixo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kautokeino	Norway	Record snow depth	95.0 cm (37.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Merredin Research Station	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barharwa	India	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mehgawan	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aldan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mullewa	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Whitfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Muskoka A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Morawa	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Belah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sendamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-17.6 C (0.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kjahta	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rawsonville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Conrad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Shiggaon	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Talavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cingirlau	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Isla Perez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

426 records

Records set or tied on 1 May 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 152, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 135, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 1 May 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	152
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 1 May 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 408.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

330 broken records

Margins by which the 330 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 May 1968

Top 20 records on 1 May 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 May 1968	Sellheim, AU	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 May 1968	Ravenswood Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1968	Rosera, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1968	Bay Saint Louis, US	monthly low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	73 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1968	Perth Regional Office, AU	daily low max	14.7 C (58.5 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	68 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1968	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1968	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	84 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1968	Boyatup, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1968	Santa Helena (Mariquita), BR	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1968	Zolotonosha, UA	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1968	Tupper Lake Sunmount, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	63 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1968	Cape Leeuwin, AU	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	51 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1968	Narrogin, AU	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	55 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1968	Gogri, IN	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1968	Mongpoo, IN	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1968	Chester, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	67 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1968	Marsrakh, IN	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1968	Pocomoke City, US	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	60 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1968	Virginia City, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	70 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1968	Katanning Comparison, AU	monthly low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	39 years	28 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

1795 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1968. 1968 had 426 records.

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

Records on 05-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1804	1
1814	1
1818	1
1835	1
1836	1
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1850	1
1851	1
1857	1
1860	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	1
1868	2
1872	1
1875	4
1878	2
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	6
1893	2
1894	5
1896	1
1897	4
1898	1
1899	8
1900	1
1901	5
1902	7
1903	9
1904	9
1905	13
1906	12
1907	31
1908	20
1909	49
1910	13
1911	22
1912	18
1913	54
1914	23
1915	27
1916	27
1917	37
1918	34
1919	150
1920	186
1921	41
1922	92
1923	64
1924	63
1925	118
1926	500
1927	125
1928	190
1929	142
1930	263
1931	537
1932	220
1933	706
1934	305
1935	276
1936	368
1937	218
1938	304
1939	227
1940	731
1941	333
1942	1,036
1943	526
1944	229
1945	350
1946	415
1947	655
1948	774
1949	405
1950	439
1951	894
1952	557
1953	917
1954	1,506
1955	772
1956	1,106
1957	359
1958	448
1959	764
1960	737
1961	588
1962	615
1963	704
1964	312
1965	360
1966	707
1967	948
1968	426
1969	429
1970	1,075
1971	444
1972	562
1973	841
1974	589
1975	286
1976	673
1977	545
1978	1,202
1979	612
1980	507
1981	1,265
1982	508
1983	1,423
1984	640
1985	789
1986	512
1987	1,098
1988	1,058
1989	949
1990	922
1991	633
1992	1,201
1993	1,101
1994	1,210
1995	1,365
1996	1,439
1997	804
1998	951
1999	932
2000	809
2001	1,106
2002	1,221
2003	964
2004	887
2005	1,320
2006	734
2007	857
2008	979
2009	679
2010	1,151
2011	716
2012	796
2013	976
2014	941
2015	550
2016	844
2017	1,163
2018	519
2019	788
2020	1,099
2021	834
2022	319
2023	912
2024	458
2025	430
2026	623

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Data for records on 1968-05-01: 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 20	308
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2