Weather Records on 4 May 1968

304 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 1968. Highest significance: Carlton Hill, AU.

Key Facts for 4 May 1968

On 4 May 1968, 304 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
54 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 295 daily.
Carlton Hill set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 4 May 1968.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

304 stations

304 station records on 4 May 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 May 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Selemdza	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Japaratuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	160.6 mm (6.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kyelong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kalyandrug	India	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingham FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koolpinyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huauchinango	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barur	India	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Omalur	India	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kulithalai	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boa Vista (Ledo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hatteras	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Inkerman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wistaria	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nabawa	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bedetti(Behali)	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brandonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warrawagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Cruzeta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ottapalam	India	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Musiri	India	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mannarghat	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nossa Senhora Das Dores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Isla Perez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Olho Dagua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tobias Barreto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dharapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Comanche	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Erode	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lagarto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nilambur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Penugondapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ozuluama	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Myrtle Bank (Lanoma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Renison Bell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Naduvattam	India	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

304 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 189, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 4 May 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 4 May 1968 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 295.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

269 broken records

Margins by which the 269 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 1968

Top 20 records on 4 May 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 1968	Carlton Hill, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1968	Selemdza, RU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1968	Salem, IN	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1968	Japaratuba, BR	all-time rain	160.6 mm (6.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1968	Musgrave, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1968	Kyelong Obsy, IN	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1968	Henderson, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1968	Princetown, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1968	Mannington 1 N, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1968	Walnut Creek, US	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1968	Kalyandrug, IN	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1968	Dillingham FAA AP, US	monthly rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1968	Koolpinyah, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1968	Huauchinango, MX	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1968	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low max	16.2 C (61.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	71 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1968	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily high max	23.1 C (73.6 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	85 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1968	Barur, IN	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1968	Omalur, IN	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1968	Kulithalai, IN	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1968	Pleystowe Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	33 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 304 records.

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

Records on 05-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1820	1
1836	2
1840	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	2
1852	1
1856	3
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	1
1864	3
1865	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1902	5
1903	8
1904	8
1905	19
1906	5
1907	37
1908	18
1909	13
1910	14
1911	37
1912	12
1913	63
1914	21
1915	75
1916	57
1917	60
1918	30
1919	69
1920	43
1921	62
1922	283
1923	82
1924	88
1925	80
1926	230
1927	112
1928	205
1929	177
1930	269
1931	169
1932	104
1933	274
1934	456
1935	518
1936	313
1937	230
1938	445
1939	295
1940	602
1941	436
1942	820
1943	358
1944	872
1945	654
1946	463
1947	649
1948	578
1949	1,130
1950	953
1951	292
1952	698
1953	389
1954	1,045
1955	471
1956	433
1957	433
1958	414
1959	613
1960	443
1961	466
1962	265
1963	313
1964	570
1965	433
1966	1,113
1967	928
1968	304
1969	377
1970	454
1971	810
1972	364
1973	313
1974	367
1975	683
1976	554
1977	736
1978	1,016
1979	1,529
1980	511
1981	667
1982	591
1983	539
1984	885
1985	821
1986	1,128
1987	1,004
1988	591
1989	743
1990	1,461
1991	1,088
1992	933
1993	791
1994	821
1995	974
1996	1,298
1997	962
1998	898
1999	1,167
2000	1,398
2001	1,345
2002	1,343
2003	1,158
2004	1,341
2005	1,152
2006	650
2007	699
2008	624
2009	727
2010	999
2011	1,023
2012	1,343
2013	1,447
2014	602
2015	622
2016	463
2017	669
2018	972
2019	574
2020	504
2021	616
2022	470
2023	681
2024	885
2025	456
2026	554

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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 10	209
10 to 20	35
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1