Weather Records on 19 May 1968

735 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 May 1968. Highest significance: Simao Dias (Anapolis), BR.

Key Facts for 19 May 1968

On 19 May 1968, 735 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
105 were record highs and 406 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 727 daily.
Simao Dias (Anapolis) set a daily record precipitation of 78.3 mm (3.1 in) on 19 May 1968.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

735 stations

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

Weather records on 19 May 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Simao Dias (Anapolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cicero Dantas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Burrundie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Frazier Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hidrolandia (Batoque)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mardan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zavitaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Raghopur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El Chico	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Angamacutiro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Letaba Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria da Boa Vista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sathenapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Esplanada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vogelstruiskuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater Power House	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Acarape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Washburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clatskanie	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quinault Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Geneseo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

735 records

Records set or tied on 19 May 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 177, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 229, Heaviest daily rainfall 221, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 19 May 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	177
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	229
Heaviest daily rainfall	221
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 19 May 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 727.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

581 broken records

Margins by which the 581 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 210.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 May 1968

Top 20 records on 19 May 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 May 1968	Simao Dias (Anapolis), BR	daily rain	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1968	Cicero Dantas, BR	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1968	Burrundie Railway Station, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	77 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1968	Frazier Downs, AU	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1968	Belogorsk, RU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1968	Hidrolandia (Batoque), BR	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1968	Mardan South, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1968	Zavitaja, RU	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1968	Leeuwfontein, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1968	Stuart, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1968	Raghopur, IN	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1968	El Chico, MX	monthly rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1968	Douglas, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1968	Pine Creek, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1968	Angamacutiro, MX	monthly rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1968	Salzburg, AT	daily low min	0.7 C (33.3 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	87 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1968	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low max	5.2 C (41.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	122 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1968	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily low max	9.6 C (49.3 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	82 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1968	Letaba Estates, ZA	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1968	Santa Maria da Boa Vista, BR	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	38 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

1798 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1968. 1968 had 735 records.

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

Records on 05-19 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1802	1
1803	1
1811	1
1825	1
1826	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1861	2
1864	1
1866	2
1868	2
1870	2
1872	2
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	4
1881	2
1885	3
1886	1
1888	4
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1899	3
1900	16
1901	5
1902	6
1903	12
1904	5
1905	3
1906	22
1907	23
1908	11
1909	4
1910	34
1911	69
1912	11
1913	20
1914	37
1915	56
1916	44
1917	21
1918	64
1919	42
1920	28
1921	171
1922	48
1923	75
1924	179
1925	258
1926	102
1927	154
1928	118
1929	373
1930	277
1931	268
1932	758
1933	517
1934	476
1935	270
1936	144
1937	295
1938	432
1939	216
1940	306
1941	352
1942	463
1943	852
1944	453
1945	443
1946	329
1947	263
1948	605
1949	950
1950	487
1951	422
1952	568
1953	690
1954	642
1955	560
1956	605
1957	836
1958	369
1959	487
1960	708
1961	273
1962	1,092
1963	542
1964	358
1965	231
1966	483
1967	514
1968	735
1969	912
1970	415
1971	772
1972	478
1973	676
1974	734
1975	616
1976	1,238
1977	726
1978	1,215
1979	516
1980	401
1981	1,264
1982	464
1983	1,014
1984	597
1985	386
1986	1,022
1987	876
1988	726
1989	694
1990	600
1991	1,020
1992	1,017
1993	934
1994	883
1995	1,175
1996	2,038
1997	1,074
1998	1,237
1999	682
2000	1,055
2001	779
2002	2,461
2003	1,523
2004	788
2005	834
2006	1,276
2007	725
2008	950
2009	1,577
2010	959
2011	1,257
2012	509
2013	841
2014	560
2015	1,080
2016	634
2017	1,547
2018	468
2019	1,239
2020	790
2021	579
2022	1,147
2023	709
2024	469
2025	764
2026	1,358

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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	576
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1