Weather Records on 4 June 1968

516 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 June 1968. Highest significance: Arcadia, US.

Key Facts for 4 June 1968

On 4 June 1968, 516 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
274 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 488 daily.
Arcadia set a daily record precipitation of 159.0 mm (6.3 in) on 4 June 1968.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

516 stations

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

Weather records on 4 June 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ticonderoga	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Isleworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carboor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
North Fork Mntc STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brookfield Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kutaisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Magnitogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bramsche	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pyalong West (Cavan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ipira (Camisao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woomargama Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Omsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Northwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Heath	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Luverne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pudino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Ridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Berinag	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

516 records

Records set or tied on 4 June 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 171, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 103, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 136.

Records on 4 June 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	171
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	103
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	136
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 June 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 488.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

422 broken records

Margins by which the 422 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 June 1968

Top 20 records on 4 June 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 June 1968	Arcadia, US	daily rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 June 1968	Ticonderoga, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1968	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1968	Isleworth, US	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1968	Carboor, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1968	Lake Placid 2 SW, US	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1968	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1968	North Fork Mntc STN, US	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1968	Titusville, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1968	Bowie, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1968	Daytona Beach Intl AP, US	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1968	Brookfield Forest Station, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1968	Kutaisi, GE	monthly rain	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1968	Bartow 1SE, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1968	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1968	Mtn Lake, US	daily rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1968	Cidra 1 E, PR	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1968	Collegeville St John's, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	68 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1968	Magnitogorsk, RU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1968	Bramsche, DE	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	34 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

1796 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1968. 1968 had 516 records.

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

Records on 06-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1804	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	4
1822	1
1834	1
1840	1
1845	1
1849	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1866	2
1868	1
1869	1
1871	7
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	4
1887	1
1888	6
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	5
1897	1
1898	4
1899	2
1900	6
1901	3
1903	13
1904	4
1905	17
1906	6
1907	18
1908	26
1909	21
1910	45
1911	15
1912	20
1913	18
1914	36
1915	15
1916	33
1917	31
1918	27
1919	122
1920	74
1921	68
1922	106
1923	827
1924	140
1925	388
1926	269
1927	352
1928	391
1929	610
1930	175
1931	100
1932	164
1933	343
1934	435
1935	250
1936	216
1937	231
1938	226
1939	315
1940	260
1941	371
1942	320
1943	778
1944	482
1945	1,330
1946	457
1947	456
1948	369
1949	553
1950	518
1951	553
1952	382
1953	304
1954	549
1955	293
1956	698
1957	567
1958	346
1959	309
1960	385
1961	609
1962	592
1963	562
1964	452
1965	246
1966	465
1967	477
1968	516
1969	870
1970	722
1971	453
1972	580
1973	467
1974	501
1975	436
1976	522
1977	809
1978	756
1979	843
1980	884
1981	1,020
1982	1,245
1983	896
1984	700
1985	1,546
1986	896
1987	941
1988	1,468
1989	1,244
1990	997
1991	1,197
1992	947
1993	974
1994	627
1995	736
1996	991
1997	1,054
1998	2,389
1999	859
2000	986
2001	1,222
2002	1,217
2003	1,352
2004	1,007
2005	939
2006	957
2007	867
2008	1,285
2009	796
2010	984
2011	1,208
2012	862
2013	419
2014	657
2015	588
2016	1,099
2017	484
2018	539
2019	496
2020	662
2021	1,604
2022	488
2023	630
2024	756
2025	566
2026	518

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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 20	396
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1