Weather Records on 8 June 1968

617 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 June 1968. Highest significance: Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv, ZA.

Key Facts for 8 June 1968

On 8 June 1968, 617 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
150 were record highs and 207 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 598 daily.
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv set a monthly record daily precipitation of 107.5 mm (4.2 in) on 8 June 1968.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

617 stations

617 station records on 8 June 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 June 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Supai	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hartwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Warambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Griffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pee Dee	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Babbitt 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Town Maitland (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Florence 8 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bishopville 1.4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tryon	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Exmouth Gulf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rosman	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Supai	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ware Shoals	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Radhapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Experiment	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Patterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chappells 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia Polisie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Landrum 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Angliers	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Union de Tula	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nanutarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

617 records

Records set or tied on 8 June 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 148, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 259, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 8 June 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	148
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	259
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 June 1968 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 17, daily 598.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

504 broken records

Margins by which the 504 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 June 1968

Top 20 records on 8 June 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 June 1968	Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv, ZA	monthly rain	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	69 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1968	Supai, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1968	Hartwell, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1968	Purcell 2 SW, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	69 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1968	Warambie, AU	monthly rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1968	Monroe 2 SE, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1968	Griffin, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1968	Pee Dee, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1968	Table.Mtn Platteklip, ZA	all-time rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1968	Babbitt 2 SE, US	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1968	Effingham, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1968	Cape Town Maitland (Cem), ZA	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1968	Tower 2S, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1968	Buffalo, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1968	Florence 8 NE, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1968	Bishopville 1.4 ENE, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1968	Tryon, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1968	Winnsboro, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1968	Exmouth Gulf, AU	monthly rain	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1968	Rosman, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	17 years	41 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

1793 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1968. 1968 had 617 records.

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

Records on 06-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1804	1
1808	1
1811	1
1816	1
1837	1
1838	1
1841	3
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	2
1862	3
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1885	1
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	5
1892	1
1894	4
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	2
1902	3
1903	22
1904	4
1905	7
1906	30
1907	6
1908	40
1909	6
1910	11
1911	32
1912	48
1913	31
1914	56
1915	191
1916	51
1917	50
1918	48
1919	31
1920	71
1921	393
1922	88
1923	83
1924	175
1925	151
1926	119
1927	123
1928	134
1929	154
1930	292
1931	356
1932	304
1933	808
1934	364
1935	279
1936	240
1937	251
1938	347
1939	244
1940	230
1941	802
1942	307
1943	177
1944	403
1945	343
1946	272
1947	550
1948	787
1949	347
1950	1,153
1951	593
1952	358
1953	567
1954	312
1955	701
1956	549
1957	342
1958	423
1959	473
1960	301
1961	588
1962	301
1963	500
1964	581
1965	391
1966	368
1967	411
1968	617
1969	458
1970	576
1971	504
1972	780
1973	631
1974	835
1975	576
1976	494
1977	1,385
1978	1,035
1979	1,005
1980	739
1981	1,107
1982	649
1983	974
1984	1,088
1985	1,271
1986	729
1987	920
1988	1,230
1989	1,026
1990	691
1991	906
1992	825
1993	1,054
1994	1,246
1995	1,654
1996	1,751
1997	1,267
1998	1,402
1999	1,217
2000	1,298
2001	980
2002	971
2003	1,158
2004	1,197
2005	1,299
2006	863
2007	1,463
2008	1,771
2009	840
2010	710
2011	1,491
2012	577
2013	729
2014	732
2015	759
2016	747
2017	560
2018	385
2019	704
2020	914
2021	854
2022	452
2023	785
2024	588
2025	747
2026	402

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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	415
10 to 20	45
20 to 30	25
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	6
60 to 70	3