Weather Records on 15 June 1968

546 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 June 1968. Highest significance: Arnsberg, DE.

Key Facts for 15 June 1968

On 15 June 1968, 546 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
48 were record highs and 226 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 539 daily.
Arnsberg set a daily record precipitation of 48.6 mm (1.9 in) on 15 June 1968.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

546 stations

546 station records on 15 June 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 June 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Rockford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy Dam 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dillenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bagodar I	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Feira de Santana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Deuselbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Ems	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Niederworresbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Schwalbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Megri	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palmyra	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy Mem Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canton L&D 20	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
De Smet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gilserberg-Moischeid	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pimpelner	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dodge City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Essen-Bredeney	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Asthawan	India	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miller	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Redfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Limburg/Lahn-Offheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Budingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Carbon R Ent	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rajauli	India	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

546 records

Records set or tied on 15 June 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 135, Heaviest daily rainfall 272.

Records on 15 June 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	135
Heaviest daily rainfall	272
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 June 1968 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 539.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

464 broken records

Margins by which the 464 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 June 1968

Top 20 records on 15 June 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 June 1968	Arnsberg, DE	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	66 of 100 (Major)
15 June 1968	Rockford, ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1968	La Harpe, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1968	Steffenville, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1968	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1968	Quincy Dam 21, US	monthly rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1968	Decatur Wtp, US	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1968	Griggsville, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1968	Grenola 1 N, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	69 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1968	Dillenburg, DE	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1968	Quincy, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1968	Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus, DE	daily rain	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1968	Bagodar I, IN	monthly rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1968	Danville, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1968	Kaiserslautern, DE	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1968	Geisenheim, DE	monthly rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1968	Feira de Santana, BR	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1968	Deuselbach, DE	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1968	Bad Ems, DE	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1968	Stamford 1, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	40 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

1794 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1968. 1968 had 546 records.

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

Records on 06-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1797	1
1822	2
1838	1
1839	1
1841	2
1844	1
1845	3
1846	2
1847	2
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1853	2
1857	2
1858	1
1860	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1874	3
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1891	4
1892	5
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	1
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	2
1901	4
1902	9
1903	11
1904	6
1905	9
1906	8
1907	5
1908	39
1909	10
1910	15
1911	38
1912	67
1913	21
1914	17
1915	27
1916	77
1917	85
1918	39
1919	133
1920	56
1921	38
1922	41
1923	117
1924	158
1925	242
1926	205
1927	298
1928	106
1929	175
1930	314
1931	283
1932	154
1933	881
1934	167
1935	339
1936	338
1937	258
1938	366
1939	320
1940	401
1941	204
1942	465
1943	577
1944	493
1945	846
1946	495
1947	376
1948	932
1949	662
1950	508
1951	386
1952	1,001
1953	453
1954	368
1955	326
1956	587
1957	499
1958	437
1959	468
1960	489
1961	905
1962	439
1963	578
1964	395
1965	470
1966	369
1967	714
1968	546
1969	981
1970	389
1971	349
1972	591
1973	716
1974	609
1975	357
1976	832
1977	557
1978	633
1979	580
1980	539
1981	1,449
1982	605
1983	571
1984	538
1985	675
1986	499
1987	1,460
1988	1,006
1989	1,467
1990	710
1991	1,046
1992	1,025
1993	657
1994	1,238
1995	1,291
1996	672
1997	1,063
1998	1,874
1999	987
2000	1,041
2001	942
2002	991
2003	661
2004	734
2005	1,028
2006	926
2007	951
2008	500
2009	685
2010	990
2011	877
2012	647
2013	385
2014	415
2015	708
2016	791
2017	627
2018	657
2019	543
2020	680
2021	1,575
2022	1,343
2023	551
2024	502
2025	737
2026	1,014

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Data for records on 1968-06-15: 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	435
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1