Weather Records on 20 June 1968

559 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 June 1968. Highest significance: Ueckermunde, DE.

Key Facts for 20 June 1968

On 20 June 1968, 559 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
224 were record highs and 167 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 539 daily.
Ueckermunde set a daily record precipitation of 55.5 mm (2.2 in) on 20 June 1968.
Across 158 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

559 stations

559 station records on 20 June 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 June 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cleve (Pineside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Penong (Penalumba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Harmati	India	Record daily precipitation	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Magella	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ethel Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Angermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mazbat(Majbat)	India	Record daily precipitation	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nundroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Penong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kopati(Kaupati)	India	Record daily precipitation	105.5 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yerington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zacapu (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rangia	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Daniel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bijni	India	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Demagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huberdeau	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Huell	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Supai	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nundroo (Colona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nominingue	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greatfish-Point Vrt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dequeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

559 records

Records set or tied on 20 June 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 132, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 92, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 168.

Records on 20 June 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	132
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	92
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	168
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 June 1968 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 16, daily 539.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

445 broken records

Margins by which the 445 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 105.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 June 1968

Top 20 records on 20 June 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 June 1968	Ueckermunde, DE	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 June 1968	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	65 of 100 (Major)
20 June 1968	Cleve (Pineside), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 June 1968	Bamberg, DE	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 June 1968	Penong (Penalumba), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1968	Harmati, IN	daily rain	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1968	Magella, US	monthly rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1968	Ethel Creek, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1968	Angermunde, DE	daily rain	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1968	Mazbat(Majbat), IN	daily rain	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1968	Vytegra, RU	all-time high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	70 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1968	Bathurst, CA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	94 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1968	Nundroo, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1968	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1968	Penong, AU	monthly rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1968	Kopati(Kaupati), IN	daily rain	105.5 mm (4.2 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1968	Yerington, US	monthly high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1968	Zacapu (Smn), MX	monthly low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	37 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1968	Ravenna, US	monthly high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	66 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1968	Fajardo, PR	all-time high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	35 years	37 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

1800 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1968. 1968 had 559 records.

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

Records on 06-20 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1803	1
1813	1
1821	2
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1844	1
1846	2
1847	1
1850	1
1855	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1877	2
1879	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1895	4
1896	3
1897	6
1898	3
1899	6
1900	4
1901	5
1902	7
1903	22
1904	13
1905	14
1906	18
1907	10
1908	30
1909	9
1910	27
1911	27
1912	17
1913	30
1914	53
1915	75
1916	83
1917	96
1918	54
1919	67
1920	40
1921	42
1922	61
1923	263
1924	204
1925	483
1926	228
1927	193
1928	199
1929	137
1930	143
1931	536
1932	182
1933	676
1934	301
1935	337
1936	529
1937	412
1938	326
1939	270
1940	469
1941	200
1942	757
1943	447
1944	315
1945	769
1946	849
1947	387
1948	554
1949	314
1950	328
1951	289
1952	318
1953	998
1954	414
1955	291
1956	484
1957	598
1958	603
1959	504
1960	451
1961	836
1962	173
1963	379
1964	729
1965	463
1966	441
1967	687
1968	559
1969	982
1970	482
1971	395
1972	660
1973	553
1974	743
1975	984
1976	899
1977	453
1978	480
1979	727
1980	922
1981	987
1982	801
1983	724
1984	686
1985	811
1986	732
1987	960
1988	1,222
1989	918
1990	899
1991	1,085
1992	1,049
1993	964
1994	925
1995	1,260
1996	1,123
1997	738
1998	1,627
1999	906
2000	1,328
2001	771
2002	955
2003	843
2004	1,071
2005	1,055
2006	820
2007	1,208
2008	669
2009	1,060
2010	865
2011	1,359
2012	1,045
2013	879
2014	381
2015	637
2016	1,352
2017	1,086
2018	635
2019	693
2020	590
2021	1,161
2022	972
2023	1,265
2024	783
2025	944
2026	757

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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	422
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2