Weather Records on 2 July 1968

887 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 July 1968. Highest significance: Brinkworth (Anama Park), AU.

Key Facts for 2 July 1968

On 2 July 1968, 887 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
141 were record highs and 291 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 62 monthly and 821 daily.
Brinkworth (Anama Park) set a daily record precipitation of 27.9 mm (1.1 in) on 2 July 1968.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

887 stations

887 station records on 2 July 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 July 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brinkworth (Anama Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Robertstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Manna Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cambrai (Kongolia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Mangalo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Stokes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Stonefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Parral	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Whyalla (Broadview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Australia Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sutherlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Quantico 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eudunda (Brownlow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dutton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stockwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waddikee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Pineview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yacka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Keyneton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bramfield Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Neill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yunta (Winnininnie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pandappa Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Worlds End)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Butler (Anona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Koonamore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Ketchowla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Big Swamp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Cortlinye Rocks STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Curtinye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton (Eurelia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rudall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ijsselmonde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ungarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warramboo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

887 records

Records set or tied on 2 July 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 121, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 170, Heaviest daily rainfall 455.

Records on 2 July 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	121
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	170
Heaviest daily rainfall	455
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 July 1968 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 62, daily 821.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

730 broken records

Margins by which the 730 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 July 1968

Top 20 records on 2 July 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 July 1968	Brinkworth (Anama Park), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	71 of 100 (Major)
2 July 1968	Callington, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 July 1968	Robertstown, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 July 1968	Harrison, US	daily rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 July 1968	Manna Hill, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 July 1968	Kanmantoo, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 July 1968	Truro, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1968	Cambrai (Kongolia), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1968	Sevastopol',Mgs, UA	all-time rain	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1968	Cleve (Mangalo), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1968	Port Lincoln, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1968	Stokes, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1968	Bower, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1968	Eudunda, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1968	Stonefield, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1968	Presa Parral, MX	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1968	Whyalla (Broadview), AU	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1968	Kimba, AU	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1968	Australia Plains, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1968	Sutherlands, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	56 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 887 records.

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

Records on 07-02 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1807	1
1811	1
1816	2
1825	1
1826	2
1837	1
1839	1
1843	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1856	1
1860	1
1863	1
1871	3
1872	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	2
1898	2
1899	5
1900	4
1901	12
1902	7
1903	9
1904	11
1905	30
1906	14
1907	26
1908	12
1909	34
1910	50
1911	32
1912	100
1913	19
1914	69
1915	33
1916	26
1917	22
1918	45
1919	38
1920	208
1921	234
1922	59
1923	223
1924	394
1925	112
1926	108
1927	183
1928	75
1929	162
1930	263
1931	526
1932	283
1933	500
1934	315
1935	252
1936	641
1937	434
1938	399
1939	191
1940	436
1941	535
1942	643
1943	359
1944	428
1945	425
1946	321
1947	313
1948	283
1949	372
1950	312
1951	309
1952	391
1953	553
1954	567
1955	633
1956	520
1957	1,058
1958	344
1959	386
1960	547
1961	343
1962	402
1963	666
1964	445
1965	440
1966	889
1967	610
1968	887
1969	468
1970	667
1971	334
1972	660
1973	628
1974	577
1975	605
1976	718
1977	450
1978	1,173
1979	773
1980	1,191
1981	770
1982	1,017
1983	904
1984	632
1985	756
1986	1,423
1987	791
1988	1,445
1989	962
1990	1,350
1991	1,123
1992	1,702
1993	641
1994	901
1995	1,110
1996	728
1997	1,101
1998	984
1999	1,066
2000	583
2001	1,240
2002	1,228
2003	1,111
2004	639
2005	648
2006	775
2007	932
2008	808
2009	1,083
2010	1,262
2011	1,066
2012	1,072
2013	1,471
2014	580
2015	1,096
2016	584
2017	504
2018	858
2019	401
2020	500
2021	861
2022	893
2023	559
2024	578
2025	1,293
2026	1,174

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Data for records on 1968-07-02: 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	691
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1