Weather Records on 4 July 1968

668 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 July 1968. Highest significance: Lake Avalon, US.

Key Facts for 4 July 1968

On 4 July 1968, 668 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
150 were record highs and 378 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 631 daily.
Lake Avalon set a daily record precipitation of 49.3 mm (1.9 in) on 4 July 1968.
Across 163 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 421 records.

Record Map

668 stations

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

Weather records on 4 July 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake Avalon	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
St Marks 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Teonthar	India	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Midville	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sterlitamak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pimpelner	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tyumen Amsg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kem-Port	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape St. Francis	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orogrande	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Novy-Port	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gilmer 4 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Penneshaw	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kershaw 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ocosingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Prineville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weslaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

668 records

Records set or tied on 4 July 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 163, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 215, Heaviest daily rainfall 140.

Records on 4 July 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	163
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	215
Heaviest daily rainfall	140
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 July 1968 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 35, daily 631.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

496 broken records

Margins by which the 496 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 July 1968

Top 20 records on 4 July 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 July 1968	Lake Avalon, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1968	St Marks 5 SSE, US	daily rain	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	99.9 mm (3.9 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1968	Douglas, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	66 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1968	Teonthar, IN	daily rain	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1968	Midville, US	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1968	Warren 3 S, US	monthly low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	73 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1968	Vevay, US	monthly low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1968	Pitea, SE	daily high max	29.3 C (84.7 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	83 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1968	Sterlitamak, RU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1968	Ericson 8 WNW, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1968	Carlsbad, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1968	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	62 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1968	Mtn Park, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1968	Pimpelner, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1968	Petropavlovsk, KZ	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	52 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1968	Tyumen Amsg, RU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1968	Stockholm, SE	daily high max	28.1 C (82.6 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	83 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1968	Sulphur Springs, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	62 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1968	Dodge City, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1968	Kem-Port, RU	all-time high min	21.3 C (70.3 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	26 years	35 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

1806 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1968. 1968 had 668 records.

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

Records on 07-04 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1815	2
1827	1
1828	1
1836	1
1837	1
1838	1
1839	2
1845	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	2
1858	2
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	2
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1898	6
1899	4
1900	10
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	12
1905	6
1906	15
1907	26
1908	14
1909	20
1910	33
1911	62
1912	28
1913	25
1914	48
1915	36
1916	25
1917	107
1918	72
1919	49
1920	105
1921	50
1922	61
1923	59
1924	230
1925	137
1926	139
1927	290
1928	150
1929	255
1930	276
1931	479
1932	635
1933	459
1934	521
1935	319
1936	1,189
1937	341
1938	353
1939	389
1940	504
1941	409
1942	495
1943	348
1944	553
1945	151
1946	288
1947	258
1948	293
1949	474
1950	335
1951	388
1952	285
1953	431
1954	291
1955	433
1956	381
1957	449
1958	517
1959	280
1960	562
1961	525
1962	619
1963	417
1964	383
1965	258
1966	473
1967	935
1968	668
1969	746
1970	675
1971	385
1972	1,195
1973	656
1974	546
1975	879
1976	785
1977	593
1978	1,020
1979	604
1980	674
1981	850
1982	858
1983	942
1984	851
1985	729
1986	1,129
1987	611
1988	1,158
1989	981
1990	871
1991	872
1992	1,023
1993	1,053
1994	1,131
1995	1,128
1996	1,014
1997	1,251
1998	925
1999	1,632
2000	891
2001	1,120
2002	1,152
2003	617
2004	668
2005	834
2006	924
2007	1,052
2008	764
2009	845
2010	1,124
2011	777
2012	1,205
2013	866
2014	456
2015	1,384
2016	919
2017	496
2018	653
2019	528
2020	365
2021	789
2022	700
2023	627
2024	765
2025	737
2026	717

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Data for records on 1968-07-04: 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	475
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2