Weather Records on 9 July 1968

645 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 July 1968. Highest significance: Columbus 4 ESE, US.

Key Facts for 9 July 1968

On 9 July 1968, 645 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
208 were record highs and 158 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 626 daily.
Columbus 4 ESE set an all-time record daily precipitation of 398.3 mm (15.7 in) on 9 July 1968.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

645 stations

645 station records on 9 July 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 July 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	398.3 mm (15.7 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jhansi	India	Record daily precipitation	200.3 mm (7.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
McGregor	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Farnham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Karera	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Simlapal	India	Record daily precipitation	212.3 mm (8.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moth	India	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	260.0 mm (10.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jamshedpur	India	Record daily precipitation	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sepao	India	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shivpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	244.0 mm (9.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mundiwindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chute Hemmings	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tamluk	India	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Daudnagar(Haspur)	India	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	175.6 mm (6.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Farland	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coolawanyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kolaras	India	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Antenor Navarro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Diamond Harbour	India	Record daily precipitation	237.0 mm (9.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kolpasevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milford Gm Proving Ground	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hico	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chandil	India	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mehgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coongan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Banda	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gorgas 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Progresso	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sirmuthra	India	Record daily precipitation	100.5 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pichhore(Dabra)	India	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Magella	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marathon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Druzina	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uitenhage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Reform	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Drummondville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kundahit	India	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roseau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

645 records

Records set or tied on 9 July 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 94, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 89, Heaviest daily rainfall 279.

Records on 9 July 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	94
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	89
Heaviest daily rainfall	279
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 July 1968 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 12, daily 626.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

540 broken records

Margins by which the 540 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 July 1968

Top 20 records on 9 July 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 July 1968	Columbus 4 ESE, US	all-time rain	398.3 mm (15.7 in)	228.1 mm (9.0 in)	44 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
9 July 1968	Guelph Oac, CA	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1968	Jhansi, IN	daily rain	200.3 mm (7.9 in)	114.2 mm (4.5 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1968	McGregor, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1968	Auburn, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1968	Farnham, CA	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1968	Karera, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1968	Simlapal, IN	daily rain	212.3 mm (8.4 in)	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1968	Moth, IN	daily rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1968	Krishnanagar, IN	all-time rain	260.0 mm (10.2 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1968	Hewitt, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1968	Jamshedpur, IN	daily rain	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1968	Sepao, IN	daily rain	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1968	Shivpuri, IN	monthly rain	244.0 mm (9.6 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1968	Brenham, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	62 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1968	Mundiwindi, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1968	Chute Hemmings, CA	monthly rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1968	Tamluk, IN	daily rain	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1968	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high min	12.6 C (54.7 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	98 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1968	Daudnagar(Haspur), IN	daily rain	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	47 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 645 records.

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

Records on 07-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1815	3
1826	1
1828	2
1837	1
1845	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1867	4
1868	1
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	4
1879	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	4
1897	2
1898	4
1899	5
1900	10
1901	10
1902	8
1903	15
1904	31
1905	28
1906	4
1907	10
1908	16
1909	16
1910	19
1911	26
1912	28
1913	42
1914	54
1915	42
1916	43
1917	19
1918	60
1919	33
1920	28
1921	73
1922	145
1923	90
1924	140
1925	135
1926	242
1927	123
1928	115
1929	250
1930	436
1931	202
1932	216
1933	444
1934	339
1935	433
1936	1,128
1937	274
1938	196
1939	345
1940	319
1941	273
1942	324
1943	252
1944	415
1945	371
1946	436
1947	684
1948	377
1949	433
1950	522
1951	502
1952	694
1953	450
1954	479
1955	513
1956	438
1957	385
1958	472
1959	483
1960	332
1961	564
1962	253
1963	1,029
1964	425
1965	444
1966	428
1967	216
1968	645
1969	619
1970	471
1971	406
1972	606
1973	588
1974	1,013
1975	567
1976	740
1977	617
1978	882
1979	721
1980	970
1981	1,009
1982	598
1983	1,039
1984	783
1985	1,228
1986	843
1987	882
1988	1,109
1989	965
1990	770
1991	1,295
1992	1,126
1993	1,454
1994	1,151
1995	939
1996	1,690
1997	930
1998	1,403
1999	952
2000	1,055
2001	965
2002	1,127
2003	906
2004	824
2005	1,373
2006	965
2007	949
2008	1,188
2009	1,165
2010	1,477
2011	1,047
2012	904
2013	478
2014	806
2015	1,221
2016	631
2017	638
2018	555
2019	602
2020	614
2021	1,198
2022	674
2023	833
2024	1,530
2025	696
2026	508

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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 50	521
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1