Weather Records on 13 July 1968

427 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 July 1968. Highest significance: Newry, AU.

Key Facts for 13 July 1968

On 13 July 1968, 427 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 160 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 407 daily.
Newry set a daily record precipitation of 46.5 mm (1.8 in) on 13 July 1968.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

427 stations

427 station records on 13 July 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 July 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Texas Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sikar	India	Record daily precipitation	236.0 mm (9.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Amber	India	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oombulgurri	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Badgam	India	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Limbunya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Allakaket	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trichur	India	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Demagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Argyle Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sprague	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lissadell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pee Dee	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alattur	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aracaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Astrahanka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

427 records

Records set or tied on 13 July 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 92, Heaviest daily rainfall 212.

Records on 13 July 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	92
Heaviest daily rainfall	212
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 July 1968 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 407.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

370 broken records

Margins by which the 370 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 July 1968

Top 20 records on 13 July 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 July 1968	Newry, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	67 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1968	Chilliwack, CA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1968	Ivanhoe Station, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1968	Texas Downs, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1968	Sikar, IN	all-time rain	236.0 mm (9.3 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	3 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1968	Amber, IN	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1968	Quanah 2 SW, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1968	Oombulgurri, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1968	Badgam, IN	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1968	Limbunya, AU	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1968	Allakaket, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1968	New Ulm 2 SE, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1968	Trichur, IN	daily rain	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	76.3 mm (3.0 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1968	Bear Creek, CA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1968	Atyrau, KZ	daily low min	9.7 C (49.5 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	73 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1968	Astrakan, RU	daily low min	12.4 C (54.3 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	83 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1968	Demagiri, IN	daily rain	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	58 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1968	Rosewood, AU	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1968	Argyle Downs, AU	monthly rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1968	Waterloo, AU	monthly rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	38 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

1795 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1968. 1968 had 427 records.

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

Records on 07-13 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1807	1
1824	1
1832	1
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1855	1
1860	1
1861	1
1862	1
1866	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1882	1
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	7
1889	6
1890	3
1891	4
1892	2
1893	5
1894	2
1895	11
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1900	2
1901	7
1902	7
1903	8
1904	9
1905	5
1906	17
1907	22
1908	11
1909	7
1910	16
1911	47
1912	79
1913	21
1914	50
1915	17
1916	45
1917	22
1918	160
1919	79
1920	30
1921	81
1922	34
1923	104
1924	147
1925	229
1926	426
1927	195
1928	146
1929	123
1930	443
1931	351
1932	349
1933	653
1934	445
1935	304
1936	999
1937	264
1938	188
1939	382
1940	891
1941	599
1942	282
1943	433
1944	302
1945	637
1946	318
1947	245
1948	407
1949	333
1950	849
1951	393
1952	730
1953	700
1954	1,044
1955	378
1956	436
1957	321
1958	324
1959	451
1960	470
1961	513
1962	615
1963	726
1964	1,023
1965	479
1966	649
1967	654
1968	427
1969	676
1970	410
1971	517
1972	861
1973	489
1974	569
1975	1,474
1976	650
1977	581
1978	437
1979	562
1980	1,127
1981	795
1982	513
1983	887
1984	817
1985	488
1986	918
1987	1,105
1988	898
1989	635
1990	1,762
1991	888
1992	1,293
1993	1,374
1994	1,340
1995	1,350
1996	957
1997	793
1998	1,274
1999	1,356
2000	978
2001	800
2002	1,546
2003	934
2004	686
2005	1,039
2006	1,179
2007	756
2008	672
2009	807
2010	1,192
2011	1,216
2012	1,283
2013	548
2014	540
2015	692
2016	667
2017	594
2018	435
2019	443
2020	668
2021	778
2022	686
2023	705
2024	908
2025	707
2026	1,124

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	297
10 to 20	44
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1