Weather Records on 15 July 1968

661 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 July 1968. Highest significance: Gregory Downs Outstation, AU.

Key Facts for 15 July 1968

On 15 July 1968, 661 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
279 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 643 daily.
Gregory Downs Outstation set a monthly record daily precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 15 July 1968.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

661 stations

661 station records on 15 July 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 July 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gregory Downs Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kairana	India	Record daily precipitation	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn - Meteorologisk Ins	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Karnal	India	Record daily precipitation	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sonepat	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shamrock	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Budhana	India	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Achisaj	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kuakhera	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gurgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mavelikara	India	Record daily precipitation	123.5 mm (4.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zhaltyr	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Matehuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cordell	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chilton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Simao Dias (Anapolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tobias Barreto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Phillaur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Primghar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sohana	India	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Estes Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Windom	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

661 records

Records set or tied on 15 July 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 95, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 184, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 246.

Records on 15 July 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	95
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	184
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	246
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 July 1968 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 14, daily 643.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

531 broken records

Margins by which the 531 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 July 1968

Top 20 records on 15 July 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 July 1968	Gregory Downs Outstation, AU	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	65 years	75 of 100 (Major)
15 July 1968	Karlshamn, SE	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1968	Kairana, IN	monthly rain	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1968	Koebenhavn - Meteorologisk Ins, DK	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1968	Karnal, IN	monthly rain	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1968	Sonepat, IN	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1968	Lund, SE	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	95 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1968	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1968	Kakabeka Falls, CA	all-time rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1968	Sandvig, DK	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	70 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1968	Shamrock, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1968	Huntingdon, CA	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	93 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1968	Tatarsk, RU	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1968	Budhana, IN	daily rain	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1968	Achisaj, KZ	monthly rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1968	Hano_A, SE	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	70 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1968	Minsk, BY	daily low min	5.3 C (41.5 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	68 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1968	Richmond Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1968	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	73 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1968	Kuakhera, IN	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 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

1793 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1968. 1968 had 661 records.

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

Records on 07-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1802	1
1808	1
1824	2
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1838	1
1839	1
1840	2
1866	1
1868	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	10
1899	1
1900	1
1901	7
1902	4
1903	24
1904	9
1905	1
1906	10
1907	8
1908	7
1909	7
1910	14
1911	11
1912	44
1913	19
1914	35
1915	34
1916	27
1917	134
1918	33
1919	59
1920	78
1921	55
1922	111
1923	120
1924	126
1925	137
1926	487
1927	151
1928	367
1929	213
1930	503
1931	591
1932	649
1933	205
1934	554
1935	208
1936	905
1937	279
1938	227
1939	394
1940	320
1941	444
1942	275
1943	338
1944	228
1945	693
1946	421
1947	373
1948	397
1949	455
1950	503
1951	606
1952	825
1953	398
1954	784
1955	612
1956	351
1957	304
1958	859
1959	411
1960	576
1961	386
1962	724
1963	291
1964	670
1965	282
1966	494
1967	1,419
1968	661
1969	670
1970	542
1971	552
1972	681
1973	800
1974	692
1975	869
1976	790
1977	766
1978	815
1979	585
1980	1,168
1981	646
1982	938
1983	1,241
1984	841
1985	793
1986	773
1987	968
1988	1,157
1989	827
1990	1,202
1991	589
1992	904
1993	1,198
1994	1,027
1995	1,347
1996	1,076
1997	688
1998	1,170
1999	1,428
2000	1,276
2001	1,004
2002	1,177
2003	1,256
2004	714
2005	932
2006	1,535
2007	1,171
2008	532
2009	816
2010	941
2011	989
2012	927
2013	761
2014	1,016
2015	547
2016	672
2017	467
2018	645
2019	561
2020	614
2021	674
2022	621
2023	1,157
2024	823
2025	720
2026	961

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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 10	445
10 to 20	49
20 to 30	17
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	4