Weather Records on 16 July 1968

788 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 July 1968. Highest significance: Thief River Falls, US.

Key Facts for 16 July 1968

On 16 July 1968, 788 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
409 were record highs and 120 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 763 daily.
Thief River Falls set a daily record precipitation of 71.1 mm (2.8 in) on 16 July 1968.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

788 stations

788 station records on 16 July 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 July 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Thief River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Nanpara	India	Record daily precipitation	145.2 mm (5.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sandbackshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhousie L High Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leamington	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnagar Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	332.4 mm (13.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salgadalia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oktyabr Skoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Casper 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ischim Amsg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Balanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Narasannapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Overbrook 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sikandarabad	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tobias Barreto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roseau	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bowbells	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Portal	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Olho Dagua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harrow Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kadur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paripiranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Margaret's Bay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Khannah	India	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Westby	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tagus	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

788 records

Records set or tied on 16 July 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 179, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 230, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 259.

Records on 16 July 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	179
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	230
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	259
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 July 1968 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 16, daily 763.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

620 broken records

Margins by which the 620 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 117.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 July 1968

Top 20 records on 16 July 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 July 1968	Thief River Falls, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1968	Nanpara, IN	daily rain	145.2 mm (5.7 in)	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1968	Salekhard, RU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1968	Sandbackshult, SE	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1968	Dalhousie L High Falls, CA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1968	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1968	Lawrence, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1968	Holton, US	monthly rain	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1968	Red Lake Indian Agcy, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1968	Leamington, CA	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1968	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1968	Ramnagar Sr, IN	daily rain	332.4 mm (13.1 in)	117.8 mm (4.6 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1968	Salgadalia, BR	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1968	Oktyabr Skoye, RU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1968	Casper 2 E, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1968	Orono, US	monthly high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	70 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1968	Raymond 3 NE, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1968	Ischim Amsg, RU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1968	Pawnee City, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1968	Saint John, CA	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	91 years	42 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

1798 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1968. 1968 had 788 records.

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

Records on 07-16 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1808	1
1819	1
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1840	2
1845	1
1852	2
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	1
1875	2
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1890	5
1891	2
1892	5
1894	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	9
1902	2
1903	18
1904	20
1905	4
1906	23
1907	7
1908	21
1909	17
1910	9
1911	24
1912	28
1913	23
1914	53
1915	41
1916	39
1917	90
1918	18
1919	56
1920	46
1921	66
1922	303
1923	180
1924	75
1925	179
1926	295
1927	170
1928	405
1929	192
1930	402
1931	527
1932	446
1933	224
1934	432
1935	284
1936	715
1937	307
1938	213
1939	599
1940	255
1941	363
1942	321
1943	297
1944	193
1945	702
1946	454
1947	568
1948	259
1949	417
1950	542
1951	537
1952	560
1953	366
1954	592
1955	548
1956	417
1957	221
1958	1,270
1959	341
1960	329
1961	402
1962	538
1963	251
1964	341
1965	437
1966	415
1967	1,067
1968	788
1969	702
1970	674
1971	766
1972	641
1973	880
1974	666
1975	742
1976	840
1977	829
1978	1,095
1979	543
1980	1,457
1981	569
1982	985
1983	1,362
1984	937
1985	528
1986	845
1987	916
1988	1,306
1989	1,074
1990	955
1991	627
1992	943
1993	1,053
1994	730
1995	929
1996	739
1997	707
1998	1,051
1999	998
2000	1,207
2001	1,073
2002	1,029
2003	1,492
2004	724
2005	1,023
2006	1,527
2007	1,186
2008	669
2009	839
2010	927
2011	1,221
2012	829
2013	853
2014	1,448
2015	605
2016	706
2017	419
2018	694
2019	476
2020	464
2021	661
2022	538
2023	1,150
2024	938
2025	764
2026	727

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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 20	575
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2