Weather Records on 17 July 1968

707 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 July 1968. Highest significance: Dumont, US.

Key Facts for 17 July 1968

On 17 July 1968, 707 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
264 were record highs and 116 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 695 daily.
Dumont set an all-time record daily precipitation of 286.5 mm (11.3 in) on 17 July 1968.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

707 stations

707 station records on 17 July 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 July 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dumont	United States	Record daily precipitation	286.5 mm (11.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Independence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Inwood 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hermosa 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Konni	India	Record daily precipitation	243.8 mm (9.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rangia	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Novy-Port	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laryak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arukutty	India	Record daily precipitation	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Euabolong (Brotherony)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sherthala	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wood	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Porto da Folha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Honaunau 27	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jericho Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fords Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vouziers	France	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cochin	India	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Creek 2 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Allison	United States	Record daily precipitation	181.9 mm (7.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

707 records

Records set or tied on 17 July 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 179, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 327.

Records on 17 July 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	179
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	327
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 July 1968 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 6, daily 695.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

574 broken records

Margins by which the 574 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 145.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 July 1968

Top 20 records on 17 July 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 July 1968	Dumont, US	all-time rain	286.5 mm (11.3 in)	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	17 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 July 1968	Independence #1, US	monthly rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 July 1968	Conception, US	daily rain	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 July 1968	Inwood 2 SW, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1968	Webster City, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1968	Hampton, US	all-time rain	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1968	Hermosa 3 SSW, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1968	Schreiber, CA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1968	Konni, IN	all-time rain	243.8 mm (9.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1968	Chemnitz, DE	daily low min	5.8 C (42.4 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1968	Wakefield 3NW, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1968	Saint John, CA	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	95 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1968	Rangia, IN	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1968	Grundy Ctr, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1968	Novy-Port, RU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1968	Laryak, RU	all-time rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1968	Passau-Maierhof, DE	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	75 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1968	Independence, US	monthly rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1968	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1968	Waupaca, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	40 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 707 records.

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

Records on 07-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1799	1
1801	2
1802	1
1821	1
1827	1
1833	1
1840	1
1842	1
1845	2
1852	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1871	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	2
1883	5
1884	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1892	5
1893	3
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	6
1902	6
1903	13
1904	4
1905	9
1906	13
1907	12
1908	32
1909	16
1910	8
1911	52
1912	13
1913	26
1914	67
1915	71
1916	27
1917	62
1918	41
1919	45
1920	50
1921	120
1922	206
1923	105
1924	165
1925	275
1926	251
1927	118
1928	116
1929	154
1930	366
1931	492
1932	293
1933	216
1934	438
1935	245
1936	815
1937	313
1938	303
1939	540
1940	319
1941	386
1942	522
1943	321
1944	236
1945	681
1946	523
1947	505
1948	278
1949	405
1950	645
1951	356
1952	772
1953	557
1954	517
1955	512
1956	608
1957	298
1958	693
1959	631
1960	324
1961	408
1962	421
1963	223
1964	481
1965	753
1966	454
1967	965
1968	707
1969	741
1970	486
1971	790
1972	634
1973	680
1974	691
1975	775
1976	1,041
1977	764
1978	794
1979	642
1980	1,137
1981	628
1982	850
1983	1,120
1984	875
1985	483
1986	1,214
1987	1,388
1988	1,239
1989	1,289
1990	953
1991	763
1992	1,055
1993	956
1994	631
1995	917
1996	911
1997	816
1998	1,031
1999	925
2000	1,166
2001	916
2002	995
2003	1,396
2004	908
2005	1,184
2006	1,509
2007	1,218
2008	508
2009	1,218
2010	965
2011	1,101
2012	934
2013	819
2014	1,456
2015	831
2016	679
2017	398
2018	750
2019	477
2020	515
2021	625
2022	791
2023	1,060
2024	814
2025	966
2026	860

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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	532
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1