Weather Records on 19 July 1968

740 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 July 1968. Highest significance: Rosella Plains Station, AU.

Key Facts for 19 July 1968

On 19 July 1968, 740 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
141 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 723 daily.
Rosella Plains Station set a monthly record daily precipitation of 77.5 mm (3.1 in) on 19 July 1968.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

740 stations

740 station records on 19 July 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 July 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rosella Plains Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Three Hills	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Denver	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Okemah	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Olds	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jath	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Entrance	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Balfes Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karkal	India	Record daily precipitation	229.0 mm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sawantwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	250.0 mm (9.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rumbulara Vineyards	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Devgad	India	Record daily precipitation	147.2 mm (5.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Slavgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kula Sanatorium 267	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sringeri	India	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Matehuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kostroma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Strathaven (Tenterfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Red Deer	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Abjorsbraten	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baindur	India	Record daily precipitation	295.0 mm (11.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nundle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Montebello Seigniory	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pardi	India	Record daily precipitation	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bol'sie-Uki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pemberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Irving	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wetaskiwin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dundee (Rangers Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Severnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Passchendaele	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

740 records

Records set or tied on 19 July 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 91, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 504.

Records on 19 July 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	91
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	504
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 July 1968 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 13, daily 723.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

661 broken records

Margins by which the 661 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 July 1968

Top 20 records on 19 July 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 July 1968	Rosella Plains Station, AU	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1968	Effingham, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	73 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1968	Clarke River Telecom, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1968	Three Hills, CA	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1968	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1968	Sturt Creek, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1968	New Denver, CA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1968	Tot-Ma, RU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1968	Maryland, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1968	Columbus, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1968	Okemah, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1968	Olds, CA	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1968	Queenton, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1968	Jath, IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1968	Entrance, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1968	Bajandaj, RU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1968	Western Creek, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1968	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1968	Glenelg, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1968	Leyburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	71 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

1799 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1968. 1968 had 740 records.

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

Records on 07-19 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1805	1
1809	1
1811	1
1837	1
1838	1
1839	1
1843	1
1845	2
1848	1
1851	1
1859	2
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	3
1900	6
1901	4
1902	12
1903	4
1904	15
1905	20
1906	14
1907	19
1908	21
1909	17
1910	49
1911	14
1912	39
1913	48
1914	35
1915	140
1916	234
1917	177
1918	36
1919	34
1920	50
1921	55
1922	121
1923	224
1924	191
1925	153
1926	319
1927	96
1928	148
1929	232
1930	585
1931	269
1932	385
1933	258
1934	765
1935	268
1936	402
1937	227
1938	290
1939	285
1940	338
1941	424
1942	568
1943	276
1944	361
1945	308
1946	485
1947	613
1948	384
1949	762
1950	613
1951	545
1952	541
1953	330
1954	535
1955	343
1956	552
1957	348
1958	481
1959	393
1960	746
1961	402
1962	453
1963	502
1964	534
1965	755
1966	481
1967	560
1968	740
1969	610
1970	545
1971	636
1972	699
1973	538
1974	513
1975	441
1976	824
1977	898
1978	636
1979	964
1980	835
1981	915
1982	676
1983	1,011
1984	1,076
1985	569
1986	810
1987	1,608
1988	995
1989	1,081
1990	954
1991	803
1992	717
1993	847
1994	589
1995	893
1996	1,353
1997	856
1998	1,325
1999	878
2000	1,802
2001	905
2002	985
2003	1,192
2004	1,082
2005	1,049
2006	1,392
2007	1,181
2008	753
2009	1,844
2010	911
2011	1,266
2012	878
2013	1,061
2014	1,207
2015	735
2016	605
2017	495
2018	836
2019	651
2020	409
2021	779
2022	1,143
2023	884
2024	544
2025	600
2026	653

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Data for records on 1968-07-19: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	473
10 to 20	109
20 to 30	54
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	5