Weather Records on 20 July 1968

389 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 July 1968. Highest significance: Konni, IN.

Key Facts for 20 July 1968

On 20 July 1968, 389 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
69 were record highs and 126 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 382 daily.
Konni set a daily record precipitation of 223.5 mm (8.8 in) on 20 July 1968.
Across 161 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

389 stations

389 station records on 20 July 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 July 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Konni	India	Record daily precipitation	223.5 mm (8.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Barwani	India	Record daily precipitation	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Drake	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Calmar	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Red Deer A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Melva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pilger	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buhta Providenja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rosthern	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Scott Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cernigov	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jalna	India	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Malegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karnaprayag	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bilaspur	India	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bolshoe Goloustnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	40.5 C (104.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Milha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gleichen	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nevasa	India	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rupar	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Matehuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	37.6 C (99.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Long Lake 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Red Deer	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hassanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pathardi	India	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paveletz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kuttabul Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tumkur	India	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Payson Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orange	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Calen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Prince	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bagepalli	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karchana	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tambov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

389 records

Records set or tied on 20 July 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 194.

Records on 20 July 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	194
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 July 1968 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 382.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

332 broken records

Margins by which the 332 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 154.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 July 1968

Top 20 records on 20 July 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 July 1968	Konni, IN	daily rain	223.5 mm (8.8 in)	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 July 1968	Barwani, IN	daily rain	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 July 1968	Ballinger 2 NW, US	monthly rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1968	Bloomsbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1968	Drake, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1968	Calmar, CA	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1968	Madison, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1968	Red Deer A, CA	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1968	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1968	Melva, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1968	Pilger, CA	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1968	Buhta Providenja, RU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1968	Marion, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1968	Rosthern, CA	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1968	Sioux Ctr 2 SE, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1968	Rosedale, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1968	Stuttgart, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1968	Sotchi, RU	daily high max	33.5 C (92.3 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	68 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1968	Scott Cda, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1968	Deland 1 SSE, US	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	22 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

1809 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1968. 1968 had 389 records.

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

Records on 07-20 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	2
1844	2
1850	1
1859	2
1863	1
1865	4
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	2
1876	1
1877	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	5
1892	7
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	4
1900	9
1901	3
1902	13
1903	6
1904	10
1905	6
1906	8
1907	12
1908	31
1909	6
1910	27
1911	12
1912	33
1913	28
1914	20
1915	163
1916	117
1917	57
1918	53
1919	40
1920	16
1921	55
1922	52
1923	173
1924	112
1925	125
1926	411
1927	106
1928	366
1929	480
1930	598
1931	362
1932	338
1933	201
1934	857
1935	386
1936	358
1937	213
1938	392
1939	336
1940	325
1941	270
1942	609
1943	326
1944	470
1945	278
1946	482
1947	635
1948	385
1949	807
1950	563
1951	448
1952	488
1953	316
1954	512
1955	377
1956	545
1957	351
1958	536
1959	605
1960	758
1961	338
1962	327
1963	457
1964	416
1965	1,110
1966	469
1967	455
1968	389
1969	649
1970	890
1971	619
1972	1,062
1973	804
1974	489
1975	470
1976	580
1977	899
1978	663
1979	1,249
1980	925
1981	1,048
1982	580
1983	1,117
1984	799
1985	604
1986	848
1987	1,156
1988	1,103
1989	1,183
1990	724
1991	1,024
1992	1,137
1993	901
1994	611
1995	961
1996	1,365
1997	903
1998	1,682
1999	815
2000	1,393
2001	755
2002	986
2003	1,313
2004	978
2005	1,266
2006	1,487
2007	1,124
2008	663
2009	1,533
2010	1,154
2011	1,339
2012	817
2013	850
2014	1,000
2015	812
2016	744
2017	398
2018	930
2019	867
2020	524
2021	683
2022	1,108
2023	812
2024	737
2025	680
2026	863

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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	303
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1