Weather Records on 21 July 1968

334 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 July 1968. Highest significance: Marshall, US.

Key Facts for 21 July 1968

On 21 July 1968, 334 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 137 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 328 daily.
Marshall set a daily record precipitation of 78.7 mm (3.1 in) on 21 July 1968.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

334 stations

334 station records on 21 July 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 July 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Barwani	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nagina	India	Record daily precipitation	193.6 mm (7.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hico	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Surat	India	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dhampur	India	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ferozepur Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Velmo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malvan	India	Record daily precipitation	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Matehuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manoharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bhandar	India	Record daily precipitation	122.5 mm (4.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yellamanchili	India	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moradabad	India	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brooks 1	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rajpur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ambala Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goat Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sarila	India	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
White Rock Campbell Scientific	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Voronez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record low minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cooch Behar	India	Record daily precipitation	153.6 mm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Shu'j	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

334 records

Records set or tied on 21 July 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 135.

Records on 21 July 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 July 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 328.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

283 broken records

Margins by which the 283 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 July 1968

Top 20 records on 21 July 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 July 1968	Marshall, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1968	Barwani, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1968	Nagina, IN	daily rain	193.6 mm (7.6 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1968	Hico, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1968	Surat, IN	daily rain	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1968	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1968	Dhampur, IN	daily rain	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1968	Ferozepur Sadar, IN	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	67 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1968	Velmo, RU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1968	Lufkin Angelina Co AP, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1968	Malvan, IN	daily rain	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	49 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1968	Matehuala (Smn), MX	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1968	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily low max	16.5 C (61.7 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	75 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1968	Manoharpur, IN	monthly rain	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1968	Srinagar, IN	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1968	Fichtelberg, DE	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	69 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1968	Bhandar, IN	monthly rain	122.5 mm (4.8 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1968	Tg Jiu, RO	daily low min	8.8 C (47.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	64 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1968	Lares, PR	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	41 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1968	Verhojansk, RU	daily low min	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	66 years	29 of 100 (Routine)

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

1794 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1968. 1968 had 334 records.

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

Records on 07-21 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1796	1
1797	1
1813	2
1832	2
1837	1
1839	1
1843	1
1844	2
1854	1
1859	3
1865	3
1868	3
1872	1
1876	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	2
1900	6
1901	13
1902	12
1903	10
1904	8
1905	13
1906	13
1907	12
1908	25
1909	18
1910	12
1911	37
1912	52
1913	41
1914	48
1915	81
1916	72
1917	136
1918	130
1919	51
1920	33
1921	55
1922	48
1923	132
1924	286
1925	202
1926	401
1927	191
1928	205
1929	360
1930	521
1931	549
1932	322
1933	208
1934	965
1935	236
1936	322
1937	253
1938	638
1939	415
1940	318
1941	226
1942	318
1943	253
1944	716
1945	300
1946	398
1947	795
1948	403
1949	603
1950	662
1951	427
1952	657
1953	351
1954	656
1955	582
1956	490
1957	447
1958	531
1959	940
1960	651
1961	388
1962	263
1963	470
1964	457
1965	748
1966	626
1967	313
1968	334
1969	636
1970	1,241
1971	475
1972	1,046
1973	871
1974	536
1975	380
1976	477
1977	708
1978	1,155
1979	964
1980	926
1981	1,352
1982	588
1983	1,234
1984	764
1985	554
1986	791
1987	1,025
1988	1,015
1989	973
1990	914
1991	812
1992	1,562
1993	866
1994	773
1995	1,247
1996	1,141
1997	849
1998	1,674
1999	814
2000	1,230
2001	889
2002	990
2003	1,250
2004	694
2005	1,420
2006	1,479
2007	1,145
2008	989
2009	1,306
2010	1,148
2011	1,414
2012	815
2013	526
2014	762
2015	704
2016	645
2017	433
2018	942
2019	755
2020	363
2021	574
2022	866
2023	816
2024	873
2025	881
2026	874

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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	241
10 to 20	22
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2