Weather Records on 22 July 1968

473 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 July 1968. Highest significance: Kirov, RU.

Key Facts for 22 July 1968

On 22 July 1968, 473 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 157 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 458 daily.
Kirov set an all-time record daily precipitation of 137.0 mm (5.4 in) on 22 July 1968.
Across 171 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

473 stations

473 station records on 22 July 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 July 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Gohad	India	Record daily precipitation	390.0 mm (15.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pichhore(Dabra)	India	Record daily precipitation	250.0 mm (9.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Champawat	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parapeuna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Estrada de Cunha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Matehuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kaithal	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Allison	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Thornton Bvrt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kheri	India	Record daily precipitation	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pierson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grapeland	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Netherdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orai	India	Record daily precipitation	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
A Coruna	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Balwyn North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ksara	Lebanon	Record high maximum temperature	38.8 C (101.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brooklyn (Sandbrook Inlet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dwingelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kuujjuarapik A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Etah	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

473 records

Records set or tied on 22 July 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 90, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 229.

Records on 22 July 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	90
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	229
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 July 1968 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 12, daily 458.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

399 broken records

Margins by which the 399 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 174.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 July 1968

Top 20 records on 22 July 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 July 1968	Kirov, RU	all-time rain	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1968	Gohad, IN	all-time rain	390.0 mm (15.4 in)	174.1 mm (6.9 in)	4 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1968	New Hampton, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1968	Stradbroke West (Inglenook), AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1968	Pichhore(Dabra), IN	daily rain	250.0 mm (9.8 in)	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1968	Seaspray (Burong), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1968	Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1968	Champawat, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1968	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1968	Parapeuna, BR	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1968	Kon-Kolodez, RU	daily low max	14.2 C (57.6 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1968	Charles City, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1968	Detour Village, US	all-time rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1968	Minsk, BY	daily low min	4.3 C (39.7 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1968	Estrada de Cunha, BR	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1968	Matehuala (Smn), MX	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1968	Kaithal, IN	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1968	Allison, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1968	Thornton Bvrt, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 July 1968	Akbarpur, IN	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	34 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

1793 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1968. 1968 had 473 records.

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

Records on 07-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1796	1
1797	2
1806	2
1808	1
1809	1
1811	1
1813	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1844	1
1845	1
1850	1
1854	2
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1883	1
1885	3
1886	5
1887	2
1889	5
1890	5
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	5
1897	2
1898	4
1900	4
1901	12
1902	3
1903	10
1904	4
1905	12
1906	20
1907	11
1908	9
1909	7
1910	30
1911	26
1912	40
1913	38
1914	52
1915	28
1916	39
1917	34
1918	212
1919	36
1920	71
1921	172
1922	54
1923	107
1924	342
1925	268
1926	345
1927	329
1928	200
1929	267
1930	282
1931	367
1932	291
1933	307
1934	805
1935	250
1936	331
1937	368
1938	404
1939	345
1940	470
1941	236
1942	278
1943	392
1944	633
1945	280
1946	455
1947	1,196
1948	533
1949	419
1950	738
1951	384
1952	797
1953	404
1954	668
1955	618
1956	350
1957	544
1958	450
1959	581
1960	419
1961	519
1962	393
1963	504
1964	418
1965	543
1966	541
1967	295
1968	473
1969	454
1970	1,105
1971	449
1972	715
1973	981
1974	602
1975	335
1976	521
1977	478
1978	1,172
1979	646
1980	844
1981	1,551
1982	710
1983	1,025
1984	945
1985	712
1986	784
1987	1,234
1988	1,001
1989	838
1990	1,026
1991	810
1992	1,393
1993	1,193
1994	1,075
1995	1,241
1996	1,062
1997	1,106
1998	989
1999	756
2000	1,020
2001	1,183
2002	1,002
2003	1,536
2004	805
2005	1,197
2006	1,938
2007	1,190
2008	839
2009	1,294
2010	1,350
2011	1,940
2012	675
2013	604
2014	669
2015	661
2016	895
2017	509
2018	910
2019	513
2020	453
2021	558
2022	782
2023	676
2024	718
2025	877
2026	873

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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 25	382
25 to 50	12
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	2