Weather Records on 24 July 1968

430 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 July 1968. Highest significance: Wamego 4 W, US.

Key Facts for 24 July 1968

On 24 July 1968, 430 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 183 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 418 daily.
Wamego 4 W set a daily record precipitation of 149.9 mm (5.9 in) on 24 July 1968.
Across 158 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

430 stations

430 station records on 24 July 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 July 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gohad	India	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Independence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eau Claire 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rochelle 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waukegan	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Farland	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Vrangelja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zavetnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lynxville Dam 9	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kukuiula 935	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Riggins	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fowler	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

430 records

Records set or tied on 24 July 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 101, Heaviest daily rainfall 188.

Records on 24 July 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	101
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 July 1968 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 418.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

357 broken records

Margins by which the 357 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 156.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 July 1968

Top 20 records on 24 July 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 July 1968	Wamego 4 W, US	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1968	Bloomingdale, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1968	Aurora, US	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1968	Ft Stanton, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1968	Eskridge, US	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1968	Centralia, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1968	Frankfort, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1968	Wytheville, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1968	Manhattan, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1968	S Haven, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1968	Gohad, IN	daily rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1968	Independence #1, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	86 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1968	Creston 2 SW, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1968	Eau Claire 4 NE, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1968	Keosauqua 2, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1968	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1968	Syracuse, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1968	Rochelle 6 NW, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1968	Benton Harbor AP, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1968	Waukegan, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 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 430 records.

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

Records on 07-24 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1813	1
1817	1
1832	1
1836	1
1838	2
1843	2
1844	1
1846	1
1849	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1867	1
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	3
1874	1
1875	2
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1885	3
1889	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	5
1895	2
1896	5
1897	4
1899	3
1900	7
1901	6
1902	5
1903	8
1904	19
1905	19
1906	18
1907	8
1908	11
1909	21
1910	36
1911	51
1912	84
1913	30
1914	22
1915	35
1916	32
1917	40
1918	70
1919	19
1920	46
1921	67
1922	186
1923	87
1924	193
1925	154
1926	186
1927	251
1928	237
1929	187
1930	195
1931	364
1932	249
1933	356
1934	994
1935	342
1936	498
1937	327
1938	545
1939	225
1940	568
1941	335
1942	331
1943	278
1944	315
1945	252
1946	407
1947	852
1948	385
1949	408
1950	384
1951	333
1952	534
1953	403
1954	447
1955	445
1956	379
1957	428
1958	372
1959	522
1960	466
1961	612
1962	996
1963	521
1964	517
1965	333
1966	401
1967	344
1968	430
1969	585
1970	553
1971	678
1972	528
1973	743
1974	670
1975	521
1976	521
1977	829
1978	673
1979	652
1980	487
1981	1,025
1982	689
1983	1,425
1984	789
1985	829
1986	1,227
1987	1,220
1988	1,130
1989	896
1990	944
1991	1,092
1992	1,271
1993	1,705
1994	1,153
1995	927
1996	1,145
1997	1,097
1998	990
1999	1,201
2000	1,236
2001	1,186
2002	796
2003	2,254
2004	1,604
2005	1,158
2006	1,694
2007	1,310
2008	1,363
2009	856
2010	1,859
2011	1,514
2012	827
2013	572
2014	922
2015	483
2016	637
2017	559
2018	953
2019	1,221
2020	432
2021	541
2022	681
2023	804
2024	986
2025	879
2026	924

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Data for records on 1968-07-24: 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 20	320
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1