Weather Records on 27 July 1968

391 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 July 1968. Highest significance: Saguache, US.

Key Facts for 27 July 1968

On 27 July 1968, 391 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 385 daily.
Saguache set a daily record precipitation of 25.7 mm (1.0 in) on 27 July 1968.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

391 stations

391 station records on 27 July 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 July 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Saguache	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bidar	India	Record daily precipitation	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nargund	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jath	India	Record daily precipitation	89.5 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Flemingsburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Reasi	India	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madhubani	India	Record daily precipitation	207.0 mm (8.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Evap	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Otatitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emery	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Malsiras	India	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kampli	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Macharla	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Augustine 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Langgewens (Wrs)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Long Lake 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Outlook	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Birtle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ron	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Des Arc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Johnson Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Windom	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hubbard	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

391 records

Records set or tied on 27 July 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 180.

Records on 27 July 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 July 1968 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 385.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

305 broken records

Margins by which the 305 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 111.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 July 1968

Top 20 records on 27 July 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 July 1968	Saguache, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1968	Mattoon, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	72 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1968	Bidar, IN	daily rain	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	93.1 mm (3.7 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1968	Nargund, IN	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1968	Dresden, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1968	Jath, IN	daily rain	89.5 mm (3.5 in)	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1968	New Ulm 2 SE, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1968	Flemingsburg 2 N, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1968	Rushville, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1968	Pinsk, BY	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1968	Reasi, IN	daily rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1968	Osage, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1968	Madhubani, IN	monthly rain	207.0 mm (8.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1968	Jefferson City Evap, US	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1968	Otatitlan, MX	daily rain	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	7 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1968	Emery, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1968	Malsiras, IN	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1968	Cheesman, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1968	Rush 1N, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1968	Kampli, IN	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	39 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

1805 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1968. 1968 had 391 records.

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

Records on 07-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	2
1820	1
1832	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	2
1857	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	2
1868	4
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	5
1884	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	3
1889	4
1890	5
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	4
1900	5
1901	11
1902	4
1903	13
1904	13
1905	7
1906	16
1907	14
1908	17
1909	18
1910	7
1911	51
1912	89
1913	43
1914	44
1915	31
1916	143
1917	46
1918	103
1919	86
1920	67
1921	123
1922	95
1923	142
1924	71
1925	234
1926	131
1927	69
1928	222
1929	177
1930	786
1931	429
1932	172
1933	414
1934	471
1935	289
1936	971
1937	407
1938	287
1939	284
1940	632
1941	457
1942	258
1943	326
1944	398
1945	337
1946	680
1947	389
1948	485
1949	418
1950	797
1951	207
1952	476
1953	248
1954	294
1955	521
1956	325
1957	372
1958	491
1959	395
1960	385
1961	277
1962	1,009
1963	584
1964	335
1965	434
1966	594
1967	559
1968	391
1969	588
1970	379
1971	1,083
1972	790
1973	751
1974	403
1975	588
1976	426
1977	878
1978	583
1979	749
1980	760
1981	1,233
1982	584
1983	1,455
1984	1,613
1985	571
1986	836
1987	1,108
1988	936
1989	1,103
1990	846
1991	763
1992	791
1993	1,317
1994	1,851
1995	1,192
1996	950
1997	1,173
1998	1,363
1999	820
2000	1,019
2001	1,265
2002	816
2003	1,064
2004	1,552
2005	1,743
2006	1,321
2007	904
2008	784
2009	829
2010	1,330
2011	1,007
2012	823
2013	1,110
2014	591
2015	744
2016	564
2017	460
2018	737
2019	597
2020	842
2021	1,131
2022	855
2023	826
2024	646
2025	853
2026	1,170

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Data for records on 1968-07-27: 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	273
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1