Weather Records on 28 July 1968

547 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 1968. Highest significance: Mariinsk, RU.

Key Facts for 28 July 1968

On 28 July 1968, 547 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
130 were record highs and 217 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 530 daily.
Mariinsk set an all-time record daily precipitation of 97.4 mm (3.8 in) on 28 July 1968.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

547 stations

547 station records on 28 July 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 July 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mariinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Achinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tjuhtet	Russia	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vredenburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mahasamund	India	Record daily precipitation	197.0 mm (7.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Youngs Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Krapivino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nelamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vinnytsia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Larned	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jaggiayapet	India	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Itchapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cedaredge	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Soljanka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ontonagon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ramanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manoharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palair	India	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jullundar	India	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tisul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wallajah	India	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sompeta	India	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zitacuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Matehuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nizhnyj Tagil	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lead Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record low maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morehouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kasargod	India	Record daily precipitation	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Narayanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	181.0 mm (7.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lubny	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Custer	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Birtle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

547 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 98, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 119, Heaviest daily rainfall 200.

Records on 28 July 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	98
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	119
Heaviest daily rainfall	200
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 July 1968 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 12, daily 530.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

413 broken records

Margins by which the 413 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 1968

Top 20 records on 28 July 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 1968	Mariinsk, RU	all-time rain	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1968	Achinsk, RU	daily rain	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1968	Owosso Wwtp, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1968	McAlester Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	62 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1968	Tjuhtet, RU	all-time rain	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1968	Vredenburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1968	Poplar Bluff, US	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	1 year	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1968	Mahasamund, IN	daily rain	197.0 mm (7.8 in)	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1968	Youngs Siding, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1968	Kingman, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1968	Krapivino, RU	daily rain	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1968	Hot Springs, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1968	Bluff, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1968	Nelamangala, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1968	Gopalpur, IN	daily rain	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1968	Hopkinsville, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1968	Vinnytsia, UA	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1968	Larned, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1968	Jaggiayapet, IN	daily rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1968	Cove 1 E, US	all-time high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	40 years	38 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

1815 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1968. 1968 had 547 records.

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

Records on 07-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1832	2
1834	1
1838	1
1846	1
1848	1
1853	1
1857	1
1860	2
1866	2
1867	1
1872	3
1873	1
1874	1
1882	1
1883	3
1884	3
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	3
1891	8
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	6
1900	8
1901	14
1902	4
1903	16
1904	23
1905	10
1906	18
1907	39
1908	15
1909	19
1910	18
1911	61
1912	32
1913	54
1914	42
1915	36
1916	134
1917	84
1918	34
1919	53
1920	95
1921	92
1922	82
1923	193
1924	79
1925	361
1926	175
1927	129
1928	341
1929	215
1930	603
1931	464
1932	184
1933	390
1934	533
1935	354
1936	471
1937	315
1938	264
1939	339
1940	507
1941	525
1942	165
1943	429
1944	349
1945	399
1946	380
1947	630
1948	535
1949	496
1950	1,035
1951	320
1952	669
1953	251
1954	355
1955	537
1956	309
1957	298
1958	549
1959	417
1960	416
1961	357
1962	772
1963	484
1964	422
1965	422
1966	349
1967	458
1968	547
1969	737
1970	343
1971	1,161
1972	675
1973	500
1974	343
1975	537
1976	493
1977	724
1978	681
1979	692
1980	1,170
1981	1,315
1982	774
1983	1,389
1984	1,373
1985	627
1986	868
1987	1,202
1988	761
1989	936
1990	757
1991	768
1992	678
1993	1,026
1994	2,266
1995	1,251
1996	1,178
1997	1,024
1998	1,835
1999	985
2000	857
2001	938
2002	866
2003	932
2004	1,345
2005	1,387
2006	1,398
2007	998
2008	923
2009	964
2010	1,306
2011	1,143
2012	731
2013	1,428
2014	713
2015	911
2016	648
2017	476
2018	655
2019	469
2020	721
2021	831
2022	990
2023	765
2024	668
2025	845
2026	863

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Data for records on 1968-07-28: 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	373
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2