Weather Records on 31 July 1968

637 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 July 1968. Highest significance: Huntingdon, CA.

Key Facts for 31 July 1968

On 31 July 1968, 637 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 307 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 622 daily.
Huntingdon set a daily record precipitation of 32.0 mm (1.3 in) on 31 July 1968.
Across 155 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

637 stations

637 station records on 31 July 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 July 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shergarh	India	Record daily precipitation	178.1 mm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sarangpur	India	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Seoni	India	Record daily precipitation	222.8 mm (8.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St George	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mehsana	India	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sonkatch	India	Record daily precipitation	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barwani	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Soljanka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rajpipla(Nandod)	India	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dhoraji	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rapelje	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bhopal	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ujjain	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tarana	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dewas Ar.	India	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Udaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minusinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Caliente	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goodland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Partabgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
South Springfield (South Sprin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mandsaur	India	Record daily precipitation	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Connorville (Lake River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tewkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

637 records

Records set or tied on 31 July 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 136, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 171, Heaviest daily rainfall 271.

Records on 31 July 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	136
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	171
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 July 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 622.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

519 broken records

Margins by which the 519 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 July 1968

Top 20 records on 31 July 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 July 1968	Huntingdon, CA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1968	Shergarh, IN	daily rain	178.1 mm (7.0 in)	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1968	Palestine, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	7 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1968	Sarangpur, IN	daily rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1968	Micurinsk, RU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1968	Dulce, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1968	Bancroft, CA	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	83 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1968	Seoni, IN	daily rain	222.8 mm (8.8 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1968	Pioche, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1968	Luverne, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1968	Los Alamos, US	monthly rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1968	Eagle Harbor, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1968	St George, US	daily low max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1968	Mehsana, IN	daily rain	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1968	Lindsay, CA	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	66 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1968	Norwood, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1968	Haliburton A, CA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	83 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1968	Sonkatch, IN	daily rain	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1968	Barwani, IN	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1968	Soljanka, RU	daily low min	1.0 C (33.8 F)	7.6 C (13.7 F)	17 years	36 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

1804 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1968. 1968 had 637 records.

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

Records on 07-31 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1815	1
1816	1
1828	1
1834	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	2
1851	1
1858	2
1860	4
1863	1
1866	1
1873	2
1876	1
1879	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1889	2
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1896	2
1897	2
1898	5
1900	1
1901	3
1902	4
1903	16
1904	12
1905	10
1906	14
1907	17
1908	22
1909	15
1910	21
1911	29
1912	14
1913	31
1914	28
1915	71
1916	63
1917	126
1918	39
1919	27
1920	168
1921	112
1922	24
1923	236
1924	97
1925	349
1926	226
1927	161
1928	145
1929	134
1930	143
1931	441
1932	314
1933	504
1934	449
1935	418
1936	548
1937	297
1938	417
1939	357
1940	415
1941	323
1942	342
1943	342
1944	312
1945	499
1946	426
1947	341
1948	341
1949	406
1950	511
1951	364
1952	472
1953	414
1954	459
1955	813
1956	574
1957	268
1958	374
1959	424
1960	622
1961	504
1962	348
1963	294
1964	637
1965	858
1966	606
1967	326
1968	637
1969	440
1970	576
1971	1,850
1972	667
1973	583
1974	363
1975	1,386
1976	530
1977	543
1978	754
1979	501
1980	1,047
1981	672
1982	767
1983	901
1984	777
1985	1,065
1986	1,021
1987	934
1988	940
1989	1,753
1990	911
1991	647
1992	1,169
1993	1,031
1994	1,207
1995	1,223
1996	1,084
1997	984
1998	1,195
1999	1,643
2000	1,001
2001	1,414
2002	1,080
2003	1,157
2004	779
2005	742
2006	1,405
2007	1,023
2008	911
2009	1,156
2010	1,485
2011	1,040
2012	712
2013	469
2014	1,000
2015	948
2016	501
2017	485
2018	1,135
2019	551
2020	1,034
2021	1,020
2022	861
2023	671
2024	748
2025	836
2026	754

Download the Data

Data for records on 1968-07-31: 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	486
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3