Weather Records on 1 August 1968

625 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 1968. Highest significance: Blanding, US.

Key Facts for 1 August 1968

On 1 August 1968, 625 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 351 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 616 daily.
Blanding set an all-time record daily precipitation of 113.8 mm (4.5 in) on 1 August 1968.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

625 stations

625 station records on 1 August 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blanding	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Navapur	India	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dungarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Prantij	India	Record daily precipitation	197.1 mm (7.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sagwara	India	Record daily precipitation	125.6 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Van Buren 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Idar	India	Record daily precipitation	276.2 mm (10.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kherwara	India	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tamluk	India	Record daily precipitation	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Udaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.1 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orogrande	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Donora 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jawad	India	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Himatnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	265.0 mm (10.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Igatpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	210.0 mm (8.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jagpura	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nimbahera	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Partabgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bhungra	India	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hiawatha	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Botlih	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Sal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nenastnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Darmstadt-Botanischer Garten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Viramgam	India	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ranibandh	India	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Johnson Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral Ridge Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

625 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 220, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 131, Heaviest daily rainfall 219.

Records on 1 August 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	220
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	131
Heaviest daily rainfall	219
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 1968 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 6, daily 616.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

502 broken records

Margins by which the 502 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 149.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 1968

Top 20 records on 1 August 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 1968	Blanding, US	all-time rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	59 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
1 August 1968	Monticello 2E, US	monthly rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	63 years	75 of 100 (Major)
1 August 1968	Navapur, IN	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 August 1968	Dungarpur, IN	daily rain	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1968	Prantij, IN	daily rain	197.1 mm (7.8 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1968	Sagwara, IN	daily rain	125.6 mm (4.9 in)	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1968	Seminole, US	monthly rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	1 year	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1968	Van Buren 1 NE, US	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	1 year	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1968	Idar, IN	daily rain	276.2 mm (10.9 in)	149.5 mm (5.9 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1968	Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr, DE	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1968	Claysville 3 W, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1968	Kherwara, IN	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1968	Tamluk, IN	daily rain	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	84.7 mm (3.3 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1968	Udaipur, IN	daily rain	95.1 mm (3.7 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	65 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1968	Birch Tree, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1968	Orogrande, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1968	Donora 1 SW, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1968	Greenville 6 N, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	73 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1968	Tempe Downs, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1968	Chatillon-Sur-Seine, FR	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	44 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

1797 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1968. 1968 had 625 records.

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

Records on 08-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1816	2
1829	1
1833	1
1834	2
1836	1
1838	1
1842	1
1851	1
1856	1
1858	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1886	2
1887	1
1890	1
1891	7
1892	4
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	1
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	19
1904	10
1905	12
1906	18
1907	13
1908	18
1909	15
1910	30
1911	46
1912	49
1913	25
1914	17
1915	49
1916	16
1917	108
1918	55
1919	32
1920	101
1921	87
1922	44
1923	203
1924	93
1925	281
1926	252
1927	266
1928	132
1929	161
1930	252
1931	362
1932	408
1933	487
1934	448
1935	547
1936	636
1937	492
1938	523
1939	335
1940	333
1941	341
1942	388
1943	398
1944	410
1945	975
1946	336
1947	401
1948	354
1949	324
1950	552
1951	420
1952	391
1953	565
1954	462
1955	796
1956	441
1957	270
1958	389
1959	352
1960	677
1961	404
1962	602
1963	270
1964	883
1965	669
1966	383
1967	250
1968	625
1969	453
1970	482
1971	1,135
1972	609
1973	766
1974	526
1975	915
1976	886
1977	636
1978	706
1979	580
1980	906
1981	668
1982	742
1983	931
1984	532
1985	987
1986	846
1987	999
1988	880
1989	1,301
1990	927
1991	740
1992	1,024
1993	907
1994	1,217
1995	1,513
1996	1,118
1997	904
1998	1,281
1999	1,707
2000	1,020
2001	1,079
2002	1,249
2003	1,155
2004	740
2005	878
2006	1,655
2007	746
2008	795
2009	932
2010	1,182
2011	1,191
2012	850
2013	542
2014	853
2015	864
2016	499
2017	758
2018	987
2019	479
2020	838
2021	1,009
2022	915
2023	627
2024	879
2025	785
2026	1,085

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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 20	457
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	7
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1