Weather Records on 3 August 1968

368 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 1968. Highest significance: Deuselbach, DE.

Key Facts for 3 August 1968

On 3 August 1968, 368 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
52 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 343 daily.
Deuselbach set an all-time record daily precipitation of 80.2 mm (3.2 in) on 3 August 1968.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

368 stations

368 station records on 3 August 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 August 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Deuselbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Eppingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Narsingarh	India	Record daily precipitation	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pearshape	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kropotkin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Atru	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elsberry 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rems-Murr-Kreis Winterbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Smithton (Grant Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
South Springfield (South Sprin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fruita	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholm (Stoke Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
City of Melbourne Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moorleah (Preolenna Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dhanbad Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jhabua	India	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfstein/Pfalz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eppingen-Elsenz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baran	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Armavir	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Krumbach-Edenhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Collinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Myrtle Bank (Lanoma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mozdok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Niederworresbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kota-In-Rajasthan	India	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cedartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weihenstephan-Durnast	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uakit	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Majkop	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saltora	India	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Georgievsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paris 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mariyna Gorka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
High River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

368 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 221.

Records on 3 August 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	221
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 August 1968 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 22, daily 343.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

318 broken records

Margins by which the 318 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 1968

Top 20 records on 3 August 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 1968	Deuselbach, DE	all-time rain	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1968	Eppingen, DE	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1968	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	daily rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1968	Grafton, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	69 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1968	Hobart Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1968	Narsingarh, IN	daily rain	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	55 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1968	Pearshape, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1968	Calcutta/Alipore, IN	daily rain	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1968	Louisiana Starks Nurse, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1968	Shelbina, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1968	Kropotkin, RU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1968	Atru, IN	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1968	Elsberry 1 S, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1968	Warthausen-Birkenhard, DE	monthly rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1968	Rems-Murr-Kreis Winterbach, DE	daily rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1968	Smithton (Grant Street), AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1968	South Springfield (South Sprin, AU	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1968	Ferrara, IT	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1968	Fruita, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1968	Branxholm (Stoke Street), AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	46 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 368 records.

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

Records on 08-03 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1827	1
1834	2
1835	1
1838	1
1841	1
1847	1
1849	1
1854	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1868	1
1872	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	4
1879	3
1880	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	4
1890	2
1891	1
1894	1
1895	11
1896	3
1897	1
1898	4
1899	6
1900	2
1902	6
1903	12
1904	6
1905	7
1906	20
1907	31
1908	23
1909	21
1910	14
1911	31
1912	68
1913	21
1914	24
1915	49
1916	55
1917	72
1918	71
1919	34
1920	56
1921	181
1922	33
1923	149
1924	165
1925	99
1926	300
1927	315
1928	332
1929	207
1930	816
1931	313
1932	319
1933	304
1934	434
1935	520
1936	555
1937	350
1938	542
1939	866
1940	292
1941	305
1942	328
1943	521
1944	530
1945	259
1946	316
1947	586
1948	414
1949	415
1950	445
1951	547
1952	326
1953	617
1954	401
1955	713
1956	640
1957	378
1958	389
1959	360
1960	482
1961	620
1962	359
1963	352
1964	891
1965	679
1966	444
1967	327
1968	368
1969	625
1970	394
1971	891
1972	757
1973	724
1974	906
1975	978
1976	892
1977	544
1978	832
1979	486
1980	800
1981	579
1982	778
1983	807
1984	925
1985	691
1986	750
1987	1,105
1988	1,046
1989	824
1990	845
1991	705
1992	869
1993	1,033
1994	973
1995	1,216
1996	965
1997	709
1998	1,406
1999	893
2000	869
2001	1,021
2002	1,000
2003	1,504
2004	980
2005	912
2006	1,514
2007	750
2008	926
2009	746
2010	1,392
2011	1,518
2012	685
2013	535
2014	961
2015	615
2016	640
2017	1,144
2018	1,039
2019	451
2020	708
2021	841
2022	654
2023	1,044
2024	1,401
2025	929
2026	1,242

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Data for records on 1968-08-03: 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	271
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	3