Weather Records on 8 August 1968

868 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 1968. Highest significance: Daylesford, AU.

Key Facts for 8 August 1968

On 8 August 1968, 868 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
182 were record highs and 125 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 858 daily.
Daylesford set a daily record precipitation of 39.4 mm (1.6 in) on 8 August 1968.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

868 stations

868 station records on 8 August 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Laanecoorie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tandarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Toolleen (Ryan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Natte Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Redbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dwarka	India	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milford Gm Proving Ground	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rochelle 7ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ourinhos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kronach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Comondu	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tsalka	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carisbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tullaroop Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Raywood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Big Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shepherds Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yandoit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Terragong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lexton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cwencwe (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mexican Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tottington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eaglehawk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Georgievsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plaatjies Kraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barkers Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dhanaha	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Novoselenginsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Rue	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Put-In-Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beazleys Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

868 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 103, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 561.

Records on 8 August 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	103
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	561
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 1968 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 858.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

731 broken records

Margins by which the 731 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 1968

Top 20 records on 8 August 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 1968	Daylesford, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	94 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1968	Laanecoorie Weir, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1968	Tandarra, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1968	Toolleen (Ryan), AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1968	Natte Yallock, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1968	Redbank, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1968	Dwarka, IN	daily rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1968	Kislovodsk, RU	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1968	Milford Gm Proving Ground, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1968	Rochelle 7ENE, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1968	Kyneton Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1968	Ourinhos, BR	monthly rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1968	Kronach, DE	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1968	Comondu, MX	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1968	Tsalka, GE	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1968	Bendigo Prison, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1968	Carisbrook, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1968	Tullaroop Reservoir, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1968	Swellendam (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1968	Maldon (Derby Hill), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	43 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

1793 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1968. 1968 had 868 records.

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

Records on 08-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1815	1
1833	1
1843	1
1844	2
1845	1
1854	1
1859	3
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	3
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	3
1888	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1895	8
1896	2
1897	5
1898	10
1899	8
1900	11
1901	2
1902	2
1903	20
1904	13
1905	7
1906	9
1907	9
1908	13
1909	34
1910	5
1911	38
1912	57
1913	28
1914	7
1915	47
1916	39
1917	35
1918	160
1919	28
1920	138
1921	42
1922	74
1923	70
1924	99
1925	149
1926	190
1927	278
1928	252
1929	166
1930	801
1931	318
1932	234
1933	228
1934	734
1935	508
1936	359
1937	362
1938	855
1939	671
1940	333
1941	324
1942	614
1943	512
1944	352
1945	572
1946	349
1947	442
1948	543
1949	675
1950	516
1951	513
1952	305
1953	393
1954	558
1955	537
1956	273
1957	517
1958	496
1959	470
1960	399
1961	270
1962	567
1963	601
1964	467
1965	520
1966	598
1967	432
1968	868
1969	584
1970	703
1971	646
1972	1,073
1973	446
1974	726
1975	1,041
1976	1,202
1977	607
1978	976
1979	466
1980	919
1981	964
1982	711
1983	1,110
1984	619
1985	726
1986	575
1987	861
1988	733
1989	2,398
1990	1,124
1991	1,230
1992	1,267
1993	654
1994	1,009
1995	1,503
1996	814
1997	1,381
1998	1,304
1999	1,248
2000	961
2001	1,557
2002	1,059
2003	1,432
2004	1,115
2005	882
2006	842
2007	1,660
2008	834
2009	1,112
2010	1,254
2011	1,256
2012	754
2013	841
2014	542
2015	835
2016	560
2017	831
2018	731
2019	722
2020	894
2021	502
2022	711
2023	979
2024	774
2025	752
2026	1,000

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Data for records on 1968-08-08: 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	695
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1