Weather Records on 12 August 1968

444 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 1968. Highest significance: Talia, AU.

Key Facts for 12 August 1968

On 12 August 1968, 444 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 290 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 434 daily.
Talia set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 12 August 1968.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

444 stations

444 station records on 12 August 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 August 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Talia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kathghora	India	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Whitesand Dam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aracatu (Sao Pedro)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ahuti	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mikhailovka	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jagnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sambalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rio de Contas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Khairdatan	India	Record daily precipitation	218.0 mm (8.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zajsan	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alcozauca (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belem Do Brejo Do Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pendra Road	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Scott Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aracaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wetaskiwin	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St George	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bagdad	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlequah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sion	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kotaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Castellon de la Plana	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Simmesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

444 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 126, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 164, Heaviest daily rainfall 110.

Records on 12 August 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	126
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	164
Heaviest daily rainfall	110
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 August 1968 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 434.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

338 broken records

Margins by which the 338 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 1968

Top 20 records on 12 August 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 1968	Talia, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1968	Kathghora, IN	daily rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1968	Akbarpur, IN	daily rain	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1968	Whitesand Dam, CA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1968	Aracatu (Sao Pedro), BR	monthly rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1968	Ahuti, GE	daily rain	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1968	Baton Rouge Metro AP, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1968	Mikhailovka, KZ	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1968	Bedford, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1968	Jagnathpur, IN	daily rain	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1968	Sambalpur, IN	daily rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1968	La Grange 1N, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	78 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1968	Farmington, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	73 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1968	Rio de Contas, BR	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1968	Quakertown, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	78 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1968	Canon City, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	63 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1968	Khairdatan, IN	monthly rain	218.0 mm (8.6 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1968	Zajsan, KZ	all-time high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1968	Meeker 5 W, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1968	Crandall Creek, US	monthly low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

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 444 records.

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

Records on 08-12 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1811	2
1814	1
1815	1
1825	1
1843	1
1851	1
1854	1
1855	2
1856	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	3
1876	2
1879	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1891	4
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	1
1899	10
1900	1
1901	5
1902	9
1903	14
1904	13
1905	16
1906	8
1907	8
1908	31
1909	42
1910	16
1911	33
1912	40
1913	39
1914	26
1915	46
1916	31
1917	134
1918	37
1919	42
1920	26
1921	174
1922	71
1923	89
1924	267
1925	150
1926	154
1927	145
1928	173
1929	276
1930	501
1931	708
1932	418
1933	271
1934	471
1935	408
1936	591
1937	356
1938	237
1939	282
1940	545
1941	481
1942	257
1943	523
1944	595
1945	295
1946	655
1947	729
1948	384
1949	469
1950	442
1951	357
1952	533
1953	227
1954	969
1955	590
1956	265
1957	384
1958	406
1959	388
1960	707
1961	381
1962	466
1963	559
1964	1,346
1965	977
1966	777
1967	1,135
1968	444
1969	629
1970	422
1971	486
1972	473
1973	442
1974	560
1975	593
1976	495
1977	747
1978	571
1979	1,192
1980	692
1981	665
1982	789
1983	923
1984	665
1985	935
1986	615
1987	935
1988	1,518
1989	827
1990	727
1991	726
1992	1,134
1993	936
1994	861
1995	1,654
1996	1,336
1997	1,363
1998	1,215
1999	1,325
2000	741
2001	855
2002	1,345
2003	1,752
2004	1,872
2005	1,085
2006	874
2007	1,209
2008	970
2009	814
2010	1,907
2011	903
2012	910
2013	427
2014	787
2015	757
2016	1,290
2017	533
2018	571
2019	695
2020	730
2021	980
2022	616
2023	779
2024	659
2025	639
2026	849

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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	320
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1