Weather Records on 13 August 1968

828 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 1968. Highest significance: Natchitoches, US.

Key Facts for 13 August 1968

On 13 August 1968, 828 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 293 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 807 daily.
Natchitoches set a daily record precipitation of 94.2 mm (3.7 in) on 13 August 1968.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

828 stations

828 station records on 13 August 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Natchitoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Boomi (Barwon St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Marnhull	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kotaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Khankandy	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lightning Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yengarie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chaurai	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bungunya School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sakti	India	Record daily precipitation	151.8 mm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Villahermosa (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coalstoun Lakes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bilaspur	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Annanvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wateranga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lightning Ridge (Guiseley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Wingadee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Power House	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Talwood State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ghatsila Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bryn Euryn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jingi Jingi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Loa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Raglan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ocosingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Kotelnyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yabba Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Green Mountains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wooroolin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Bay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rasipuram	India	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Le Grand	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Totara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amvrosiivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

828 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 185, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 108, Heaviest daily rainfall 468.

Records on 13 August 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	185
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	108
Heaviest daily rainfall	468
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 1968 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 18, daily 807.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

727 broken records

Margins by which the 727 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 1968

Top 20 records on 13 August 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 1968	Natchitoches, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1968	Boomi (Barwon St), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1968	Marnhull, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1968	Alexandria, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1968	Kotaghat, IN	all-time rain	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1968	Saint Leo, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	67 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1968	Khankandy, AZ	daily rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1968	Lightning Ridge Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1968	Yengarie Railway Station, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1968	Chaurai, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1968	Bungunya School, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1968	Sakti, IN	daily rain	151.8 mm (6.0 in)	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1968	Villahermosa (Smn), MX	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1968	Coalstoun Lakes, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1968	Bilaspur, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1968	Ruston la Tech, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1968	Annanvale, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1968	Wateranga, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1968	Lightning Ridge (Guiseley), AU	monthly rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1968	Taroom Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	71 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 828 records.

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

Records on 08-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1843	2
1849	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1861	3
1864	3
1867	3
1868	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	3
1878	1
1879	1
1881	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	5
1889	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	9
1898	2
1899	4
1900	3
1901	3
1902	23
1903	12
1904	11
1905	11
1906	8
1907	3
1908	36
1909	33
1910	9
1911	41
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	32
1916	64
1917	62
1918	68
1919	38
1920	56
1921	34
1922	39
1923	84
1924	168
1925	146
1926	168
1927	113
1928	215
1929	184
1930	490
1931	596
1932	369
1933	291
1934	427
1935	400
1936	705
1937	370
1938	442
1939	276
1940	631
1941	516
1942	388
1943	611
1944	761
1945	356
1946	599
1947	685
1948	346
1949	420
1950	436
1951	373
1952	985
1953	238
1954	781
1955	732
1956	355
1957	432
1958	352
1959	363
1960	460
1961	503
1962	550
1963	583
1964	1,526
1965	734
1966	565
1967	1,091
1968	828
1969	663
1970	390
1971	431
1972	485
1973	452
1974	572
1975	462
1976	693
1977	678
1978	761
1979	1,198
1980	502
1981	534
1982	653
1983	647
1984	597
1985	829
1986	609
1987	1,106
1988	1,363
1989	637
1990	770
1991	845
1992	1,666
1993	993
1994	944
1995	1,910
1996	1,276
1997	1,009
1998	917
1999	1,363
2000	719
2001	861
2002	1,475
2003	1,993
2004	2,040
2005	1,418
2006	1,023
2007	1,243
2008	842
2009	806
2010	1,783
2011	736
2012	969
2013	430
2014	701
2015	652
2016	1,064
2017	523
2018	461
2019	653
2020	753
2021	928
2022	799
2023	763
2024	1,061
2025	714
2026	1,097

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Data for records on 1968-08-13: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	591
10 to 20	97
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	3