Weather Records on 19 August 1968

948 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 August 1968. Highest significance: Collingwood, CA.

Key Facts for 19 August 1968

On 19 August 1968, 948 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
157 were record highs and 457 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 908 daily.
Collingwood set a daily record precipitation of 83.8 mm (3.3 in) on 19 August 1968.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

948 stations

948 station records on 19 August 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 August 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rogers City 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ghairatganj	India	Record daily precipitation	140.6 mm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sheldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Union de Tula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kula Sanatorium 267	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tobermory	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nowshera	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paul 1ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Falls 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta 5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fernflat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hazelton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grand View 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Danner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Speddingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gohad	India	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hickman	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Mateo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Border 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Placerville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seneca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Peppermint Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

948 records

Records set or tied on 19 August 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 333, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 124, Heaviest daily rainfall 332, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 19 August 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	333
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	124
Heaviest daily rainfall	332
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 19 August 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 40, daily 908.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

764 broken records

Margins by which the 764 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 August 1968

Top 20 records on 19 August 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 August 1968	Collingwood, CA	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	97 years	79 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1968	Mackinaw City 2, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	63 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1968	Deer Creek Ph, US	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	3 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1968	Fairbury 7S, US	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1968	St Thomas, CA	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1968	Rogers City 3 S, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1968	Escanaba, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1968	Ghairatganj, IN	daily rain	140.6 mm (5.5 in)	92.1 mm (3.6 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1968	Sheldon, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1968	Union de Tula, MX	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1968	Lima, US	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1968	Montpelier Rs, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1968	Yellowstone Park Mammoth, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1968	Kula Sanatorium 267, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1968	Winnemucca AP, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	78 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1968	Tobermory, CA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1968	Lake Spaulding, US	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1968	Nowshera, IN	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1968	Gold Run 4 SW, US	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1968	Blackfoot Fire Dept, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	68 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

1797 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1968. 1968 had 948 records.

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

Records on 08-19 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1800	1
1809	1
1820	1
1830	2
1831	1
1838	2
1844	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	9
1900	5
1901	13
1902	4
1903	6
1904	14
1905	16
1906	37
1907	17
1908	5
1909	24
1910	17
1911	9
1912	18
1913	9
1914	39
1915	34
1916	74
1917	200
1918	33
1919	31
1920	36
1921	22
1922	71
1923	97
1924	174
1925	154
1926	179
1927	343
1928	112
1929	163
1930	182
1931	207
1932	373
1933	328
1934	438
1935	389
1936	679
1937	305
1938	321
1939	432
1940	687
1941	431
1942	308
1943	596
1944	259
1945	427
1946	427
1947	896
1948	371
1949	411
1950	893
1951	362
1952	475
1953	412
1954	576
1955	780
1956	831
1957	325
1958	374
1959	733
1960	864
1961	425
1962	419
1963	570
1964	455
1965	550
1966	1,095
1967	839
1968	948
1969	501
1970	468
1971	376
1972	547
1973	519
1974	466
1975	561
1976	1,144
1977	938
1978	863
1979	1,492
1980	648
1981	1,004
1982	596
1983	1,387
1984	598
1985	713
1986	848
1987	811
1988	982
1989	660
1990	871
1991	656
1992	1,094
1993	771
1994	798
1995	1,542
1996	800
1997	958
1998	717
1999	980
2000	954
2001	1,027
2002	1,389
2003	918
2004	1,310
2005	920
2006	850
2007	1,360
2008	1,186
2009	1,039
2010	1,440
2011	975
2012	1,377
2013	765
2014	701
2015	989
2016	931
2017	439
2018	471
2019	601
2020	1,271
2021	1,366
2022	1,198
2023	910
2024	568
2025	786
2026	755

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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	730
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1