Weather Records on 5 September 1968

524 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 September 1968. Highest significance: Brenham, US.

Key Facts for 5 September 1968

On 5 September 1968, 524 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
140 were record highs and 193 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 498 daily.
Brenham set a daily record precipitation of 91.7 mm (3.6 in) on 5 September 1968.
Across 157 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

524 stations

524 station records on 5 September 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 September 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eugenia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vineland Station	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kanevskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vercniy-Gorel'nik	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Petawawa Nat Forestry	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress Dam 48	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wharton	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lac Vieux Desert	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Watersmeet	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Niagara Falls Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sealy	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Niagara Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hempstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dulacca Truck Stop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Mateo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jarrell	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Washago	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uch-Aral	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fowlerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

524 records

Records set or tied on 5 September 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 85, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 191.

Records on 5 September 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	85
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 September 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 498.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

452 broken records

Margins by which the 452 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 105.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 September 1968

Top 20 records on 5 September 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 September 1968	Brenham, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	66 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1968	Nacogdoches, US	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1968	Sugar Land, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	71 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1968	Lake Arthur 7 SW, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1968	Lynnville 4 SSW, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1968	Eugenia, CA	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1968	La Grange, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1968	Beatrice, CA	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1968	Flatonia 4SE, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1968	Crockett, US	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1968	Smithville, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1968	Vineland Station, CA	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1968	Cambridge Galt Moe, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1968	Anderson, US	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1968	Midland Water Pollution Contro, CA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1968	Kanevskaja, RU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1968	Vercniy-Gorel'nik, KZ	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1968	Petawawa Nat Forestry, CA	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1968	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	monthly high min	17.4 C (63.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	82 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1968	Cypress Dam 48, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 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

1802 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1968. 1968 had 524 records.

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

Records on 09-05 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	1
1833	1
1837	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	1
1856	1
1859	2
1861	2
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	2
1885	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	7
1898	7
1899	2
1900	1
1901	4
1902	10
1903	14
1904	2
1905	17
1906	8
1907	11
1908	28
1909	16
1910	35
1911	23
1912	39
1913	24
1914	10
1915	27
1916	22
1917	28
1918	109
1919	60
1920	47
1921	82
1922	96
1923	204
1924	191
1925	298
1926	243
1927	71
1928	306
1929	371
1930	94
1931	381
1932	315
1933	361
1934	399
1935	432
1936	313
1937	291
1938	244
1939	317
1940	249
1941	470
1942	282
1943	593
1944	387
1945	447
1946	367
1947	557
1948	458
1949	421
1950	559
1951	251
1952	396
1953	728
1954	593
1955	517
1956	637
1957	323
1958	413
1959	367
1960	351
1961	727
1962	922
1963	554
1964	315
1965	899
1966	335
1967	1,092
1968	524
1969	556
1970	754
1971	736
1972	653
1973	669
1974	1,902
1975	388
1976	636
1977	344
1978	1,376
1979	611
1980	357
1981	448
1982	615
1983	1,181
1984	1,185
1985	1,231
1986	711
1987	618
1988	1,309
1989	522
1990	806
1991	598
1992	1,116
1993	635
1994	901
1995	1,168
1996	773
1997	1,460
1998	1,686
1999	1,215
2000	1,342
2001	626
2002	710
2003	860
2004	1,135
2005	502
2006	1,014
2007	1,344
2008	1,486
2009	765
2010	1,316
2011	1,186
2012	1,115
2013	798
2014	462
2015	846
2016	651
2017	778
2018	861
2019	724
2020	1,250
2021	424
2022	1,168
2023	1,166
2024	1,320
2025	695
2026	835

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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	391
20 to 40	41
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1