Weather Records on 7 September 1968

417 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 September 1968. Highest significance: Nalgonda, IN.

Key Facts for 7 September 1968

On 7 September 1968, 417 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
83 were record highs and 137 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 406 daily.
Nalgonda set a monthly record daily precipitation of 195.8 mm (7.7 in) on 7 September 1968.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

417 stations

417 station records on 7 September 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 September 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nalgonda	India	Record daily precipitation	195.8 mm (7.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ilimsk (Closed)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	149.0 mm (5.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
The Hirsel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Suryapet	India	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tavernier	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nagarkurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Noyyatinkara	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Antioch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uch-Aral	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saidapet	India	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warora	India	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zolotoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Searcy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cornelia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Ilimsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanavara	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gnomery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Mumblebone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Hill Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

417 records

Records set or tied on 7 September 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 93, Heaviest daily rainfall 197.

Records on 7 September 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	93
Heaviest daily rainfall	197
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 September 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 406.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

335 broken records

Margins by which the 335 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 65.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 September 1968

Top 20 records on 7 September 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 September 1968	Nalgonda, IN	monthly rain	195.8 mm (7.7 in)	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	59 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 September 1968	Healy, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	67 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1968	Bogantungan Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1968	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	27.1 C (80.8 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	121 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1968	Wishek, US	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1968	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1968	Montrose, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1968	Feodosiia, UA	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	55 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1968	Ilimsk (Closed), RU	monthly rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1968	Bajandaj, RU	monthly rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1968	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	61 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1968	Nagaram, IN	monthly rain	149.0 mm (5.9 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1968	Carrollton, US	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	63 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1968	Camboon Station, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1968	The Hirsel, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1968	Suryapet, IN	daily rain	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	6 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1968	Roosevelt 1 S, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	62 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1968	Tavernier, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1968	Irkutsk, RU	daily low max	6.3 C (43.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	71 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1968	Caledonia, US	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	68 years	29 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

1802 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1968. 1968 had 417 records.

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

Records on 09-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	2
1816	1
1833	1
1845	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	4
1872	3
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	7
1892	3
1894	8
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1899	3
1900	1
1901	6
1902	3
1903	7
1904	8
1905	20
1906	8
1907	5
1908	26
1909	11
1910	15
1911	20
1912	39
1913	20
1914	29
1915	28
1916	39
1917	44
1918	35
1919	184
1920	375
1921	80
1922	98
1923	125
1924	232
1925	303
1926	117
1927	147
1928	130
1929	355
1930	108
1931	400
1932	478
1933	287
1934	566
1935	275
1936	370
1937	260
1938	348
1939	634
1940	226
1941	451
1942	415
1943	591
1944	519
1945	482
1946	356
1947	625
1948	353
1949	705
1950	704
1951	342
1952	301
1953	446
1954	390
1955	405
1956	752
1957	498
1958	570
1959	583
1960	763
1961	312
1962	729
1963	448
1964	463
1965	672
1966	365
1967	535
1968	417
1969	696
1970	917
1971	648
1972	534
1973	674
1974	709
1975	423
1976	763
1977	674
1978	1,165
1979	583
1980	613
1981	622
1982	684
1983	1,235
1984	1,396
1985	1,459
1986	1,062
1987	956
1988	1,266
1989	553
1990	900
1991	957
1992	1,257
1993	720
1994	523
1995	1,093
1996	982
1997	799
1998	1,262
1999	1,087
2000	1,320
2001	1,068
2002	1,169
2003	768
2004	865
2005	708
2006	1,105
2007	1,171
2008	1,210
2009	713
2010	1,147
2011	1,452
2012	699
2013	981
2014	491
2015	637
2016	868
2017	966
2018	723
2019	743
2020	1,352
2021	794
2022	2,096
2023	1,116
2024	1,216
2025	711
2026	760

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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 10	300
10 to 20	25
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1