Weather Records on 13 September 1968

239 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 September 1968. Highest significance: Tharsa, IN.

Key Facts for 13 September 1968

On 13 September 1968, 239 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
43 were record highs and 151 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 234 daily.
Tharsa set a daily record precipitation of 166.6 mm (6.6 in) on 13 September 1968.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

239 stations

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

Weather records on 13 September 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tharsa	India	Record daily precipitation	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Dithmarschen Helse	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ixmiquilpan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baindur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchula	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chaurai	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Raymondville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ojinaga (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rajnandgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Thief River Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record daily precipitation	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sandila	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Calistoga	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shiprock	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kasargod	India	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Des Moines	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Limbunya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Khannah	India	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Makuschino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Presidio	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene-Mahlon Sweet Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Delicias (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kyra	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Unaha	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Duved	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Placid 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

239 records

Records set or tied on 13 September 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 45.

Records on 13 September 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	45
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 September 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 234.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

174 broken records

Margins by which the 174 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 September 1968

Top 20 records on 13 September 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 September 1968	Tharsa, IN	daily rain	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1968	Plant City, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1968	Kr. Dithmarschen Helse, DE	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1968	Petropavlovsk, KZ	daily low max	4.6 C (40.3 F)	5.4 C (9.7 F)	68 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1968	Ixmiquilpan (Smn), MX	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1968	Arcadia, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1968	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	50 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1968	Plant City, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	65 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1968	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	52 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1968	Baindur, IN	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1968	St Petersburg, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	52 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1968	Roswell Muni AP, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	69 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1968	Lumpkin 2 SE, US	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	51 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1968	Saint Leo, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	52 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1968	Titusville, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1968	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily low min	0.1 C (32.2 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	66 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1968	Wauchula, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	1 year	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1968	Oksoey Fyr, NO	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	7 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1968	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	55 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1968	Chaurai, IN	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	35 years	26 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 239 records.

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

Records on 09-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1822	1
1835	1
1836	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	2
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1872	3
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1882	2
1883	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	1
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1899	7
1900	3
1901	15
1902	30
1903	17
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	6
1908	11
1909	26
1910	11
1911	65
1912	23
1913	43
1914	42
1915	48
1916	19
1917	172
1918	33
1919	88
1920	48
1921	63
1922	124
1923	122
1924	65
1925	294
1926	76
1927	439
1928	253
1929	187
1930	284
1931	639
1932	171
1933	299
1934	187
1935	363
1936	519
1937	486
1938	382
1939	918
1940	841
1941	299
1942	287
1943	602
1944	361
1945	657
1946	423
1947	491
1948	472
1949	935
1950	657
1951	469
1952	569
1953	732
1954	291
1955	387
1956	332
1957	544
1958	578
1959	740
1960	660
1961	972
1962	378
1963	676
1964	645
1965	572
1966	501
1967	420
1968	239
1969	518
1970	1,216
1971	708
1972	396
1973	746
1974	965
1975	1,365
1976	411
1977	457
1978	796
1979	574
1980	648
1981	408
1982	1,004
1983	703
1984	646
1985	852
1986	741
1987	970
1988	902
1989	1,243
1990	1,187
1991	672
1992	580
1993	1,143
1994	667
1995	845
1996	1,117
1997	657
1998	1,654
1999	847
2000	856
2001	841
2002	879
2003	728
2004	743
2005	854
2006	1,076
2007	543
2008	1,508
2009	811
2010	827
2011	1,099
2012	526
2013	967
2014	1,291
2015	879
2016	1,093
2017	945
2018	636
2019	660
2020	591
2021	416
2022	668
2023	514
2024	818
2025	492
2026	905

Download the Data

Data for records on 1968-09-13: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	161
10 to 20	6
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1