Weather Records on 15 September 1968

429 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 September 1968. Highest significance: Bederkesa, DE.

Key Facts for 15 September 1968

On 15 September 1968, 429 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
104 were record highs and 127 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 417 daily.
Bederkesa set a daily record precipitation of 40.8 mm (1.6 in) on 15 September 1968.
Across 170 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

429 stations

429 station records on 15 September 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 September 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hempstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	185.7 mm (7.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wallareenya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Japaratuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Cuxhaven Steinau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Armstrong	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nordhorn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chindwara	India	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chicholi	India	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hondo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Konigsmoor	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kerrville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Konni	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bastrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Long Lake 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zandvoort	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ojai	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Narayanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record low maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	109.8 mm (4.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

429 records

Records set or tied on 15 September 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 198.

Records on 15 September 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	198
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 September 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 417.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

348 broken records

Margins by which the 348 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 September 1968

Top 20 records on 15 September 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 September 1968	Bederkesa, DE	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 September 1968	Rotenburg (Wumme), DE	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1968	Soltau, DE	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1968	Wisley, GB	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1968	Ter Apel, NL	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1968	Rothamsted, GB	monthly rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1968	Hempstead, US	monthly rain	185.7 mm (7.3 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1968	Wallareenya, AU	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1968	Japaratuba, BR	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1968	Kr. Cuxhaven Steinau, DE	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1968	Moonaree, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1968	Armstrong, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1968	Cambridge Niab, GB	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1968	Monroe, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1968	Nordhorn, DE	daily rain	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1968	West Terschelling, NL	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1968	Dialville 2 W, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1968	Chindwara, IN	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1968	La Grange, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1968	Chicholi, IN	daily rain	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	63 years	42 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 429 records.

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

Records on 09-15 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1803	1
1806	2
1810	1
1816	1
1818	1
1823	2
1833	1
1836	1
1837	2
1839	1
1841	1
1848	1
1850	1
1851	1
1854	2
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1877	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	6
1884	3
1885	4
1886	2
1887	3
1888	1
1889	5
1890	1
1894	4
1895	1
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	12
1902	7
1903	31
1904	30
1905	16
1906	6
1907	7
1908	16
1909	16
1910	2
1911	40
1912	64
1913	43
1914	18
1915	94
1916	44
1917	50
1918	50
1919	52
1920	164
1921	122
1922	53
1923	193
1924	103
1925	112
1926	134
1927	539
1928	86
1929	99
1930	235
1931	422
1932	295
1933	322
1934	351
1935	463
1936	460
1937	337
1938	247
1939	1,098
1940	181
1941	276
1942	278
1943	360
1944	396
1945	418
1946	411
1947	621
1948	557
1949	523
1950	750
1951	283
1952	455
1953	400
1954	518
1955	532
1956	646
1957	449
1958	294
1959	844
1960	410
1961	586
1962	557
1963	455
1964	839
1965	614
1966	534
1967	578
1968	429
1969	362
1970	1,157
1971	598
1972	356
1973	774
1974	386
1975	739
1976	667
1977	400
1978	628
1979	1,022
1980	563
1981	613
1982	1,315
1983	756
1984	766
1985	764
1986	928
1987	719
1988	818
1989	955
1990	911
1991	1,165
1992	919
1993	2,227
1994	1,363
1995	723
1996	1,212
1997	1,177
1998	1,768
1999	858
2000	1,175
2001	837
2002	1,212
2003	855
2004	893
2005	1,123
2006	1,042
2007	946
2008	1,153
2009	773
2010	913
2011	1,170
2012	568
2013	854
2014	443
2015	997
2016	988
2017	825
2018	874
2019	538
2020	785
2021	467
2022	392
2023	507
2024	681
2025	503
2026	779

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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	295
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1