Weather Records on 17 September 1968

691 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 September 1968. Highest significance: Sausar, IN.

Key Facts for 17 September 1968

On 17 September 1968, 691 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
135 were record highs and 240 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 676 daily.
Sausar set a daily record precipitation of 113.0 mm (4.4 in) on 17 September 1968.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 421 records.

Record Map

691 stations

691 station records on 17 September 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 September 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sausar	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kellogg	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Melmoth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bassum (A)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Honaunau 27	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gohad	India	Record daily precipitation	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Majgahan Hansraj	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Lambert Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rainworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roscoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barh	India	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hailey 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sihora Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corona	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mescalero	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kurtha	India	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chandrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Big Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Red Rvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Van Buren 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chaco Canyon Natl Mon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pendra Road	India	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hatta	India	Record daily precipitation	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vardoe	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Agronomy Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quinault Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fort George	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

691 records

Records set or tied on 17 September 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 89, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 151, Heaviest daily rainfall 314, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 17 September 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	89
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	151
Heaviest daily rainfall	314
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 September 1968 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 676.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

593 broken records

Margins by which the 593 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 September 1968

Top 20 records on 17 September 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 September 1968	Sausar, IN	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	66 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 September 1968	Kellogg, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1968	Russellville, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	83 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1968	Melmoth, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1968	Superior, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	71 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1968	Bassum (A), DE	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1968	Honaunau 27, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1968	Gohad, IN	daily rain	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1968	Majgahan Hansraj, IN	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1968	St Louis Lambert Intl AP, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1968	Jalgaon, IN	daily rain	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1968	Batesville L&D 1, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1968	Hebron, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1968	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1968	Rainworth, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1968	Clearwater, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1968	Simferopol, UA	daily high min	19.3 C (66.7 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	80 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1968	Wadena 3 S, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1968	Santa Fe, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	68 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1968	Roscoe, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	39 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

1796 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1968. 1968 had 691 records.

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

Records on 09-17 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1797	1
1805	1
1833	1
1834	1
1837	2
1845	1
1847	3
1848	1
1850	1
1851	2
1853	2
1854	2
1859	1
1862	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1881	1
1882	2
1884	3
1885	3
1886	6
1888	2
1889	8
1891	1
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	9
1897	4
1898	7
1899	1
1900	4
1901	5
1902	5
1903	28
1904	2
1905	17
1906	10
1907	15
1908	13
1909	7
1910	38
1911	15
1912	17
1913	28
1914	38
1915	48
1916	40
1917	255
1918	41
1919	21
1920	40
1921	66
1922	47
1923	159
1924	80
1925	338
1926	154
1927	420
1928	78
1929	168
1930	147
1931	564
1932	425
1933	415
1934	246
1935	321
1936	219
1937	463
1938	363
1939	294
1940	326
1941	328
1942	581
1943	513
1944	403
1945	614
1946	620
1947	680
1948	630
1949	292
1950	412
1951	359
1952	263
1953	344
1954	449
1955	649
1956	437
1957	405
1958	806
1959	1,210
1960	385
1961	657
1962	432
1963	297
1964	559
1965	1,394
1966	523
1967	331
1968	691
1969	352
1970	412
1971	898
1972	556
1973	638
1974	491
1975	478
1976	636
1977	641
1978	764
1979	804
1980	794
1981	1,155
1982	606
1983	862
1984	1,006
1985	448
1986	1,314
1987	926
1988	982
1989	863
1990	650
1991	1,407
1992	686
1993	950
1994	986
1995	1,145
1996	1,342
1997	1,057
1998	1,137
1999	1,102
2000	1,318
2001	895
2002	1,025
2003	586
2004	872
2005	1,042
2006	1,344
2007	752
2008	886
2009	871
2010	907
2011	1,116
2012	597
2013	1,253
2014	571
2015	953
2016	707
2017	455
2018	899
2019	774
2020	651
2021	345
2022	313
2023	646
2024	954
2025	634
2026	968

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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	529
20 to 40	46
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1