Weather Records on 19 September 1968

433 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 September 1968. Highest significance: Muhammdi, IN.

Key Facts for 19 September 1968

On 19 September 1968, 433 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 189 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 422 daily.
Muhammdi set a daily record precipitation of 224.8 mm (8.9 in) on 19 September 1968.
Across 166 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 414 records.

Record Map

433 stations

433 station records on 19 September 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 September 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Muhammdi	India	Record daily precipitation	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Fatehgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	184.7 mm (7.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ellore	India	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kangayam	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Etawah	India	Record daily precipitation	146.9 mm (5.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hardoi	India	Record daily precipitation	105.5 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nanpara	India	Record daily precipitation	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Auraiya	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bilgram	India	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gogland	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carway	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farrukhabad	India	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kannauj	India	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dhandaus	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Andenes	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chatrapatti	India	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kula Sanatorium 267	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shahabad	India	Record daily precipitation	206.3 mm (8.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Luverne	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carway	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kuujjuarapik A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Norcross	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fort George	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvadanai	India	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bharthana	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bazpur	India	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jaen (Instituto)	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Worthington	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kuujjuarapik A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pudukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Menier	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kr. Ravensburg Weingarten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Seodha(Seondha)	India	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kheri	India	Record daily precipitation	206.0 mm (8.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

433 records

Records set or tied on 19 September 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 150, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 19 September 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 19 September 1968 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 422.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

360 broken records

Margins by which the 360 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 236.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 September 1968

Top 20 records on 19 September 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 September 1968	Muhammdi, IN	daily rain	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	186.4 mm (7.3 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 September 1968	Fatehgarh, IN	daily rain	184.7 mm (7.3 in)	129.6 mm (5.1 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1968	Ellore, IN	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	63 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1968	Pekisko, CA	daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1968	Kangayam, IN	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1968	Etawah, IN	daily rain	146.9 mm (5.8 in)	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1968	Hardoi, IN	daily rain	105.5 mm (4.2 in)	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1968	St Andrews, CA	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1968	Nanpara, IN	daily rain	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1968	Auraiya, IN	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1968	Bilgram, IN	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1968	Gogland, RU	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1968	Vladikavkaz, RU	all-time high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1968	Carway, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1968	Farrukhabad, IN	daily rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1968	Kannauj, IN	daily rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1968	Dhandaus, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1968	Andenes, NO	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	74 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1968	Port Aux Basques, CA	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	50 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1968	Chatrapatti, IN	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	35 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

1805 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1968. 1968 had 433 records.

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

Records on 09-19 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1818	1
1820	1
1825	1
1830	1
1833	1
1834	1
1837	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	3
1851	2
1854	1
1855	1
1856	1
1859	1
1862	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1877	2
1881	2
1882	4
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	7
1890	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	5
1896	2
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1901	17
1902	6
1903	16
1904	9
1905	18
1906	33
1907	9
1908	5
1909	16
1910	16
1911	4
1912	39
1913	200
1914	48
1915	174
1916	38
1917	134
1918	62
1919	52
1920	53
1921	109
1922	81
1923	83
1924	90
1925	356
1926	171
1927	152
1928	211
1929	435
1930	154
1931	400
1932	292
1933	343
1934	171
1935	240
1936	152
1937	331
1938	519
1939	292
1940	459
1941	430
1942	830
1943	540
1944	406
1945	417
1946	802
1947	694
1948	457
1949	303
1950	474
1951	240
1952	545
1953	467
1954	557
1955	578
1956	661
1957	638
1958	354
1959	774
1960	344
1961	445
1962	387
1963	403
1964	350
1965	1,080
1966	529
1967	417
1968	433
1969	493
1970	437
1971	1,127
1972	629
1973	438
1974	637
1975	570
1976	390
1977	719
1978	1,139
1979	727
1980	591
1981	1,462
1982	594
1983	1,630
1984	970
1985	926
1986	737
1987	1,113
1988	973
1989	911
1990	874
1991	2,027
1992	752
1993	885
1994	736
1995	1,096
1996	1,069
1997	1,107
1998	1,039
1999	611
2000	947
2001	1,188
2002	866
2003	1,094
2004	964
2005	814
2006	851
2007	633
2008	647
2009	700
2010	1,414
2011	848
2012	775
2013	578
2014	715
2015	520
2016	999
2017	703
2018	871
2019	584
2020	668
2021	511
2022	666
2023	622
2024	707
2025	554
2026	711

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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 50	346
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1