Weather Records on 20 September 1968

617 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 September 1968. Highest significance: Sattur, IN.

Key Facts for 20 September 1968

On 20 September 1968, 617 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 269 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 591 daily.
Sattur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 120.0 mm (4.7 in) on 20 September 1968.
Across 156 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

617 stations

617 station records on 20 September 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 September 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sattur	India	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Foremost	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Muddebihal	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Valier	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kodavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brooks Ahrc	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Prince	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shiggaon	India	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
N Ghasan Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	132.4 mm (5.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lloydminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brady Aznoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	58.9 cm (23.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Challis	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carway	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pacelma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kindersley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bugulma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leader	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kundha (Kailkund)	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jath	India	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Inza	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blackleaf	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View Birdseye	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Korf	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Culpanovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caro Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cut Bank AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carway	Canada	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lethbridge A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kanakapura	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corinne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

617 records

Records set or tied on 20 September 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 178, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 217, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 20 September 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	178
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	217
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 20 September 1968 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 24, daily 591.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

513 broken records

Margins by which the 513 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 487.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 September 1968

Top 20 records on 20 September 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 September 1968	Sattur, IN	monthly rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	57 years	73 of 100 (Major)
20 September 1968	Micurinsk, RU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1968	Lethbridge Cda, CA	daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1968	Foremost, CA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1968	Choteau, US	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1968	Augusta, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1968	Muddebihal, IN	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1968	Elk Point, CA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1968	Gibson Dam, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1968	Valier, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1968	Kodavasal, IN	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1968	Ft Assiniboine, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1968	Brooks Ahrc, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1968	Prince, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1968	Shiggaon, IN	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1968	N Ghasan Sr, IN	daily rain	132.4 mm (5.2 in)	109.3 mm (4.3 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1968	Bradford, GB	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1968	Chester, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1968	Choteau, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	74 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1968	Lloydminster, CA	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	48 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

1812 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1968. 1968 had 617 records.

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

Records on 09-20 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1837	1
1840	1
1844	1
1848	2
1851	1
1852	1
1854	2
1855	1
1856	2
1859	2
1860	1
1862	1
1870	1
1871	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	8
1891	4
1893	5
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	16
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	3
1902	3
1903	3
1904	12
1905	8
1906	22
1907	11
1908	24
1909	10
1910	8
1911	21
1912	34
1913	48
1914	28
1915	239
1916	28
1917	100
1918	59
1919	55
1920	64
1921	40
1922	52
1923	249
1924	329
1925	330
1926	129
1927	169
1928	144
1929	373
1930	102
1931	564
1932	270
1933	223
1934	349
1935	201
1936	133
1937	385
1938	506
1939	312
1940	591
1941	582
1942	436
1943	419
1944	466
1945	406
1946	766
1947	460
1948	454
1949	268
1950	435
1951	267
1952	434
1953	479
1954	628
1955	625
1956	985
1957	514
1958	410
1959	489
1960	352
1961	384
1962	707
1963	290
1964	482
1965	1,180
1966	414
1967	449
1968	617
1969	604
1970	591
1971	884
1972	582
1973	569
1974	771
1975	527
1976	375
1977	776
1978	1,216
1979	767
1980	567
1981	979
1982	911
1983	1,958
1984	895
1985	730
1986	743
1987	856
1988	698
1989	968
1990	743
1991	1,835
1992	718
1993	1,031
1994	788
1995	1,374
1996	1,077
1997	1,282
1998	1,157
1999	923
2000	908
2001	821
2002	845
2003	910
2004	1,156
2005	960
2006	732
2007	645
2008	648
2009	715
2010	1,497
2011	650
2012	549
2013	595
2014	577
2015	439
2016	778
2017	920
2018	1,020
2019	835
2020	630
2021	565
2022	786
2023	482
2024	596
2025	877
2026	682

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 20 September 1968
Margin	Records
0 to 100	506
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1