Weather Records on 22 September 1968

526 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 September 1968. Highest significance: Saidapet, IN.

Key Facts for 22 September 1968

On 22 September 1968, 526 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
123 were record highs and 211 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 511 daily.
Saidapet set a daily record precipitation of 125.0 mm (4.9 in) on 22 September 1968.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

526 stations

526 station records on 22 September 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 September 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Saidapet	India	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Parkston 8 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hankinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Roscoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bellary	India	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trichur	India	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
A Coruna	Spain	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Redfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Campi	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hunsur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Huron	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seleng	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sorab	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hirekerur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record low minimum temperature	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sendamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Britton	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis-St Paul Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ridder	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nagamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chiknayakanihall	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kamuthi	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deseret	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kyzyl-Ozek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wagner	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone L/D 18	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hechingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Union de Tula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lethbridge A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

526 records

Records set or tied on 22 September 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 103, Lowest daily minimum 129, Heaviest daily rainfall 185, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 22 September 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	103
Lowest daily minimum	129
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 22 September 1968 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 511.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

443 broken records

Margins by which the 443 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 135.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 September 1968

Top 20 records on 22 September 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 September 1968	Saidapet, IN	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1968	Tyndall, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	66 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1968	Parkston 8 ENE, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1968	Cambridge, US	all-time rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1968	Hankinson, US	all-time rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1968	Leeuwarden_1, NL	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1968	Roscoe, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1968	Bellary, IN	daily rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1968	Trichur, IN	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1968	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	106 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1968	A Coruna, ES	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1968	Redfield, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1968	Campi, PT	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1968	Victor 4 N, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1968	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1968	Hunsur, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1968	Haparanda, SE	daily low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	84 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1968	Jokkmokk, SE	daily low max	1.5 C (34.7 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	84 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1968	Port Huron, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1968	Wahpeton 3 N, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	36 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

1793 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1968. 1968 had 526 records.

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

Records on 09-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1824	1
1825	1
1827	1
1830	1
1835	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	2
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1851	3
1855	1
1856	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1881	2
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	3
1898	8
1899	12
1900	3
1901	3
1902	7
1903	4
1904	34
1905	5
1906	16
1907	12
1908	10
1909	6
1910	18
1911	17
1912	17
1913	43
1914	48
1915	23
1916	236
1917	128
1918	25
1919	64
1920	35
1921	44
1922	27
1923	118
1924	132
1925	265
1926	214
1927	160
1928	119
1929	166
1930	231
1931	732
1932	189
1933	230
1934	348
1935	231
1936	448
1937	507
1938	394
1939	266
1940	621
1941	424
1942	323
1943	266
1944	299
1945	739
1946	288
1947	583
1948	345
1949	385
1950	394
1951	419
1952	383
1953	253
1954	359
1955	584
1956	490
1957	580
1958	633
1959	416
1960	360
1961	555
1962	732
1963	351
1964	249
1965	841
1966	595
1967	507
1968	526
1969	488
1970	1,197
1971	500
1972	448
1973	509
1974	1,075
1975	591
1976	538
1977	632
1978	620
1979	991
1980	1,199
1981	754
1982	1,122
1983	2,060
1984	614
1985	820
1986	729
1987	1,300
1988	665
1989	1,155
1990	795
1991	758
1992	1,011
1993	1,448
1994	941
1995	2,498
1996	916
1997	851
1998	1,251
1999	1,172
2000	1,508
2001	604
2002	718
2003	1,472
2004	948
2005	1,155
2006	1,260
2007	896
2008	830
2009	985
2010	1,217
2011	611
2012	568
2013	673
2014	812
2015	666
2016	1,096
2017	1,272
2018	574
2019	651
2020	687
2021	432
2022	985
2023	905
2024	502
2025	387
2026	309

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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	412
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1