Weather Records on 24 September 1968

433 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 September 1968. Highest significance: Denton 2 SE, US.

Key Facts for 24 September 1968

On 24 September 1968, 433 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
108 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 426 daily.
Denton 2 SE set a daily record precipitation of 120.1 mm (4.7 in) on 24 September 1968.
Across 166 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

433 stations

433 station records on 24 September 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 September 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Haskote	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Koratagere	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paakea 350	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bristow	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walters	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kunigal	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Muzaffarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bambaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uniao Dos Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jammalamadugu	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tiptur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Boston Dam 17	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Millersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Antioch	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Duncan	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leupp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Keithsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rossarden (Aberfoyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
T.Narsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Badagara	India	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muscatine	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
High Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kasargod	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

433 records

Records set or tied on 24 September 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 205, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 24 September 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	205
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 24 September 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 426.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

365 broken records

Margins by which the 365 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

24 September 1968

Top 20 records on 24 September 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 September 1968	Denton 2 SE, US	daily rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	97.7 mm (3.8 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 September 1968	Alexandria 4 WSW, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1968	Haskote, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1968	Koratagere, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1968	Paakea 350, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1968	Bristow, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1968	Shawnee, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1968	Walters, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1968	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1968	Marlow 1 WSW, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1968	Kunigal, IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1968	Hermann, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1968	Olands Sodra Udde, SE	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1968	Tahlequah, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1968	Petersburg 1, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1968	Muzaffarpur, IN	daily rain	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1968	Troy, US	monthly rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1968	Bambaroo, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1968	Gavle, SE	daily low max	5.2 C (41.4 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	73 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1968	Munising, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	4 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

1803 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1968. 1968 had 433 records.

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

Records on 09-24 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1847	1
1852	2
1854	2
1857	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	3
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1881	5
1884	1
1885	2
1887	1
1889	5
1890	1
1891	2
1892	5
1893	1
1894	2
1895	7
1896	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	3
1902	10
1903	8
1904	9
1905	7
1906	5
1907	20
1908	23
1909	31
1910	8
1911	11
1912	49
1913	9
1914	23
1915	159
1916	253
1917	87
1918	7
1919	26
1920	69
1921	23
1922	49
1923	70
1924	175
1925	146
1926	630
1927	194
1928	603
1929	137
1930	488
1931	463
1932	354
1933	424
1934	367
1935	449
1936	329
1937	237
1938	355
1939	331
1940	319
1941	319
1942	918
1943	413
1944	334
1945	475
1946	425
1947	704
1948	422
1949	554
1950	778
1951	580
1952	425
1953	346
1954	269
1955	577
1956	427
1957	370
1958	725
1959	414
1960	487
1961	680
1962	360
1963	715
1964	329
1965	624
1966	410
1967	394
1968	433
1969	278
1970	1,046
1971	485
1972	480
1973	1,208
1974	1,204
1975	1,116
1976	556
1977	814
1978	619
1979	577
1980	633
1981	604
1982	702
1983	1,128
1984	1,565
1985	771
1986	1,207
1987	729
1988	740
1989	1,668
1990	969
1991	519
1992	1,250
1993	1,055
1994	842
1995	1,251
1996	676
1997	1,238
1998	945
1999	933
2000	1,966
2001	1,097
2002	885
2003	863
2004	600
2005	1,256
2006	1,306
2007	1,244
2008	633
2009	866
2010	1,340
2011	770
2012	545
2013	514
2014	764
2015	770
2016	732
2017	1,402
2018	497
2019	516
2020	754
2021	457
2022	395
2023	689
2024	778
2025	576
2026	389

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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	318
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2