Weather Records on 27 September 1968

286 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 September 1968. Highest significance: Uman, UA.

Key Facts for 27 September 1968

On 27 September 1968, 286 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
97 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 279 daily.
Uman set a daily record precipitation of 41.0 mm (1.6 in) on 27 September 1968.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

286 stations

286 station records on 27 September 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 September 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Illalangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Calvo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gajny	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cernigov	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sar'ja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	40.4 C (104.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alliston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Objacevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Catus	France	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koratagere	India	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Iluppur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valujki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Konotop	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vinnytsia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Denmark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Majkop	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco de Los Romo (Sm	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mazbat(Majbat)	India	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gvarv	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chalisgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnaja Poljana	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Akhty	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Akhty	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pirmasens	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Urvakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Djavary	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Miami Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Put-In-Bay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga Agricultural Insti	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ahmadnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

286 records

Records set or tied on 27 September 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 128, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 27 September 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	128
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 27 September 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 279.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

248 broken records

Margins by which the 248 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 108.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 September 1968

Top 20 records on 27 September 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 September 1968	Uman, UA	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 September 1968	Illalangi, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1968	Porto Calvo, BR	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1968	Gajny, RU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1968	Cernigov, UA	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1968	Sar'ja, RU	monthly rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1968	Esengyly, TM	daily high max	40.4 C (104.7 F)	8.5 C (15.3 F)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1968	Alliston, CA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1968	Dijon-Longvic, FR	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1968	Gjerstad I Aust-Agder, NO	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1968	Objacevo, RU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1968	Santuck, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1968	Karesuando, SE	daily low min	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	74 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1968	Catus, FR	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1968	Clermont-Ferrand, FR	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1968	Koratagere, IN	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1968	Soyland I Gjesdal, NO	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1968	Little Port Walter, US	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1968	Iluppur, IN	daily rain	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1968	Valujki, RU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	10 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

1799 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1968. 1968 had 286 records.

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

Records on 09-27 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1828	1
1836	2
1847	1
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1874	1
1875	1
1877	2
1880	1
1881	4
1882	1
1885	5
1887	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	5
1901	3
1902	12
1903	7
1904	12
1905	21
1906	21
1907	9
1908	36
1909	17
1910	20
1911	31
1912	25
1913	27
1914	24
1915	80
1916	57
1917	41
1918	58
1919	45
1920	54
1921	26
1922	111
1923	125
1924	115
1925	129
1926	581
1927	244
1928	288
1929	225
1930	178
1931	222
1932	194
1933	559
1934	298
1935	319
1936	435
1937	309
1938	366
1939	572
1940	706
1941	257
1942	1,353
1943	503
1944	323
1945	475
1946	387
1947	813
1948	405
1949	407
1950	223
1951	480
1952	539
1953	567
1954	507
1955	386
1956	825
1957	644
1958	585
1959	582
1960	337
1961	376
1962	352
1963	849
1964	724
1965	688
1966	426
1967	502
1968	286
1969	233
1970	773
1971	762
1972	989
1973	1,031
1974	408
1975	790
1976	905
1977	852
1978	773
1979	741
1980	559
1981	680
1982	1,076
1983	791
1984	1,297
1985	661
1986	1,772
1987	1,013
1988	494
1989	852
1990	379
1991	894
1992	659
1993	727
1994	764
1995	698
1996	1,468
1997	730
1998	1,774
1999	1,059
2000	1,031
2001	980
2002	992
2003	830
2004	665
2005	1,061
2006	596
2007	1,091
2008	659
2009	987
2010	1,153
2011	965
2012	624
2013	823
2014	813
2015	664
2016	600
2017	891
2018	600
2019	755
2020	659
2021	893
2022	642
2023	747
2024	1,449
2025	272
2026	358

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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	222
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1