Weather Records on 9 October 1968

538 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 October 1968. Highest significance: Bayfield 6 N, US.

Key Facts for 9 October 1968

On 9 October 1968, 538 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 185 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 531 daily.
Bayfield 6 N set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 9 October 1968.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

538 stations

538 station records on 9 October 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 October 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wahoo	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Amery	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dumont	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sagar	India	Record daily precipitation	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Iola 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Glade	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Border 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Represa Itatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	178.4 mm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Foxpark	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wistaria	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lyons 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oklahoma City East	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dhar	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Argyle Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

538 records

Records set or tied on 9 October 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 160, Heaviest daily rainfall 306, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 9 October 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	160
Heaviest daily rainfall	306
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 9 October 1968 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 531.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

468 broken records

Margins by which the 468 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 118.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 October 1968

Top 20 records on 9 October 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 October 1968	Bayfield 6 N, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	69 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1968	Wahoo, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	63 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1968	Hampton, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1968	Oskaloosa, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1968	Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1968	Amery, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1968	Beatrice, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1968	Fall Rvr Lake, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1968	Ellsworth, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1968	Cambridge, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1968	Charles City, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1968	Lake City, US	monthly rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1968	Mondovi, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1968	Dumont, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1968	Weyerhaeuser 1N, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1968	Sagar, IN	daily rain	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1968	Fayette, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1968	Eskridge, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1968	Blair, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1968	Alton, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	39 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 538 records.

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

Records on 10-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1834	1
1837	1
1846	2
1847	1
1854	2
1858	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1893	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	1
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	2
1902	3
1903	15
1904	8
1905	14
1906	29
1907	6
1908	19
1909	34
1910	20
1911	16
1912	23
1913	57
1914	22
1915	25
1916	126
1917	65
1918	16
1919	68
1920	36
1921	217
1922	40
1923	72
1924	95
1925	272
1926	123
1927	107
1928	290
1929	196
1930	276
1931	298
1932	271
1933	187
1934	298
1935	208
1936	569
1937	405
1938	462
1939	877
1940	119
1941	570
1942	330
1943	442
1944	144
1945	539
1946	317
1947	277
1948	438
1949	1,531
1950	618
1951	347
1952	658
1953	343
1954	341
1955	643
1956	468
1957	256
1958	639
1959	1,432
1960	397
1961	622
1962	508
1963	474
1964	841
1965	349
1966	489
1967	347
1968	538
1969	389
1970	1,805
1971	423
1972	371
1973	1,454
1974	513
1975	552
1976	1,448
1977	586
1978	589
1979	914
1980	627
1981	653
1982	1,579
1983	548
1984	579
1985	1,724
1986	556
1987	850
1988	1,060
1989	679
1990	1,714
1991	707
1992	1,050
1993	1,043
1994	772
1995	1,139
1996	1,047
1997	2,113
1998	622
1999	1,017
2000	3,177
2001	855
2002	701
2003	1,386
2004	665
2005	807
2006	640
2007	1,450
2008	473
2009	1,772
2010	1,311
2011	1,046
2012	706
2013	562
2014	652
2015	780
2016	463
2017	1,457
2018	1,290
2019	964
2020	738
2021	751
2022	696
2023	643
2024	963
2025	503
2026	691

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Data for records on 1968-10-09: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	400
20 to 40	55
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2