Weather Records on 11 October 1968

312 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 October 1968. Highest significance: Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU.

Key Facts for 11 October 1968

On 11 October 1968, 312 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 112 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 308 daily.
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov set an all-time record daily precipitation of 73.8 mm (2.9 in) on 11 October 1968.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

312 stations

312 station records on 11 October 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 October 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Dharmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bobbili	India	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gibb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barreiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Molalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paratinga (Rio Branco)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dindori	India	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.6 C (-8.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Im. Poliny Osipenko	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.8 C (-3.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Papanasam	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kaumana 88.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atoyac (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.7 C (-10.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis Water Bureau	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Powell River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bogorodskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clallam Bay 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kungur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

312 records

Records set or tied on 11 October 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 116, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 11 October 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	116
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 11 October 1968 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 2, daily 308.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

261 broken records

Margins by which the 261 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 October 1968

Top 20 records on 11 October 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 October 1968	Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU	all-time rain	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	70 of 100 (Major)
11 October 1968	Dharmapuri, IN	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1968	Naalehu 14, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1968	Salem AP (McNary Field), US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1968	Brookings, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1968	Kljuchi, RU	all-time rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1968	Ica, RU	daily rain	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1968	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1968	Pahala 21, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1968	Bobbili, IN	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1968	Dos Bocas, PR	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1968	Quatsino, CA	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	68 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1968	Mountain View, CA	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1968	Junsele, SE	daily low min	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	66 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1968	Gibb River, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1968	Barreiras, BR	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	46 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1968	Tarnaby, SE	daily low min	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	65 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1968	Port Townsend, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	73 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1968	Lubeck-Werft, DE	daily high min	12.6 C (54.7 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	77 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1968	Molalla, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)

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 312 records.

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

Records on 10-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1807	1
1811	1
1814	2
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	2
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	3
1879	2
1880	2
1884	2
1885	5
1887	4
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	2
1896	2
1897	4
1898	4
1900	1
1901	8
1902	14
1903	10
1904	20
1905	17
1906	52
1907	10
1908	11
1909	17
1910	31
1911	14
1912	21
1913	48
1914	40
1915	14
1916	25
1917	48
1918	32
1919	76
1920	140
1921	92
1922	35
1923	231
1924	149
1925	196
1926	137
1927	176
1928	713
1929	259
1930	656
1931	396
1932	235
1933	200
1934	862
1935	245
1936	243
1937	242
1938	438
1939	249
1940	201
1941	190
1942	537
1943	414
1944	247
1945	284
1946	770
1947	405
1948	736
1949	835
1950	450
1951	538
1952	472
1953	408
1954	672
1955	434
1956	894
1957	258
1958	795
1959	1,027
1960	333
1961	610
1962	857
1963	570
1964	927
1965	202
1966	279
1967	643
1968	312
1969	1,032
1970	859
1971	521
1972	708
1973	1,325
1974	356
1975	559
1976	565
1977	655
1978	426
1979	1,260
1980	478
1981	776
1982	1,141
1983	542
1984	552
1985	977
1986	961
1987	1,603
1988	621
1989	571
1990	1,617
1991	1,055
1992	527
1993	883
1994	726
1995	975
1996	842
1997	1,809
1998	750
1999	996
2000	1,782
2001	962
2002	1,000
2003	1,191
2004	593
2005	1,044
2006	840
2007	610
2008	1,369
2009	2,594
2010	964
2011	1,176
2012	696
2013	666
2014	620
2015	1,032
2016	378
2017	1,101
2018	1,517
2019	1,760
2020	680
2021	873
2022	244
2023	858
2024	842
2025	711
2026	897

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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	237
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1