Weather Records on 22 October 1968

300 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 October 1968. Highest significance: Grootdam, ZA.

Key Facts for 22 October 1968

On 22 October 1968, 300 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 291 daily.
Grootdam set an all-time record daily precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 22 October 1968.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

300 stations

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

Weather records on 22 October 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grootdam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Partizansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Norvalspont (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bosduiwekop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trompsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Krielsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sterkstroom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lakenvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tevredenheid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weltevrede	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Petrusville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bellrock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Esperanza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Agtertang	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oranje	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ploegfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Welgelegen(Middlemnt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hamelfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wolhaarkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bonner Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tweefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.6 C (-10.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Daniels Hope	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Luckhoff (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwell 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waurika	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli Sidi El Mesri	Libya	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kleindubbelvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Duncan	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Drieputs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Adamshoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

300 records

Records set or tied on 22 October 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 215, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 22 October 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 22 October 1968 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 291.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

276 broken records

Margins by which the 276 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 October 1968

Top 20 records on 22 October 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 October 1968	Grootdam, ZA	all-time rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1968	Eureka, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1968	Partizansk, RU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1968	Lawrence, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1968	Venterstad, ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1968	Jagersfontein, ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1968	Norvalspont (Pol), ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1968	Newkirk 5NE, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1968	Bosduiwekop, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1968	Trompsburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1968	Krielsfontein, ZA	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1968	Sterkstroom, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1968	Galway, IE	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	70 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1968	Buzau, RO	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	65 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1968	Lakenvlei, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1968	Tevredenheid, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1968	Goondiwindi Post Office, AU	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	66 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1968	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	76 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1968	Bjoernoeya, NO	daily low min	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	43 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1968	Weltevrede, ZA	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	32 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 300 records.

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

Records on 10-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1810	3
1826	1
1840	1
1842	1
1843	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	6
1883	1
1884	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	15
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1900	3
1901	7
1902	3
1903	8
1904	17
1905	13
1906	12
1907	14
1908	24
1909	6
1910	9
1911	43
1912	22
1913	59
1914	20
1915	57
1916	226
1917	74
1918	27
1919	62
1920	172
1921	78
1922	50
1923	105
1924	142
1925	265
1926	97
1927	227
1928	133
1929	417
1930	401
1931	272
1932	209
1933	484
1934	599
1935	874
1936	681
1937	348
1938	133
1939	602
1940	498
1941	576
1942	339
1943	208
1944	299
1945	547
1946	282
1947	754
1948	292
1949	481
1950	400
1951	581
1952	602
1953	615
1954	372
1955	457
1956	324
1957	885
1958	345
1959	524
1960	393
1961	523
1962	203
1963	909
1964	294
1965	433
1966	362
1967	316
1968	300
1969	966
1970	714
1971	626
1972	780
1973	569
1974	910
1975	742
1976	1,194
1977	624
1978	678
1979	1,826
1980	547
1981	943
1982	979
1983	712
1984	1,798
1985	797
1986	1,049
1987	944
1988	999
1989	1,353
1990	1,042
1991	718
1992	1,151
1993	654
1994	631
1995	1,399
1996	1,743
1997	1,072
1998	853
1999	721
2000	1,070
2001	774
2002	1,419
2003	2,006
2004	1,371
2005	1,090
2006	1,296
2007	1,060
2008	846
2009	826
2010	723
2011	691
2012	914
2013	845
2014	603
2015	600
2016	652
2017	720
2018	488
2019	589
2020	1,664
2021	412
2022	955
2023	567
2024	911
2025	566

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 22 October 1968
Margin	Records
0 to 10	205
10 to 20	50
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	4