Weather Records on 31 October 1968

605 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 October 1968. Highest significance: Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE.

Key Facts for 31 October 1968

On 31 October 1968, 605 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
370 were record highs and 120 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 584 daily.
Linkoeping-Malmslaett set a daily record precipitation of 31.2 mm (1.2 in) on 31 October 1968.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

605 stations

605 station records on 31 October 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 October 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ceylon (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Spain	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Peppermint Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rustplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leon Virgen del Camino	Spain	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carmichael (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caloundra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Badiraguato (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barkestad	Norway	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hluhluwe Game Reserve	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

605 records

Records set or tied on 31 October 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 186, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 184, Lowest daily minimum 92, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 31 October 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	186
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	184
Lowest daily minimum	92
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 31 October 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 584.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

480 broken records

Margins by which the 480 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 59.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 October 1968

Top 20 records on 31 October 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 October 1968	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	90 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1968	Skara 1, SE	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	90 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1968	Saint Paul Is AP, US	monthly snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	20 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1968	Ceylon (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1968	Zamora, ES	daily rain	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1968	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	69 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1968	Maseskar, SE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1968	Putbus, DE	daily high max	16.8 C (62.2 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	69 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1968	Armagh, GB	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	118 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1968	Peppermint Grove, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1968	Rustplaats, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1968	Geisenheim, DE	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	79 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1968	Sandvig, DK	daily high max	15.9 C (60.6 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	75 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1968	Leon Virgen del Camino, ES	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1968	Vanersborg, SE	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1968	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	daily high max	20.8 C (69.4 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	75 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1968	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	79 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1968	Semej, KZ	monthly low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	59 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1968	Orebro, SE	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1968	Beloit, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	74 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

1805 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1968. 1968 had 605 records.

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

Records on 10-31 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1811	2
1828	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1845	1
1847	2
1848	1
1852	2
1856	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	3
1873	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	5
1891	3
1892	4
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	10
1897	1
1898	5
1899	4
1900	5
1901	4
1902	5
1903	5
1904	7
1905	21
1906	38
1907	22
1908	13
1909	15
1910	18
1911	32
1912	14
1913	39
1914	33
1915	11
1916	72
1917	67
1918	72
1919	112
1920	63
1921	22
1922	72
1923	359
1924	244
1925	405
1926	153
1927	183
1928	120
1929	234
1930	240
1931	178
1932	260
1933	796
1934	410
1935	981
1936	307
1937	335
1938	399
1939	415
1940	248
1941	536
1942	578
1943	213
1944	611
1945	287
1946	530
1947	371
1948	695
1949	831
1950	1,237
1951	527
1952	393
1953	303
1954	460
1955	427
1956	1,086
1957	392
1958	314
1959	484
1960	296
1961	511
1962	344
1963	631
1964	538
1965	340
1966	630
1967	748
1968	605
1969	531
1970	412
1971	992
1972	1,234
1973	581
1974	1,192
1975	827
1976	655
1977	616
1978	538
1979	1,130
1980	657
1981	497
1982	560
1983	782
1984	1,054
1985	632
1986	396
1987	1,002
1988	1,058
1989	857
1990	990
1991	3,294
1992	1,324
1993	2,926
1994	1,004
1995	1,051
1996	1,074
1997	1,553
1998	1,410
1999	997
2000	1,114
2001	1,218
2002	1,613
2003	1,167
2004	870
2005	1,048
2006	842
2007	613
2008	1,256
2009	1,030
2010	931
2011	746
2012	884
2013	623
2014	547
2015	691
2016	1,012
2017	437
2018	414
2019	2,501
2020	542
2021	469
2022	497
2023	960
2024	1,133
2025	314

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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 10	442
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2