Weather Records on 1 November 1968

592 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 November 1968. Highest significance: Uccle, BE.

Key Facts for 1 November 1968

On 1 November 1968, 592 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
339 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 156 monthly and 436 daily.
Uccle set a monthly record high minimum temperature of 13.9 C (57.0 F) on 1 November 1968.
Across 157 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

592 stations

592 station records on 1 November 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 November 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Amiens-Glisy	France	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	214.0 mm (8.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Angermunde	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kaliningrad	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Herefoss	Norway	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Tempelhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palmer Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein (Baroota Reservoi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rietvallei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

592 records

Records set or tied on 1 November 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 158, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 181, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 161, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 1 November 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	158
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	181
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	161
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 1 November 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 156, daily 436.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

495 broken records

Margins by which the 495 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 November 1968

Top 20 records on 1 November 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 November 1968	Uccle, BE	monthly high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	133 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1968	Kalkfontein, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1968	Karlshamn, SE	monthly high max	14.0 C (57.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	85 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1968	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	monthly high max	22.9 C (73.2 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1968	Sandvig, DK	monthly high min	11.8 C (53.2 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1968	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	50 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1968	Amiens-Glisy, FR	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1968	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	monthly high max	24.1 C (75.4 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1968	Kristianstad, SE	monthly high max	17.7 C (63.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1968	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	monthly high max	19.6 C (67.3 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1968	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	monthly high max	21.5 C (70.7 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1968	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	monthly high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	75 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1968	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	monthly high min	14.3 C (57.7 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1968	Lubeck-Werft, DE	monthly high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1968	Lubeck-Werft, DE	monthly high min	13.6 C (56.5 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1968	Mont-Aigoual, FR	daily rain	214.0 mm (8.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1968	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	monthly high max	19.5 C (67.1 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1968	Angermunde, DE	monthly high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1968	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	monthly high min	13.0 C (55.4 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1968	Lugano, CH	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	41 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 592 records.

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

Records on 11-01 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1828	1
1836	1
1837	1
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1862	1
1866	1
1867	3
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	7
1882	1
1885	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	6
1897	2
1898	8
1899	3
1900	3
1901	4
1902	1
1903	7
1904	13
1905	16
1906	20
1907	5
1908	11
1909	45
1910	40
1911	54
1912	17
1913	45
1914	46
1915	22
1916	40
1917	43
1918	55
1919	95
1920	62
1921	44
1922	50
1923	172
1924	290
1925	253
1926	150
1927	666
1928	214
1929	306
1930	336
1931	286
1932	387
1933	684
1934	387
1935	882
1936	332
1937	402
1938	601
1939	628
1940	309
1941	417
1942	463
1943	287
1944	513
1945	326
1946	417
1947	588
1948	415
1949	661
1950	1,017
1951	1,317
1952	254
1953	306
1954	610
1955	371
1956	1,280
1957	358
1958	289
1959	322
1960	341
1961	535
1962	285
1963	307
1964	345
1965	520
1966	574
1967	542
1968	592
1969	437
1970	303
1971	801
1972	1,205
1973	589
1974	1,014
1975	494
1976	968
1977	702
1978	878
1979	631
1980	519
1981	824
1982	813
1983	852
1984	1,295
1985	716
1986	634
1987	1,529
1988	1,025
1989	827
1990	1,089
1991	3,261
1992	1,303
1993	2,690
1994	978
1995	1,138
1996	869
1997	1,273
1998	968
1999	1,129
2000	1,339
2001	531
2002	1,697
2003	1,309
2004	1,013
2005	836
2006	756
2007	626
2008	1,252
2009	893
2010	648
2011	781
2012	663
2013	568
2014	1,027
2015	804
2016	953
2017	474
2018	652
2019	1,578
2020	974
2021	361
2022	1,010
2023	949
2024	847
2025	478

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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 25	484
25 to 50	7
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1