Weather Records on 2 November 1968

753 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 November 1968. Highest significance: Falun, SE.

Key Facts for 2 November 1968

On 2 November 1968, 753 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
241 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 715 daily.
Falun set a daily record precipitation of 29.6 mm (1.2 in) on 2 November 1968.
Across 159 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

753 stations

753 station records on 2 November 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 November 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Port Germein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cape Nelson Lighthouse Compari	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mutual	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McIntyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elliott Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
La Estanzuela (Eele)	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Husum	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Udipi	India	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arnett 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Claude	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cudlee Creek (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Punalur	India	Record daily precipitation	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Camargo	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton (Glen Ewin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-29.5 C (-21.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lead Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kalangadoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-19.7 C (-3.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

753 records

Records set or tied on 2 November 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 128, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 113, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 422, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 2 November 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	128
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	113
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	422
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 2 November 1968 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 37, daily 715.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

683 broken records

Margins by which the 683 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 November 1968

Top 20 records on 2 November 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 November 1968	Falun, SE	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1968	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1968	Port Germein, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1968	Cape Nelson Lighthouse Compari, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1968	Dijon-Longvic, FR	monthly rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1968	Cherry Gardens, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1968	Mutual, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1968	Belair (State Flora Nursery), AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1968	Adelaide (Thorndon Park), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1968	Beachport, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1968	Portland, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1968	Tarnaby, SE	daily low max	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	15.0 C (27.0 F)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1968	Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1968	Cape Bridgewater, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1968	Putbus, DE	daily high min	10.2 C (50.4 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	101 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1968	Mount McIntyre, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1968	Dartmoor, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1968	Hahndorf, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1968	Merino, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1968	Lake Leake (Kooeeyong), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	42 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 753 records.

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

Records on 11-02 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1830	2
1836	1
1837	2
1841	1
1848	1
1851	2
1853	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	3
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	8
1897	2
1898	8
1899	2
1900	7
1901	4
1902	9
1903	5
1904	21
1905	17
1906	15
1907	10
1908	14
1909	21
1910	27
1911	63
1912	42
1913	53
1914	47
1915	23
1916	41
1917	23
1918	41
1919	96
1920	43
1921	34
1922	47
1923	85
1924	215
1925	113
1926	169
1927	369
1928	245
1929	440
1930	291
1931	325
1932	280
1933	516
1934	476
1935	877
1936	937
1937	236
1938	965
1939	205
1940	372
1941	236
1942	464
1943	192
1944	497
1945	299
1946	633
1947	374
1948	317
1949	436
1950	625
1951	2,078
1952	487
1953	486
1954	873
1955	508
1956	1,184
1957	452
1958	226
1959	466
1960	338
1961	1,002
1962	335
1963	528
1964	511
1965	850
1966	1,187
1967	581
1968	753
1969	399
1970	384
1971	1,130
1972	746
1973	593
1974	828
1975	560
1976	906
1977	742
1978	899
1979	589
1980	767
1981	1,051
1982	913
1983	880
1984	1,097
1985	817
1986	518
1987	1,294
1988	1,024
1989	577
1990	873
1991	3,070
1992	1,567
1993	1,689
1994	1,125
1995	1,300
1996	724
1997	824
1998	864
1999	1,212
2000	1,145
2001	470
2002	1,323
2003	1,129
2004	1,279
2005	942
2006	818
2007	462
2008	1,133
2009	877
2010	784
2011	861
2012	577
2013	364
2014	1,007
2015	1,079
2016	1,047
2017	498
2018	601
2019	524
2020	2,172
2021	284
2022	877
2023	1,020
2024	460
2025	447

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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	666
25 to 50	12
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2