Weather Records on 6 November 1968

463 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 November 1968. Highest significance: Mungeranie (Cowarie), AU.

Key Facts for 6 November 1968

On 6 November 1968, 463 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
50 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 452 daily.
Mungeranie (Cowarie) set a daily record precipitation of 36.1 mm (1.4 in) on 6 November 1968.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

463 stations

463 station records on 6 November 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 November 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mungeranie (Cowarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Buxa	India	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Orje	Norway	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bijni	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Machilipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	464.7 mm (18.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tenali	India	Record daily precipitation	119.3 mm (4.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Manginapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Nuntherungie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Creightons Creek (Baronga (Cre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guntur	India	Record daily precipitation	100.9 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vijayawada	India	Record daily precipitation	118.5 mm (4.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paxton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dandongadale (Mountain View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Talavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chinaganjam	India	Record daily precipitation	199.6 mm (7.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anucino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kosigi(Kesigi)	India	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ternej	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rudnaja Pristan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Meade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Purnanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nundle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lima East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lunner	Norway	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Heppner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gannavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barkestad	Norway	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

463 records

Records set or tied on 6 November 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 275, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 6 November 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	275
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 6 November 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 452.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

412 broken records

Margins by which the 412 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 November 1968

Top 20 records on 6 November 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 November 1968	Mungeranie (Cowarie), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	83 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1968	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1968	Buxa, IN	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1968	Potsdam, DE	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1968	Orje, NO	daily snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1968	Bijni, IN	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1968	Machilipatnam, IN	monthly rain	464.7 mm (18.3 in)	109.1 mm (4.3 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1968	Zerbst, DE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1968	Tenali, IN	daily rain	119.3 mm (4.7 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1968	Manginapudi, IN	daily rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1968	Wittenberg, DE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1968	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1968	Broken Hill (Nuntherungie), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1968	Creightons Creek (Baronga (Cre, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1968	Guntur, IN	daily rain	100.9 mm (4.0 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1968	Kozhikode, IN	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1968	Jamieson, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1968	Burnie (No 1), AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	69 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1968	Vijayawada, IN	daily rain	118.5 mm (4.7 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1968	Paxton, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	58 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

1793 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1968. 1968 had 463 records.

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

Records on 11-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	1
1812	1
1819	1
1828	2
1834	1
1835	2
1840	1
1842	3
1845	1
1849	1
1851	2
1856	2
1858	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	7
1896	3
1898	3
1899	12
1900	2
1901	4
1902	6
1903	4
1904	6
1905	15
1906	13
1907	13
1908	21
1909	7
1910	52
1911	27
1912	53
1913	20
1914	36
1915	20
1916	127
1917	30
1918	40
1919	60
1920	53
1921	98
1922	84
1923	119
1924	737
1925	139
1926	123
1927	405
1928	86
1929	89
1930	439
1931	284
1932	307
1933	661
1934	626
1935	527
1936	356
1937	124
1938	1,098
1939	390
1940	201
1941	512
1942	373
1943	238
1944	459
1945	498
1946	682
1947	405
1948	1,219
1949	517
1950	314
1951	1,832
1952	193
1953	1,218
1954	442
1955	311
1956	431
1957	359
1958	227
1959	1,800
1960	388
1961	480
1962	343
1963	493
1964	259
1965	272
1966	548
1967	889
1968	463
1969	756
1970	407
1971	789
1972	387
1973	1,110
1974	355
1975	1,381
1976	653
1977	966
1978	762
1979	581
1980	1,353
1981	673
1982	698
1983	650
1984	536
1985	664
1986	810
1987	806
1988	1,010
1989	1,048
1990	1,240
1991	2,360
1992	1,450
1993	965
1994	1,368
1995	1,464
1996	1,720
1997	849
1998	752
1999	1,367
2000	1,575
2001	879
2002	1,220
2003	2,143
2004	828
2005	1,176
2006	1,397
2007	591
2008	1,266
2009	916
2010	1,349
2011	1,046
2012	894
2013	871
2014	453
2015	1,664
2016	838
2017	1,069
2018	633
2019	561
2020	1,351
2021	456
2022	907
2023	719
2024	1,239
2025	502

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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 50	394
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1