Weather Records on 7 November 1968

534 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 November 1968. Highest significance: Tumut (Wattle Cres), AU.

Key Facts for 7 November 1968

On 7 November 1968, 534 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 105 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 521 daily.
Tumut (Wattle Cres) set a daily record precipitation of 84.1 mm (3.3 in) on 7 November 1968.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

534 stations

534 station records on 7 November 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 November 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Murringo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Buxa	India	Record daily precipitation	183.6 mm (7.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wantabadgery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Orje	Norway	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gundagai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dungowan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rye Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Behtungra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Koorawatha (Boorowa Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yass (Derringullen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Junee Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Argalong (the Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bumbaldry (Gold 'N' Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warroo (Geeron)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bredbo (Bredbo Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coolamon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Billapaloola State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bethungra (Retreat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tathra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Darbys Falls (Riverslea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marrar (Centenary Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Binya (Merribee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nowendoc (Beaufort)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mandurama (Gallymont (Homeleig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trundle (Brookview St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tirukkattupalli	India	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Penryn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trundle (Murrumbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weabonga (Stoneleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Temora Ambulance Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boorowa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waneta	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ulladulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quandialla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bolagamy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lower Boro (Calderwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caragabal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cootamundra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kangiara (Laverstock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aravakurichi	India	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

534 records

Records set or tied on 7 November 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 321, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 7 November 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	321
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 7 November 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 521.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

479 broken records

Margins by which the 479 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

7 November 1968

Top 20 records on 7 November 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 November 1968	Tumut (Wattle Cres), AU	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
7 November 1968	Murringo Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	81 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 November 1968	Buxa, IN	monthly rain	183.6 mm (7.2 in)	97.7 mm (3.8 in)	27 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 November 1968	Wantabadgery, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 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)
7 November 1968	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1968	Gundagai, AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1968	Murringo (Windermere), AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1968	Red Hill State Forest, AU	monthly rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1968	Dungowan Station, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1968	Rye Park, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1968	Behtungra Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1968	Koorawatha (Boorowa Street), AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1968	Yass (Derringullen), AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1968	Adelong Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1968	Marseilles-Marignane, FR	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1968	Bega (Newtown Road), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1968	Dalton Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1968	Junee Treatment Works, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1968	Argalong (the Farm), AU	monthly rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	48 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

1794 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1968. 1968 had 534 records.

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

Records on 11-07 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1796	1
1805	1
1811	2
1828	1
1834	1
1835	1
1842	1
1845	2
1847	1
1851	1
1852	2
1856	2
1858	2
1859	3
1864	3
1868	2
1871	1
1873	1
1876	1
1878	1
1885	4
1887	3
1888	2
1889	3
1890	5
1891	3
1893	4
1894	1
1895	9
1896	2
1899	14
1900	3
1901	2
1902	9
1903	16
1904	4
1905	4
1906	14
1907	12
1908	18
1909	11
1910	44
1911	19
1912	68
1913	25
1914	35
1915	26
1916	94
1917	34
1918	41
1919	59
1920	18
1921	112
1922	72
1923	90
1924	858
1925	438
1926	79
1927	398
1928	104
1929	104
1930	476
1931	500
1932	320
1933	449
1934	714
1935	302
1936	649
1937	209
1938	1,381
1939	214
1940	198
1941	344
1942	467
1943	550
1944	612
1945	846
1946	471
1947	313
1948	516
1949	554
1950	212
1951	1,356
1952	249
1953	1,170
1954	297
1955	487
1956	295
1957	314
1958	206
1959	1,315
1960	374
1961	347
1962	337
1963	694
1964	277
1965	241
1966	657
1967	780
1968	534
1969	624
1970	483
1971	1,487
1972	565
1973	912
1974	511
1975	1,233
1976	493
1977	1,030
1978	622
1979	513
1980	1,522
1981	616
1982	482
1983	835
1984	460
1985	489
1986	1,198
1987	760
1988	746
1989	980
1990	1,501
1991	3,082
1992	1,084
1993	1,211
1994	910
1995	1,165
1996	2,102
1997	1,053
1998	921
1999	1,535
2000	2,129
2001	1,024
2002	711
2003	1,424
2004	766
2005	1,443
2006	1,556
2007	557
2008	875
2009	798
2010	1,271
2011	1,039
2012	852
2013	809
2014	368
2015	1,676
2016	1,048
2017	848
2018	514
2019	594
2020	1,508
2021	490
2022	1,293
2023	684
2024	1,293
2025	319

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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	460
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1