Weather Records on 11 November 1968

737 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 November 1968. Highest significance: Grant City, US.

Key Facts for 11 November 1968

On 11 November 1968, 737 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
69 were record highs and 254 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 716 daily.
Grant City set a daily record snowfall of 19.1 cm (7.5 in) on 11 November 1968.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

737 stations

737 station records on 11 November 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 November 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grant City	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Korsakov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Keosauqua	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Asheville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Centerville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Banderlierkop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Edina	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Linneus	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Keg River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Macon	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Matiwa (B0S)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orje	Norway	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Amity 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brevard	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Thornlea	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Puyallup 2 W Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vaalkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fernie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Natchitoches	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

737 records

Records set or tied on 11 November 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 208, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 259, Heaviest daily snowfall 119, Deepest snow cover 36.

Records on 11 November 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	208
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	259
Heaviest daily snowfall	119
Deepest snow cover	36

Records on 11 November 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 716.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

643 broken records

Margins by which the 643 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 November 1968

Top 20 records on 11 November 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 November 1968	Grant City, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	74 years	69 of 100 (Major)
11 November 1968	Korsakov, RU	daily rain	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
11 November 1968	Keosauqua, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	74 years	67 of 100 (Major)
11 November 1968	Asheville, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.3 cm (2.9 in)	55 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 November 1968	Centerville, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1968	Buckley 1 NE, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1968	Kirksville, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1968	Banderlierkop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1968	Perry, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1968	Bethany, US	monthly snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1968	Edina, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1968	Steffenville, US	daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	73 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1968	Millinocket, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1968	Bloomfield, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1968	Newport, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1968	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	74 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1968	Kirksville, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	71 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1968	Linneus, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1968	Harrington 5 S, US	monthly rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1968	Keg River, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	14 years	47 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

1800 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1968. 1968 had 737 records.

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

Records on 11-11 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1811	2
1813	1
1815	1
1835	1
1837	1
1846	1
1848	1
1849	1
1858	2
1864	2
1866	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	13
1896	4
1897	5
1898	5
1899	9
1900	6
1901	11
1902	1
1903	7
1904	13
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	12
1909	26
1910	31
1911	35
1912	17
1913	49
1914	54
1915	34
1916	72
1917	31
1918	25
1919	144
1920	118
1921	129
1922	25
1923	61
1924	343
1925	87
1926	368
1927	365
1928	88
1929	297
1930	202
1931	365
1932	252
1933	391
1934	216
1935	761
1936	479
1937	256
1938	250
1939	198
1940	873
1941	291
1942	235
1943	260
1944	333
1945	693
1946	811
1947	599
1948	305
1949	932
1950	1,035
1951	248
1952	356
1953	396
1954	543
1955	855
1956	587
1957	404
1958	206
1959	496
1960	404
1961	354
1962	324
1963	369
1964	782
1965	471
1966	769
1967	421
1968	737
1969	554
1970	1,330
1971	677
1972	423
1973	963
1974	540
1975	597
1976	644
1977	843
1978	1,558
1979	892
1980	854
1981	809
1982	1,507
1983	1,027
1984	742
1985	1,803
1986	2,470
1987	1,673
1988	685
1989	1,161
1990	1,012
1991	1,307
1992	1,418
1993	840
1994	734
1995	2,065
1996	1,159
1997	1,456
1998	1,442
1999	1,138
2000	1,623
2001	718
2002	1,553
2003	652
2004	1,069
2005	1,076
2006	1,228
2007	686
2008	950
2009	1,072
2010	1,110
2011	621
2012	1,455
2013	426
2014	828
2015	796
2016	766
2017	690
2018	967
2019	905
2020	1,558
2021	805
2022	1,583
2023	409
2024	487
2025	1,123

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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	565
50 to 100	50
100 to 150	15
150 to 200	10
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1