Weather Records on 4 December 1968

775 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 December 1968. Highest significance: Augusta, US.

Key Facts for 4 December 1968

On 4 December 1968, 775 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 200 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 754 daily.
Augusta set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 4 December 1968.
Across 166 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

775 stations

775 station records on 4 December 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 December 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Augusta	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Madras	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Broke (Harrowby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
La Malbaie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.5 cm (13.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tamdy	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
St Tite	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Morgan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dufur	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mingela Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Jerome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Friend	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Gouin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manouan Sanmaur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Joliette	Canada	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rankins Pass	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Molalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Condon	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rooiberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	106.5 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cracow Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dinmore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ujuk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Madras	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wando Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cubbaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodhouselee (Leeston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Mattawin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kookabookra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trois Rivieres	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Drummondville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leeupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blairsville 6 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Puyallup 2 W Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bankstown (Condell Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-41.3 C (-42.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fall River	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berthierville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Joliette	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

775 records

Records set or tied on 4 December 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 125, Heaviest daily rainfall 399, Heaviest daily snowfall 106, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 4 December 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	125
Heaviest daily rainfall	399
Heaviest daily snowfall	106
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 4 December 1968 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 754.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

688 broken records

Margins by which the 688 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 284.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 December 1968

Top 20 records on 4 December 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 December 1968	Augusta, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1968	Madras, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1968	Broke (Harrowby), AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1968	La Malbaie, CA	daily snowfall	33.5 cm (13.2 in)	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1968	Nerang Gilston Rd, AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	70 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1968	Tamdy, UZ	monthly rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1968	Strathmore, AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1968	Montreal McGill, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1968	St Tite, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1968	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1968	Glen Morgan, ZA	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1968	Dufur, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1968	Armagh, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1968	Mingela Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1968	Oxenford (Oberon Way), AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	70 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1968	Shawinigan, CA	daily snowfall	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	66 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1968	St Jerome, CA	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1968	Friend, US	daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1968	Barrage Gouin, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1968	Manouan Sanmaur, CA	daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	13 years	44 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

1796 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1968. 1968 had 775 records.

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

Records on 12-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1797	1
1810	2
1823	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	3
1854	1
1855	5
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1872	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	7
1882	3
1883	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	4
1892	9
1896	2
1897	5
1898	9
1899	3
1900	13
1901	7
1902	15
1903	7
1904	6
1905	16
1906	25
1907	5
1908	8
1909	45
1910	7
1911	27
1912	46
1913	59
1914	61
1915	61
1916	95
1917	31
1918	27
1919	94
1920	54
1921	60
1922	72
1923	142
1924	129
1925	266
1926	174
1927	184
1928	143
1929	432
1930	221
1931	411
1932	265
1933	524
1934	149
1935	330
1936	637
1937	148
1938	275
1939	443
1940	600
1941	1,326
1942	450
1943	259
1944	377
1945	332
1946	515
1947	577
1948	504
1949	120
1950	852
1951	583
1952	269
1953	738
1954	689
1955	811
1956	692
1957	350
1958	529
1959	212
1960	628
1961	570
1962	574
1963	285
1964	1,195
1965	590
1966	1,047
1967	428
1968	775
1969	366
1970	933
1971	768
1972	1,973
1973	1,124
1974	651
1975	757
1976	669
1977	654
1978	1,582
1979	943
1980	976
1981	638
1982	2,138
1983	1,284
1984	796
1985	1,239
1986	549
1987	624
1988	764
1989	1,541
1990	1,164
1991	1,178
1992	1,075
1993	708
1994	1,029
1995	972
1996	684
1997	654
1998	2,549
1999	930
2000	895
2001	974
2002	1,478
2003	595
2004	721
2005	1,075
2006	1,510
2007	1,005
2008	652
2009	1,114
2010	1,874
2011	1,252
2012	1,482
2013	1,227
2014	629
2015	428
2016	533
2017	607
2018	563
2019	522
2020	424
2021	942
2022	437
2023	736
2024	590
2025	535

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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	633
50 to 100	25
100 to 150	16
150 to 200	9
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	2