Weather Records on 12 December 1968

727 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 December 1968. Highest significance: Medicine Lake 3 SE, US.

Key Facts for 12 December 1968

On 12 December 1968, 727 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
309 were record highs and 166 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 714 daily.
Medicine Lake 3 SE set a daily record snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 12 December 1968.
Across 153 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

727 stations

727 station records on 12 December 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 December 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Scotia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cochrane	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Semenovka	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Goncalo Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Piripiri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Midvale	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Allison	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Batalha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	108.1 mm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Broadus	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pedro II	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe Radio Kchi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.7 C (-3.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Redfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Merriman	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mondovi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Caririacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kenogami	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

727 records

Records set or tied on 12 December 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 119, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 190, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 182, Heaviest daily snowfall 69, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 12 December 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	119
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	190
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	182
Heaviest daily snowfall	69
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 12 December 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 714.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

632 broken records

Margins by which the 632 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 134.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 December 1968

Top 20 records on 12 December 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 December 1968	Medicine Lake 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1968	Parry Sound, CA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1968	Scotia, CA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1968	Gore Bay, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1968	Goondiwindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1968	Cochrane, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1968	Forest City 2 NNE, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1968	Semenovka, AM	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1968	Poplar 2 E, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1968	Uccle, BE	daily low max	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	123 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1968	Sao Goncalo Dos Campos, BR	daily rain	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1968	Piripiri, BR	monthly rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1968	Kakabeka Falls, CA	daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	6 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1968	Unionville, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	71 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1968	Midvale, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	49 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1968	Marquette, US	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	90 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1968	Turbine, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1968	Allison, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1968	Batalha, BR	monthly rain	108.1 mm (4.3 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1968	Fergus Falls, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	4.4 cm (1.7 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 727 records.

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

Records on 12-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1846	1
1855	2
1861	1
1863	3
1870	2
1871	5
1873	2
1879	2
1882	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	8
1894	3
1895	1
1896	4
1897	3
1898	20
1899	11
1900	5
1901	4
1902	7
1903	18
1904	20
1905	10
1906	14
1907	8
1908	25
1909	20
1910	39
1911	104
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	46
1916	115
1917	246
1918	33
1919	23
1920	41
1921	63
1922	61
1923	91
1924	130
1925	75
1926	143
1927	335
1928	234
1929	405
1930	45
1931	522
1932	813
1933	358
1934	430
1935	266
1936	142
1937	468
1938	103
1939	418
1940	621
1941	260
1942	257
1943	165
1944	688
1945	212
1946	761
1947	295
1948	282
1949	789
1950	364
1951	175
1952	501
1953	288
1954	696
1955	381
1956	441
1957	1,118
1958	884
1959	464
1960	710
1961	1,481
1962	1,495
1963	439
1964	459
1965	1,045
1966	369
1967	565
1968	727
1969	499
1970	366
1971	585
1972	1,669
1973	397
1974	191
1975	492
1976	319
1977	907
1978	382
1979	1,016
1980	583
1981	734
1982	867
1983	816
1984	808
1985	1,384
1986	408
1987	468
1988	1,030
1989	930
1990	676
1991	1,980
1992	818
1993	887
1994	1,172
1995	2,030
1996	1,391
1997	869
1998	1,103
1999	952
2000	2,510
2001	700
2002	683
2003	537
2004	727
2005	769
2006	886
2007	1,315
2008	1,424
2009	818
2010	1,501
2011	621
2012	684
2013	646
2014	1,040
2015	1,496
2016	530
2017	808
2018	256
2019	418
2020	507
2021	441
2022	767
2023	544
2024	328
2025	1,485

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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 20	587
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	2