Weather Records on 19 December 1968

900 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 December 1968. Highest significance: University Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 19 December 1968

On 19 December 1968, 900 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 105 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 852 daily.
University Exp STN set a monthly record daily precipitation of 27.2 mm (1.1 in) on 19 December 1968.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

900 stations

900 station records on 19 December 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 December 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Plattsmouth 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Schuyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Lindsay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	121.8 mm (4.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bruning	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oelwein 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Freeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nebraska City 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Honaunau 27	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manley Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waianae 798	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Falls 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

900 records

Records set or tied on 19 December 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 484, Heaviest daily snowfall 255, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 19 December 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	484
Heaviest daily snowfall	255
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 19 December 1968 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 44, daily 852.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

804 broken records

Margins by which the 804 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 241.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 December 1968

Top 20 records on 19 December 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 December 1968	University Exp STN, US	monthly rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	73 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1968	Auburn 5 ESE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1968	Greenfield, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1968	Plattsmouth 1E, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1968	Superior, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	69 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1968	University Exp STN, US	monthly snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1968	Syracuse, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1968	Clay Ctr, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1968	Maryville 2E, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1968	York, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1968	Schuyler, US	monthly rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1968	Canton, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	70 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1968	Neillsville 3ESE, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1968	Chapman, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1968	Mather 3 NW, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1968	Mount Lindsay, AU	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1968	Corning, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1968	Frankfort, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1968	Wamego 4 W, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1968	Clarinda, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	54 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 900 records.

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

Records on 12-19 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1795	1
1805	1
1835	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	3
1855	3
1859	3
1860	1
1861	2
1869	2
1870	1
1875	2
1877	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1892	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	16
1903	2
1904	19
1905	5
1906	9
1907	12
1908	12
1909	18
1910	22
1911	17
1912	41
1913	50
1914	23
1915	31
1916	38
1917	36
1918	24
1919	53
1920	30
1921	60
1922	155
1923	180
1924	492
1925	79
1926	152
1927	222
1928	45
1929	386
1930	76
1931	650
1932	239
1933	459
1934	455
1935	110
1936	689
1937	211
1938	237
1939	390
1940	392
1941	588
1942	654
1943	364
1944	241
1945	700
1946	182
1947	283
1948	397
1949	632
1950	545
1951	622
1952	469
1953	517
1954	443
1955	906
1956	287
1957	984
1958	386
1959	249
1960	432
1961	595
1962	670
1963	966
1964	753
1965	392
1966	851
1967	1,063
1968	900
1969	381
1970	485
1971	288
1972	325
1973	1,014
1974	252
1975	843
1976	398
1977	569
1978	1,191
1979	829
1980	456
1981	1,515
1982	768
1983	2,804
1984	1,066
1985	1,179
1986	609
1987	1,095
1988	1,001
1989	1,740
1990	1,463
1991	1,236
1992	1,176
1993	1,153
1994	692
1995	1,459
1996	2,108
1997	830
1998	855
1999	609
2000	1,154
2001	627
2002	1,467
2003	996
2004	664
2005	697
2006	1,061
2007	689
2008	1,545
2009	1,937
2010	1,610
2011	832
2012	774
2013	636
2014	537
2015	1,109
2016	1,080
2017	783
2018	397
2019	541
2020	327
2021	603
2022	494
2023	1,224
2024	864
2025	1,542

Download the Data

Data for records on 1968-12-19: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	683
50 to 100	80
100 to 150	29
150 to 200	11
200 to 250	1