Weather Records on 20 December 1968

482 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 December 1968. Highest significance: Sriperumbudur, IN.

Key Facts for 20 December 1968

On 20 December 1968, 482 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
73 were record highs and 162 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 466 daily.
Sriperumbudur set a daily record precipitation of 116.0 mm (4.6 in) on 20 December 1968.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

482 stations

482 station records on 20 December 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 December 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sriperumbudur	India	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Etne	Norway	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Sao Joaquim (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	134.5 mm (5.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Sal	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tapalpa (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Foremost	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yuleba State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tacoma	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hiawatha	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruttani	India	Record daily precipitation	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arteaga	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Duchesne	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bliss 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hazelton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Watersmeet	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grangeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Danbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boolburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Timbauba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paul 1ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ingenio Tamazula	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ojai	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Melmoth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ennore Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goldfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

482 records

Records set or tied on 20 December 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 100, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 157, Heaviest daily snowfall 66, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 20 December 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	100
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	66
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 20 December 1968 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 466.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

393 broken records

Margins by which the 393 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 December 1968

Top 20 records on 20 December 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 December 1968	Sriperumbudur, IN	daily rain	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	89.3 mm (3.5 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1968	Sviland, NO	daily rain	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1968	Etne, NO	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1968	Usina Sao Joaquim (Cpfl), BR	all-time rain	134.5 mm (5.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1968	La Sal, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1968	Beaver, US	daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	58 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1968	Bluff Post Office, AU	monthly rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	58 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1968	Tapalpa (Smn), MX	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1968	Hollister, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1968	Foremost, CA	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1968	Casa Grande, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1968	Long Prairie, US	daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	4.5 cm (1.8 in)	51 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1968	Austin #2, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1968	Ashland, US	daily low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	64 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1968	Yuleba State Forest, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1968	Tacoma, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	1 year	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1968	Bluff, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1968	Hiawatha, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	52 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1968	Riverton, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1968	Tiruttani, IN	daily rain	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	26 years	32 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

1793 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1968. 1968 had 482 records.

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

Records on 12-20 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	2
1808	1
1815	1
1828	1
1837	1
1846	1
1855	8
1858	1
1860	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	2
1874	3
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	4
1885	1
1886	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1894	2
1895	8
1896	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	7
1901	8
1902	14
1903	17
1904	9
1905	5
1906	5
1907	11
1908	5
1909	22
1910	17
1911	24
1912	27
1913	7
1914	43
1915	18
1916	45
1917	33
1918	18
1919	25
1920	22
1921	101
1922	88
1923	215
1924	332
1925	96
1926	163
1927	200
1928	93
1929	256
1930	67
1931	536
1932	170
1933	492
1934	265
1935	152
1936	416
1937	181
1938	240
1939	308
1940	965
1941	633
1942	817
1943	193
1944	340
1945	430
1946	327
1947	385
1948	345
1949	1,141
1950	758
1951	926
1952	394
1953	385
1954	416
1955	726
1956	471
1957	1,354
1958	382
1959	142
1960	354
1961	369
1962	475
1963	875
1964	499
1965	353
1966	555
1967	1,370
1968	482
1969	514
1970	518
1971	441
1972	448
1973	1,184
1974	328
1975	610
1976	382
1977	484
1978	910
1979	600
1980	667
1981	1,681
1982	712
1983	2,995
1984	1,411
1985	1,035
1986	321
1987	1,179
1988	760
1989	1,812
1990	1,885
1991	1,172
1992	1,134
1993	1,266
1994	813
1995	1,128
1996	1,448
1997	651
1998	1,110
1999	938
2000	1,150
2001	523
2002	943
2003	1,315
2004	836
2005	515
2006	1,387
2007	986
2008	1,356
2009	1,502
2010	2,055
2011	846
2012	1,131
2013	584
2014	524
2015	1,238
2016	603
2017	688
2018	592
2019	731
2020	554
2021	442
2022	567
2023	1,242
2024	897
2025	1,166

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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	362
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1