Weather Records on 1 October 1968

426 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1968. Highest significance: Hohenpeissenberg, DE.

Key Facts for 1 October 1968

On 1 October 1968, 426 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
151 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 411 daily.
Hohenpeissenberg set a daily record precipitation of 48.9 mm (1.9 in) on 1 October 1968.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

426 stations

426 station records on 1 October 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Koolau Dam 833	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ebersberg-Halbing	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nellore	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dhone	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nandura	India	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carabost Forest Headquarters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gulbarga	India	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jalna	India	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sheboygan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Allakaket	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sindgi	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kaneohe Mauka 781	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Reichenhall	Germany	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

426 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 99, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 189, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 1 October 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	99
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 October 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 411.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

352 broken records

Margins by which the 352 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1968

Top 20 records on 1 October 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1968	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	186 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
1 October 1968	Koolau Dam 833, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1968	Reit Im Winkl, DE	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1968	Stellenbosch (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1968	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1968	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, DE	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1968	Makaweli 965, US	monthly rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1968	Toronto, CA	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	90 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1968	Ellwangen-Rindelbach, DE	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1968	Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen, DE	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1968	Tulbagh (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	70 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1968	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	82 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1968	Escanaba, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	89 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1968	Oberstdorf, DE	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1968	Ebersberg-Halbing, DE	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1968	Nellore, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	67 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1968	Ewa Plantation 741, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	57 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1968	Ewa Plantation 741, US	monthly high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	58 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1968	Salzburg, AT	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1968	Robe Comparison, AU	daily low min	4.0 C (39.2 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	83 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

1813 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1968. 1968 had 426 records.

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

Records on 10-01 in each year
Year	Records
1813	1
1814	1
1817	1
1819	1
1820	2
1823	1
1828	1
1845	1
1847	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	4
1876	1
1877	3
1879	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1893	9
1894	4
1895	1
1897	7
1898	1
1899	16
1900	2
1901	4
1902	16
1903	9
1904	8
1905	8
1906	11
1907	11
1908	20
1909	14
1910	12
1911	34
1912	37
1913	20
1914	28
1915	65
1916	105
1917	52
1918	20
1919	25
1920	98
1921	129
1922	160
1923	158
1924	86
1925	135
1926	181
1927	754
1928	129
1929	158
1930	106
1931	237
1932	220
1933	519
1934	188
1935	201
1936	388
1937	453
1938	284
1939	283
1940	207
1941	425
1942	290
1943	324
1944	583
1945	677
1946	486
1947	867
1948	271
1949	254
1950	1,019
1951	521
1952	712
1953	656
1954	976
1955	280
1956	260
1957	646
1958	1,050
1959	1,306
1960	143
1961	566
1962	376
1963	598
1964	312
1965	521
1966	646
1967	437
1968	426
1969	454
1970	275
1971	1,449
1972	625
1973	418
1974	1,104
1975	561
1976	854
1977	1,097
1978	492
1979	488
1980	600
1981	785
1982	733
1983	783
1984	1,266
1985	1,621
1986	1,476
1987	648
1988	502
1989	739
1990	612
1991	1,020
1992	1,392
1993	1,042
1994	580
1995	746
1996	1,007
1997	1,080
1998	1,345
1999	1,096
2000	1,006
2001	924
2002	951
2003	1,198
2004	826
2005	902
2006	806
2007	726
2008	573
2009	1,051
2010	1,093
2011	1,324
2012	647
2013	515
2014	397
2015	729
2016	473
2017	472
2018	694
2019	2,439
2020	566
2021	753
2022	609
2023	1,173
2024	751
2025	384
2026	553

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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 10	316
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1