Weather Records on 12 January 1978

711 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 1978. Highest significance: Dardanelle, US.

Key Facts for 12 January 1978

On 12 January 1978, 711 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 127 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 689 daily.
Dardanelle set a daily record snowfall of 12.7 cm (5.0 in) on 12 January 1978.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

711 stations

711 station records on 12 January 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Zhitckovichi	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Samburg Wr	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Malhada Real	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morrilton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paragould	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madowla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santana Do Jacare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Burgos-Villafria	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Raimundo Nonato	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wharton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.7 C (112.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Euclides da Cunha (Cumbe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Antonio de Jesus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mamakuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murray	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Houston-Westbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Qulin	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Platt Nat'l Pk	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dekalb	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Porto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amersfoort (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parma	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spiro	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rockland 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cosamaloapan de Carpio (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Perkins	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Terezinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shirley	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gerald	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Felix	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cosamaloapan de Carpio (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mulberry 6 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

711 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 226, Heaviest daily snowfall 187, Deepest snow cover 93.

Records on 12 January 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	226
Heaviest daily snowfall	187
Deepest snow cover	93

Records on 12 January 1978 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 16, daily 689.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

570 broken records

Margins by which the 570 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 1978

Top 20 records on 12 January 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 1978	Dardanelle, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	90 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1978	Saint Francis, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1978	Zhitckovichi, BY	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1978	Dublin 2SE, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1978	Newport, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1978	Samburg Wr, US	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1978	Malhada Real, BR	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1978	Morrilton, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1978	Paragould, US	daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	85 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1978	Sallisaw 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1978	Highmarket 2W, US	daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1978	Madowla, AU	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1978	Santana Do Jacare, BR	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1978	Burgos-Villafria, ES	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1978	Lugano, CH	daily rain	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1978	Poteau, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1978	Sao Raimundo Nonato, BR	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1978	Russellville, US	daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1978	Purcell 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1978	Wharton, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	42 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

1794 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1978. 1978 had 711 records.

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

Records on 01-12 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1812	1
1830	2
1840	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1863	2
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	6
1903	13
1904	3
1905	15
1906	4
1907	12
1908	29
1909	19
1910	43
1911	70
1912	55
1913	19
1914	67
1915	39
1916	47
1917	118
1918	148
1919	24
1920	73
1921	31
1922	71
1923	65
1924	87
1925	141
1926	65
1927	144
1928	629
1929	103
1930	185
1931	142
1932	475
1933	91
1934	222
1935	299
1936	334
1937	260
1938	179
1939	296
1940	315
1941	246
1942	327
1943	440
1944	119
1945	490
1946	288
1947	258
1948	330
1949	510
1950	399
1951	368
1952	268
1953	1,207
1954	427
1955	302
1956	503
1957	376
1958	410
1959	568
1960	1,365
1961	291
1962	1,397
1963	2,005
1964	635
1965	346
1966	485
1967	436
1968	1,207
1969	514
1970	527
1971	763
1972	1,289
1973	564
1974	1,057
1975	1,205
1976	986
1977	1,078
1978	711
1979	1,295
1980	1,442
1981	1,508
1982	1,614
1983	1,115
1984	596
1985	896
1986	690
1987	2,007
1988	841
1989	1,019
1990	637
1991	1,324
1992	774
1993	1,923
1994	942
1995	1,688
1996	1,596
1997	1,957
1998	1,077
1999	871
2000	1,061
2001	575
2002	1,011
2003	737
2004	651
2005	1,918
2006	1,117
2007	1,410
2008	715
2009	839
2010	1,044
2011	1,714
2012	810
2013	1,481
2014	515
2015	743
2016	400
2017	1,358
2018	1,198
2019	919
2020	1,310
2021	618
2022	570
2023	830
2024	1,068
2025	543
2026	630

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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	462
50 to 100	73
100 to 150	24
150 to 200	9
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1