Weather Records on 14 January 1978

859 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 January 1978. Highest significance: Goshen, US.

Key Facts for 14 January 1978

On 14 January 1978, 859 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
127 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 826 daily.
Goshen set a daily record snowfall of 19.1 cm (7.5 in) on 14 January 1978.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

859 stations

859 station records on 14 January 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 January 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goshen	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
St Margaret's Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Five Mile Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mineracao Morro Velho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Liverpool Big Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Caixa de Areia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Meteghan River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottetown A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Summerside A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	37.8 cm (14.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Las Escobas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tamaqua 4 N Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Irara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
North River Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Tomas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beavertown 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar	Canada	Record daily precipitation	96.4 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Martim Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta State AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Shasta	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yarmouth A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Round Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsborough Rvr Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hatchville	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta State AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ojos Negros	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

859 records

Records set or tied on 14 January 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 355, Heaviest daily snowfall 193, Deepest snow cover 92.

Records on 14 January 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	355
Heaviest daily snowfall	193
Deepest snow cover	92

Records on 14 January 1978 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 31, daily 826.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

729 broken records

Margins by which the 729 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 284.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 January 1978

Top 20 records on 14 January 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 January 1978	Goshen, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	80 years	70 of 100 (Major)
14 January 1978	Presque Isle, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 January 1978	Hyannis, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 January 1978	Charlottetown Cda, CA	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 January 1978	St Margaret's Bay, CA	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 January 1978	Port Hastings, CA	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1978	Nappan Cda, CA	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1978	Annapolis Royal, CA	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1978	Kentville Cda, CA	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1978	Eastport, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1978	Five Mile Lake, CA	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1978	Storrs, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1978	Pembroke, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1978	Mineracao Morro Velho, BR	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1978	Baddeck, CA	daily rain	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1978	Liverpool Big Falls, CA	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1978	Caixa de Areia, BR	daily rain	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1978	Meteghan River, CA	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1978	Charlottetown A, CA	daily rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1978	Summerside A, CA	daily snowfall	37.8 cm (14.9 in)	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	14 years	47 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 859 records.

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

Records on 01-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1799	1
1839	1
1852	1
1858	1
1864	3
1866	1
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1878	3
1881	3
1884	2
1885	1
1889	2
1890	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	1
1902	4
1903	2
1904	25
1905	18
1906	10
1907	12
1908	9
1909	23
1910	79
1911	53
1912	53
1913	6
1914	63
1915	36
1916	17
1917	63
1918	134
1919	35
1920	66
1921	74
1922	31
1923	120
1924	48
1925	261
1926	69
1927	119
1928	626
1929	244
1930	713
1931	92
1932	1,117
1933	82
1934	163
1935	253
1936	134
1937	536
1938	425
1939	198
1940	484
1941	481
1942	385
1943	603
1944	489
1945	481
1946	292
1947	497
1948	435
1949	355
1950	930
1951	533
1952	813
1953	629
1954	404
1955	293
1956	397
1957	796
1958	296
1959	243
1960	905
1961	414
1962	485
1963	1,887
1964	1,313
1965	486
1966	300
1967	436
1968	1,198
1969	904
1970	549
1971	706
1972	1,467
1973	645
1974	1,194
1975	718
1976	585
1977	747
1978	859
1979	1,883
1980	1,162
1981	1,042
1982	1,642
1983	685
1984	876
1985	1,211
1986	580
1987	1,305
1988	917
1989	872
1990	588
1991	542
1992	1,143
1993	1,474
1994	1,112
1995	2,049
1996	1,472
1997	1,769
1998	863
1999	754
2000	804
2001	1,140
2002	1,010
2003	524
2004	1,162
2005	1,337
2006	878
2007	2,533
2008	457
2009	841
2010	644
2011	1,565
2012	415
2013	1,619
2014	452
2015	634
2016	434
2017	801
2018	601
2019	349
2020	823
2021	677
2022	529
2023	808
2024	2,058
2025	387
2026	1,202

Download the Data

Data for records on 1978-01-14: 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	616
50 to 100	68
100 to 150	25
150 to 200	14
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	2