Weather Records on 5 April 1978

486 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1978. Highest significance: Pocinhos (Joffily), BR.

Key Facts for 5 April 1978

On 5 April 1978, 486 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
244 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 468 daily.
Pocinhos (Joffily) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 151.4 mm (6.0 in) on 5 April 1978.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

486 stations

486 station records on 5 April 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pocinhos (Joffily)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Bambaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.4 mm (6.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ibitiara (Bom Sucesso)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dumure	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Andarai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	217.7 mm (8.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morpara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ellenburg Depot	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ecum Secum	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Valujki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cotegipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ituacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Adams Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koolatah Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Forsyth 6 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oliveira Dos Brejinhos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
De Rust	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paramirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Washburn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barra da Estiva	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Meade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Schuyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barra Do Mendes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ralph 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Graham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Midland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boqueirao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Magiscatzin (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leeuwfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Big Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mosquito Creek Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Timber Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nova Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.5 mm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grangeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

486 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 108, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 136, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 175, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 5 April 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	108
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	136
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 5 April 1978 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 14, daily 468.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

373 broken records

Margins by which the 373 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 177.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1978

Top 20 records on 5 April 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1978	Pocinhos (Joffily), BR	all-time rain	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	17 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1978	Bambaroo, AU	daily rain	162.4 mm (6.4 in)	128.9 mm (5.1 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1978	Ibitiara (Bom Sucesso), BR	monthly rain	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	6 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1978	Columbus 3 NE, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1978	Dumure, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1978	Franklin, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1978	Andarai, BR	all-time rain	217.7 mm (8.6 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1978	Port Aux Basques, CA	monthly snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1978	Morpara, BR	all-time rain	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1978	Ellenburg Depot, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	78 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1978	Wytheville, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1978	Ecum Secum, CA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1978	Valujki, RU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1978	Weaverville, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1978	Cotegipe, BR	daily rain	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1978	Ituacu, BR	daily rain	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1978	Mt Adams Rs, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	68 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1978	Collegeville, CA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	55 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1978	Hebgen Dam, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1978	Koolatah Station, AU	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	35 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

1809 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1978. 1978 had 486 records.

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

Records on 04-05 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1815	2
1828	1
1848	2
1851	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1870	1
1874	2
1876	2
1879	2
1881	4
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	15
1904	3
1905	30
1906	4
1907	15
1908	12
1909	33
1910	74
1911	82
1912	44
1913	11
1914	31
1915	36
1916	38
1917	43
1918	66
1919	36
1920	94
1921	158
1922	126
1923	107
1924	46
1925	111
1926	394
1927	149
1928	382
1929	1,124
1930	155
1931	162
1932	254
1933	379
1934	302
1935	416
1936	576
1937	427
1938	215
1939	356
1940	214
1941	401
1942	448
1943	344
1944	831
1945	460
1946	290
1947	649
1948	262
1949	379
1950	593
1951	305
1952	517
1953	249
1954	605
1955	364
1956	304
1957	795
1958	479
1959	559
1960	770
1961	523
1962	324
1963	546
1964	675
1965	456
1966	518
1967	745
1968	590
1969	498
1970	499
1971	481
1972	685
1973	680
1974	652
1975	1,581
1976	335
1977	880
1978	486
1979	886
1980	486
1981	927
1982	1,964
1983	1,909
1984	703
1985	922
1986	800
1987	1,687
1988	1,054
1989	945
1990	868
1991	1,595
1992	827
1993	627
1994	734
1995	1,500
1996	827
1997	2,108
1998	808
1999	1,658
2000	1,194
2001	1,097
2002	790
2003	1,120
2004	756
2005	856
2006	1,070
2007	1,144
2008	685
2009	1,096
2010	926
2011	974
2012	745
2013	987
2014	444
2015	433
2016	828
2017	518
2018	906
2019	373
2020	483
2021	1,030
2022	758
2023	2,543
2024	1,289
2025	1,320
2026	782

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Data for records on 1978-04-05: 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 25	348
25 to 50	16
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1