Weather Records on 8 June 1978

1,035 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 June 1978. Highest significance: Parrsboro, CA.

Key Facts for 8 June 1978

On 8 June 1978, 1,035 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
262 were record highs and 308 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 1,009 daily.
Parrsboro set a daily record precipitation of 60.8 mm (2.4 in) on 8 June 1978.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

1,035 stations

1,035 station records on 8 June 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 June 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Chokpak	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Caninde de Sao Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Napier Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Itapecerica da Serra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.1 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saude	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tillabery	Niger	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Purvis 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Whiting Fld NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nazare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hissmofors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ak-Terk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aul Turara Ryskulov	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Chapadao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ear Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Cuauhtemoc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pensacola Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vercniy-Gorel'nik	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Northville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Norris	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Helena (Mariquita)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Andalusia 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Run (River)	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo (Merri-Merriga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Tucunduba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burno-Oktyabrsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zacualtipan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aunet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ninety Nine Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ecum Secum	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,035 records

Records set or tied on 8 June 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 223, Lowest daily minimum 202, Heaviest daily rainfall 459, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 8 June 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	223
Lowest daily minimum	202
Heaviest daily rainfall	459
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 June 1978 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 24, daily 1,009.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

860 broken records

Margins by which the 860 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 June 1978

Top 20 records on 8 June 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 June 1978	Parrsboro, CA	daily rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1978	Chokpak, KZ	monthly rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1978	Bay Minette, US	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1978	Namdalseid, NO	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1978	Caninde de Sao Francisco, BR	daily rain	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1978	Poplarville Exp STN, US	daily rain	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	92.9 mm (3.7 in)	19 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1978	Crossville Ed & Rsch STN, US	monthly rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1978	Mc Minnville, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1978	Lien I Selbu, NO	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1978	Sparta Wwtp, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1978	Tullahoma, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1978	Napier Downs, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1978	Itapecerica da Serra, BR	daily rain	79.1 mm (3.1 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1978	Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	77 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1978	Saude, BR	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1978	Tillabery, NE	daily rain	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1978	Kanalohuluhulu 1075, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1978	Pontotoc, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1978	Purvis 2N, US	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1978	Whiting Fld NAS, US	daily rain	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	19 years	48 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

1793 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1978. 1978 had 1,035 records.

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

Records on 06-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1804	1
1808	1
1811	1
1816	1
1837	1
1838	1
1841	3
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	2
1862	3
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1885	1
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	5
1892	1
1894	4
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	2
1902	3
1903	22
1904	4
1905	7
1906	30
1907	6
1908	40
1909	6
1910	11
1911	32
1912	48
1913	31
1914	56
1915	191
1916	51
1917	50
1918	48
1919	31
1920	71
1921	393
1922	88
1923	83
1924	175
1925	151
1926	119
1927	123
1928	134
1929	154
1930	292
1931	356
1932	304
1933	808
1934	364
1935	279
1936	240
1937	251
1938	347
1939	244
1940	230
1941	802
1942	307
1943	177
1944	403
1945	343
1946	272
1947	550
1948	787
1949	347
1950	1,153
1951	593
1952	358
1953	567
1954	312
1955	701
1956	549
1957	342
1958	423
1959	473
1960	301
1961	588
1962	301
1963	500
1964	581
1965	391
1966	368
1967	411
1968	617
1969	458
1970	576
1971	504
1972	780
1973	631
1974	835
1975	576
1976	494
1977	1,385
1978	1,035
1979	1,005
1980	739
1981	1,107
1982	649
1983	974
1984	1,088
1985	1,271
1986	729
1987	920
1988	1,230
1989	1,026
1990	691
1991	906
1992	825
1993	1,054
1994	1,246
1995	1,654
1996	1,751
1997	1,267
1998	1,402
1999	1,217
2000	1,298
2001	980
2002	971
2003	1,158
2004	1,197
2005	1,299
2006	863
2007	1,463
2008	1,771
2009	840
2010	710
2011	1,491
2012	577
2013	729
2014	732
2015	759
2016	747
2017	560
2018	385
2019	704
2020	914
2021	854
2022	452
2023	785
2024	588
2025	747
2026	402

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Data for records on 1978-06-08: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 20	772
20 to 40	59
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2