Weather Records on 17 June 1978

589 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 June 1978. Highest significance: Weinsberg, DE.

Key Facts for 17 June 1978

On 17 June 1978, 589 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
168 were record highs and 235 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 559 daily.
Weinsberg set an all-time record daily precipitation of 117.5 mm (4.6 in) on 17 June 1978.
Across 162 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

589 stations

589 station records on 17 June 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 June 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Weinsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	117.5 mm (4.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Durham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Neustadt/Weinstrasse	Germany	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Richland Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Schwabisch Hall-Bibersfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lynxville Dam 9	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eppingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brodribb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tobermory	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eichstatt-Landershofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Heilbronn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Janesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Muscoda	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vouziers	France	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uniao Dos Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ex Hacienda San Diego	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waukon 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Crescent Dam 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pforzheim-Eutingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lone Rock Tri Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vishakhapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Culpanovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Farmingdale 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Box Butte Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Glenside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Passau-Oberhaus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coral Harbour A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

589 records

Records set or tied on 17 June 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 140, Heaviest daily rainfall 185, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 17 June 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	140
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 June 1978 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 23, daily 559.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

475 broken records

Margins by which the 475 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 June 1978

Top 20 records on 17 June 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 June 1978	Weinsberg, DE	all-time rain	117.5 mm (4.6 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	72 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1978	Durham, CA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	86 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1978	Neustadt/Weinstrasse, DE	monthly rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1978	Ohringen, DE	all-time rain	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1978	Richland Ctr, US	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1978	Schwabisch Hall-Bibersfeld, DE	all-time rain	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1978	Kaiserslautern, DE	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1978	Hartford Wwtp, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	82 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1978	Kakinada, IN	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	71 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1978	Lynxville Dam 9, US	monthly rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1978	Eppingen, DE	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1978	Brodribb River, AU	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1978	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	daily rain	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	89 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1978	Caledonia, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1978	Viroqua, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1978	Tobermory, CA	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1978	Eichstatt-Landershofen, DE	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1978	Stuttgart-Stadt, DE	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1978	Heilbronn, DE	all-time rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1978	Janesville, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	43 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

1807 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1978. 1978 had 589 records.

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

Records on 06-17 in each year
Year	Records
1807	2
1810	1
1811	1
1830	1
1837	1
1839	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1855	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	1
1882	3
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1892	3
1894	1
1895	7
1896	3
1897	2
1898	1
1899	2
1900	6
1901	9
1902	4
1903	8
1904	4
1905	12
1906	22
1907	20
1908	26
1909	13
1910	9
1911	22
1912	47
1913	45
1914	101
1915	20
1916	103
1917	68
1918	36
1919	58
1920	79
1921	52
1922	59
1923	110
1924	80
1925	136
1926	193
1927	357
1928	137
1929	238
1930	354
1931	194
1932	257
1933	413
1934	310
1935	338
1936	484
1937	284
1938	245
1939	1,206
1940	454
1941	250
1942	286
1943	289
1944	623
1945	614
1946	419
1947	336
1948	452
1949	571
1950	506
1951	208
1952	752
1953	455
1954	488
1955	570
1956	375
1957	761
1958	597
1959	507
1960	511
1961	1,319
1962	323
1963	383
1964	794
1965	763
1966	464
1967	402
1968	403
1969	700
1970	435
1971	407
1972	437
1973	701
1974	932
1975	453
1976	430
1977	410
1978	589
1979	646
1980	754
1981	1,201
1982	642
1983	728
1984	644
1985	693
1986	912
1987	1,078
1988	712
1989	870
1990	932
1991	1,094
1992	795
1993	684
1994	1,186
1995	1,350
1996	750
1997	1,056
1998	1,661
1999	1,260
2000	1,460
2001	678
2002	1,148
2003	647
2004	839
2005	914
2006	724
2007	839
2008	656
2009	739
2010	1,104
2011	922
2012	792
2013	610
2014	685
2015	1,113
2016	874
2017	692
2018	1,050
2019	551
2020	914
2021	1,980
2022	1,209
2023	617
2024	839
2025	593
2026	743

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 17 June 1978
Margin	Records
0 to 10	396
10 to 20	41
20 to 30	22
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2