Weather Records on 26 June 1978

860 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 June 1978. Highest significance: Morris River, US.

Key Facts for 26 June 1978

On 26 June 1978, 860 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
240 were record highs and 224 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 819 daily.
Morris River set an all-time record daily precipitation of 148.8 mm (5.9 in) on 26 June 1978.
Across 162 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

860 stations

860 station records on 26 June 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 June 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Morris River	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Allegan 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Channahon Dresden Isl Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	189.5 mm (7.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Battle Creek 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Nornalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Balkasino	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Port Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ardrossan (Winulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Peotone	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Viljandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Peppermint Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baker Lake A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kentland	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Western River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zhaltyr	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	80.9 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kent City 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cuballing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet Brandon Road Lock/Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Put-In-Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Magnitogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bremer Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Murmansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Biological STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Samarskoe	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waynoka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Petrolandia (Itaparica)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record low maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moctezuma	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

860 records

Records set or tied on 26 June 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 155, Highest daily minimum 172, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 392, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 26 June 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	155
Highest daily minimum	172
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	392
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 June 1978 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 27, daily 819.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

725 broken records

Margins by which the 725 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 108.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 June 1978

Top 20 records on 26 June 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 June 1978	Morris River, US	all-time rain	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	78 of 100 (Major)
26 June 1978	Allegan 5NE, US	all-time rain	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 June 1978	Channahon Dresden Isl Dam, US	all-time rain	189.5 mm (7.5 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	20 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 June 1978	Warooka, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 June 1978	Battle Creek 5NW, US	all-time rain	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	10 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 June 1978	Nornalup, AU	all-time rain	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 June 1978	Whitestown, US	daily rain	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	108.4 mm (4.3 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1978	Holland Wtp, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1978	Balkasino, KZ	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1978	Kalamazoo State Hospital, US	all-time rain	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1978	Woolgangi, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1978	Port Wakefield, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1978	Fairmont, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1978	Kazan, RU	daily rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1978	Port Victoria, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	77 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1978	Coldwater St School, US	all-time rain	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1978	Mc Henry 3W, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1978	Maitland, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1978	Ardrossan (Winulta), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1978	Peotone, US	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	24 years	50 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

1799 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1978. 1978 had 860 records.

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

Records on 06-26 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1808	1
1811	3
1814	1
1816	1
1824	1
1829	1
1830	1
1833	1
1838	1
1840	2
1843	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	3
1860	1
1862	1
1863	1
1869	1
1871	4
1872	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	2
1881	1
1882	2
1884	2
1885	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	2
1895	6
1896	4
1897	1
1900	3
1901	15
1902	19
1903	11
1904	22
1905	9
1906	16
1907	5
1908	10
1909	30
1910	27
1911	37
1912	27
1913	70
1914	55
1915	29
1916	124
1917	25
1918	68
1919	57
1920	24
1921	132
1922	84
1923	294
1924	45
1925	181
1926	273
1927	145
1928	449
1929	173
1930	220
1931	579
1932	198
1933	387
1934	635
1935	313
1936	562
1937	288
1938	395
1939	262
1940	574
1941	388
1942	500
1943	473
1944	502
1945	269
1946	376
1947	273
1948	343
1949	581
1950	524
1951	433
1952	1,274
1953	340
1954	539
1955	362
1956	406
1957	709
1958	989
1959	454
1960	410
1961	622
1962	352
1963	379
1964	323
1965	1,063
1966	380
1967	683
1968	1,268
1969	1,188
1970	916
1971	635
1972	581
1973	583
1974	1,535
1975	797
1976	726
1977	395
1978	860
1979	1,091
1980	1,285
1981	793
1982	792
1983	838
1984	572
1985	897
1986	933
1987	751
1988	1,267
1989	504
1990	818
1991	1,047
1992	958
1993	640
1994	1,177
1995	732
1996	922
1997	737
1998	1,205
1999	853
2000	725
2001	738
2002	760
2003	1,107
2004	1,040
2005	592
2006	1,104
2007	1,547
2008	541
2009	1,062
2010	1,041
2011	840
2012	1,076
2013	800
2014	584
2015	603
2016	546
2017	624
2018	432
2019	970
2020	459
2021	878
2022	825
2023	578
2024	765
2025	730
2026	935

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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 20	677
20 to 40	39
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1