Weather Records on 28 June 1978

797 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 June 1978. Highest significance: Vasteras-Hasslo, SE.

Key Facts for 28 June 1978

On 28 June 1978, 797 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
261 were record highs and 211 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 764 daily.
Vasteras-Hasslo set a daily record precipitation of 37.6 mm (1.5 in) on 28 June 1978.
Across 158 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

797 stations

797 station records on 28 June 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 June 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Anvil Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Skultuna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Empress	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Manoa Tun 2 716	United States	Record daily precipitation	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lekeberga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kolsva	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moskovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Riddarhyttan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Catemaco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	188.5 mm (7.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gullspang	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eskilstuna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sickelsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuanu Rsch 4 783	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dono	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnoozersk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record daily precipitation	100.5 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Conchas Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Patu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sertania (Alagoa de Baixo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valmora	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sexton Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marcelino Vieira (Panatis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coroata	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mineirolandia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hyvlinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Francisco I. Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vanceburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Peterboro 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa AP ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Landsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bachiniva	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barstow	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Avalon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

797 records

Records set or tied on 28 June 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 145, Highest daily minimum 164, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 324, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 28 June 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	145
Highest daily minimum	164
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	324
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 June 1978 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 29, daily 764.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

649 broken records

Margins by which the 649 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 129.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 June 1978

Top 20 records on 28 June 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 June 1978	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 June 1978	Anvil Rch, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 June 1978	Kalihi Rsch Site 777, US	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 June 1978	Artesia 6S, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1978	Humboldt 3 W, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1978	Ft Sumner, US	monthly rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1978	Newkirk, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1978	Skultuna, SE	monthly rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1978	Empress, CA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1978	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1978	Manoa Tun 2 716, US	monthly rain	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1978	Lekeberga, SE	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1978	Kolsva, SE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1978	Canton, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1978	Santa Rosa, US	monthly rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1978	Moskovo, RU	daily rain	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1978	Riddarhyttan, SE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1978	Wyong (Wyong Golf Club), AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1978	Catemaco, MX	daily rain	188.5 mm (7.4 in)	129.1 mm (5.1 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1978	Gullspang, SE	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	46 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

1815 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1978. 1978 had 797 records.

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

Records on 06-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1823	1
1824	1
1827	1
1834	1
1835	2
1840	1
1841	1
1857	1
1860	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1867	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1884	1
1887	3
1888	4
1889	2
1890	5
1891	1
1892	4
1893	5
1895	1
1896	2
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	19
1902	8
1903	2
1904	12
1905	19
1906	24
1907	12
1908	10
1909	26
1910	51
1911	30
1912	21
1913	57
1914	50
1915	64
1916	99
1917	20
1918	46
1919	69
1920	146
1921	68
1922	45
1923	222
1924	105
1925	168
1926	335
1927	256
1928	176
1929	146
1930	195
1931	843
1932	218
1933	475
1934	594
1935	332
1936	556
1937	378
1938	591
1939	333
1940	256
1941	454
1942	570
1943	422
1944	386
1945	489
1946	401
1947	818
1948	435
1949	316
1950	340
1951	420
1952	685
1953	293
1954	427
1955	369
1956	582
1957	636
1958	749
1959	647
1960	290
1961	405
1962	333
1963	672
1964	328
1965	363
1966	394
1967	398
1968	1,286
1969	961
1970	897
1971	629
1972	503
1973	696
1974	953
1975	611
1976	661
1977	397
1978	797
1979	542
1980	1,754
1981	870
1982	737
1983	1,336
1984	448
1985	1,223
1986	657
1987	615
1988	1,224
1989	736
1990	1,006
1991	1,389
1992	1,306
1993	753
1994	1,209
1995	959
1996	1,094
1997	860
1998	1,271
1999	1,348
2000	1,297
2001	712
2002	1,020
2003	748
2004	965
2005	995
2006	1,051
2007	1,086
2008	554
2009	839
2010	1,186
2011	1,051
2012	1,204
2013	934
2014	695
2015	1,257
2016	424
2017	595
2018	711
2019	685
2020	915
2021	1,472
2022	853
2023	619
2024	694
2025	454
2026	1,942

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Data for records on 1978-06-28: 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	619
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1