Weather Records on 7 July 1978

794 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 July 1978. Highest significance: Napier Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 7 July 1978

On 7 July 1978, 794 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
209 were record highs and 306 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 753 daily.
Napier Downs set a monthly record daily precipitation of 106.0 mm (4.2 in) on 7 July 1978.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

794 stations

794 station records on 7 July 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 July 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Napier Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Beagle Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Fitzroy Crossing Comp.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Myroodah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jubilee Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Grangeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Anderson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Njaksimvol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gogo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Genevad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saguache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wymore	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Opodepe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alma Bacon Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belem Do Brejo Do Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	249.9 mm (9.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kirensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tamala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Keithsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gallup 5 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrow 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tuoy-Khaya	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Erbogacen	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

794 records

Records set or tied on 7 July 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 185, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 121, Heaviest daily rainfall 279.

Records on 7 July 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	185
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	121
Heaviest daily rainfall	279
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 July 1978 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 39, daily 753.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

639 broken records

Margins by which the 639 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 July 1978

Top 20 records on 7 July 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 July 1978	Napier Downs, AU	monthly rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	38 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1978	Beagle Bay, AU	monthly rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	22 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1978	Fitzroy Crossing Comp., AU	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1978	Myroodah, AU	monthly rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1978	Bayfield 6 N, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1978	Jubilee Downs, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1978	Leopold Downs, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1978	Grangeville, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1978	Gordon Downs, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1978	Mount Anderson, AU	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1978	Ashland, US	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1978	Coloso, PR	daily low max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1978	Victor 4 N, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1978	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1978	Tenerife/Los Rodeos, ES	daily high min	21.4 C (70.5 F)	6.4 C (11.5 F)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1978	Pitea, SE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1978	Wellington, US	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1978	Njaksimvol, RU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1978	Albia 3 NNE, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	78 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1978	Keams Canyon, US	monthly low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	66 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

1793 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1978. 1978 had 794 records.

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

Records on 07-07 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1812	1
1813	1
1815	1
1819	3
1821	1
1825	1
1828	2
1835	1
1845	1
1850	1
1856	2
1857	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1865	2
1867	1
1870	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	1
1877	3
1878	2
1879	1
1883	1
1887	4
1889	2
1890	8
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1897	2
1898	3
1899	2
1900	14
1901	5
1902	13
1903	10
1904	4
1905	11
1906	12
1907	6
1908	26
1909	22
1910	16
1911	67
1912	31
1913	17
1914	49
1915	72
1916	126
1917	120
1918	42
1919	37
1920	42
1921	65
1922	135
1923	166
1924	166
1925	198
1926	135
1927	184
1928	200
1929	122
1930	332
1931	442
1932	315
1933	337
1934	390
1935	311
1936	795
1937	280
1938	268
1939	359
1940	467
1941	334
1942	516
1943	309
1944	411
1945	299
1946	208
1947	532
1948	404
1949	374
1950	431
1951	416
1952	515
1953	623
1954	622
1955	485
1956	1,170
1957	394
1958	749
1959	391
1960	663
1961	318
1962	294
1963	510
1964	549
1965	388
1966	304
1967	430
1968	624
1969	967
1970	391
1971	467
1972	1,155
1973	1,120
1974	652
1975	571
1976	679
1977	828
1978	794
1979	924
1980	848
1981	1,025
1982	795
1983	1,013
1984	1,044
1985	939
1986	770
1987	728
1988	1,251
1989	1,040
1990	781
1991	1,040
1992	938
1993	1,762
1994	1,394
1995	576
1996	1,218
1997	752
1998	1,382
1999	971
2000	823
2001	983
2002	667
2003	664
2004	1,084
2005	949
2006	1,061
2007	1,067
2008	1,174
2009	930
2010	1,411
2011	749
2012	1,423
2013	549
2014	539
2015	1,263
2016	717
2017	904
2018	550
2019	506
2020	556
2021	930
2022	744
2023	577
2024	1,277
2025	562
2026	522

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Data for records on 1978-07-07: 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	601
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1