Weather Records on 8 July 1978

727 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 1978. Highest significance: Leopold Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 8 July 1978

On 8 July 1978, 727 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
215 were record highs and 258 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 688 daily.
Leopold Downs set a daily record precipitation of 55.5 mm (2.2 in) on 8 July 1978.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

727 stations

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

Weather records on 8 July 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Lamboo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Moola Bulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Elrose Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bond Springs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Valga	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Isis Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Creek Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Viljandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fossil	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Springs Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fossil Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ekari Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cypress River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Murdo	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Undoolya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnyj Jar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high maximum temperature	43.5 C (110.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Melnichnoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hereford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mariyna Gorka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pierson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Har Kenaan	Israel	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jimenez (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

727 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 162, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 254.

Records on 8 July 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	162
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	254
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 1978 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 34, daily 688.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

599 broken records

Margins by which the 599 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 1978

Top 20 records on 8 July 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 1978	Leopold Downs, AU	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 July 1978	Lamboo, AU	monthly rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 July 1978	Moola Bulla, AU	monthly rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 July 1978	Newry, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 July 1978	Elrose Station, AU	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 July 1978	Bond Springs Homestead, AU	monthly rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 July 1978	Hopetoun, AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1978	Dayton 1 WSW, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1978	Valga, EE	all-time rain	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1978	Isis Downs, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1978	Minsk, BY	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1978	Halls Creek Airport, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1978	Tallinn, EE	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	82 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1978	Ohotsk, RU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1978	Louisa Downs, AU	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1978	Coloso, PR	daily low max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1978	Greencastle 1 W, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	77 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1978	Biskra, DZ	daily low max	32.0 C (89.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	85 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1978	Minnedosa, CA	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1978	Anningie, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	41 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 727 records.

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

Records on 07-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1811	1
1815	2
1819	3
1844	1
1845	4
1848	2
1852	2
1856	1
1860	1
1864	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1896	7
1898	2
1899	6
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	9
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	9
1908	16
1909	24
1910	32
1911	28
1912	60
1913	29
1914	54
1915	47
1916	206
1917	37
1918	45
1919	34
1920	123
1921	75
1922	146
1923	134
1924	201
1925	141
1926	132
1927	142
1928	191
1929	235
1930	360
1931	250
1932	240
1933	360
1934	226
1935	496
1936	940
1937	287
1938	293
1939	399
1940	294
1941	198
1942	210
1943	248
1944	495
1945	291
1946	380
1947	400
1948	410
1949	352
1950	518
1951	580
1952	741
1953	502
1954	497
1955	554
1956	516
1957	429
1958	651
1959	485
1960	483
1961	356
1962	271
1963	592
1964	603
1965	266
1966	293
1967	266
1968	540
1969	847
1970	375
1971	443
1972	982
1973	831
1974	1,009
1975	537
1976	697
1977	743
1978	727
1979	703
1980	958
1981	945
1982	625
1983	1,198
1984	837
1985	1,024
1986	822
1987	814
1988	1,133
1989	1,174
1990	763
1991	1,152
1992	1,017
1993	1,875
1994	1,389
1995	642
1996	1,356
1997	734
1998	1,616
1999	816
2000	876
2001	916
2002	897
2003	779
2004	1,096
2005	1,250
2006	928
2007	943
2008	1,406
2009	971
2010	1,411
2011	838
2012	1,237
2013	501
2014	692
2015	1,455
2016	670
2017	887
2018	457
2019	569
2020	521
2021	890
2022	607
2023	765
2024	1,269
2025	616
2026	438

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Data for records on 1978-07-08: 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 10	536
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2