Weather Records on 11 July 1978

829 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 July 1978. Highest significance: Lebanon 2W, US.

Key Facts for 11 July 1978

On 11 July 1978, 829 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
126 were record highs and 426 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 806 daily.
Lebanon 2W set a daily record precipitation of 95.3 mm (3.8 in) on 11 July 1978.
Across 167 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 421 records.

Record Map

829 stations

829 station records on 11 July 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 July 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Turi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Makakatana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cavalinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	109.6 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Parma	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Raznavolok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dajarra Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Round Spring 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Viking	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pedras de Abelhas (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fundao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Edmonton City Centre A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dzaore	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caraubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wiggins	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Riverview	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wappapello Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boremba Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moskalvo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uloa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Jukes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tanbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dexter	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ibimirim (Jeritaco)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vikulovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bernie	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Diamantina Lakes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Calmar	Canada	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kulu Halt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kangela, Mtubatuba	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ishpeming	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

829 records

Records set or tied on 11 July 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 212, Highest daily minimum 92, Lowest daily minimum 214, Heaviest daily rainfall 277.

Records on 11 July 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	212
Highest daily minimum	92
Lowest daily minimum	214
Heaviest daily rainfall	277
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 July 1978 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 806.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

641 broken records

Margins by which the 641 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 July 1978

Top 20 records on 11 July 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 July 1978	Lebanon 2W, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
11 July 1978	Turi, EE	daily rain	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1978	Makakatana, ZA	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1978	Mbabane, SZ	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1978	Cavalinho, BR	monthly rain	109.6 mm (4.3 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1978	Parma, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1978	Raznavolok, RU	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1978	Dajarra Hotel, AU	monthly rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1978	Freiburg, DE	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1978	Mtn Grove 2 N, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1978	Round Spring 2SW, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	0 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1978	Viking, CA	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1978	Bikin, RU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1978	Pedras de Abelhas (Dnocs), BR	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1978	Windsor, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1978	Fundao, BR	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1978	Edmonton City Centre A, CA	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1978	Dzaore, RU	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1978	Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1978	Denton, AU	monthly rain	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 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

1813 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1978. 1978 had 829 records.

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

Records on 07-11 in each year
Year	Records
1813	2
1815	1
1816	1
1821	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	2
1851	2
1856	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	1
1876	3
1878	2
1879	3
1882	2
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	9
1890	5
1891	4
1894	12
1895	3
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	7
1900	4
1901	4
1902	3
1903	7
1904	14
1905	16
1906	17
1907	23
1908	36
1909	16
1910	24
1911	87
1912	21
1913	36
1914	45
1915	21
1916	29
1917	121
1918	18
1919	37
1920	22
1921	179
1922	56
1923	107
1924	100
1925	425
1926	215
1927	106
1928	91
1929	121
1930	572
1931	206
1932	291
1933	705
1934	413
1935	387
1936	1,268
1937	405
1938	244
1939	496
1940	296
1941	517
1942	734
1943	369
1944	702
1945	978
1946	275
1947	388
1948	313
1949	286
1950	619
1951	849
1952	519
1953	554
1954	758
1955	343
1956	534
1957	495
1958	519
1959	523
1960	373
1961	731
1962	536
1963	706
1964	482
1965	406
1966	503
1967	368
1968	482
1969	569
1970	404
1971	547
1972	486
1973	658
1974	858
1975	1,107
1976	734
1977	537
1978	829
1979	519
1980	1,002
1981	663
1982	642
1983	984
1984	1,174
1985	607
1986	691
1987	1,030
1988	973
1989	832
1990	1,010
1991	1,038
1992	926
1993	1,227
1994	839
1995	1,037
1996	1,283
1997	686
1998	1,235
1999	1,175
2000	862
2001	874
2002	1,438
2003	1,033
2004	658
2005	1,105
2006	809
2007	962
2008	759
2009	801
2010	1,210
2011	1,016
2012	1,053
2013	553
2014	540
2015	766
2016	1,035
2017	589
2018	439
2019	606
2020	814
2021	935
2022	581
2023	873
2024	1,064
2025	440
2026	705

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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	579
20 to 40	48
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1