Weather Records on 14 July 1978

495 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 July 1978. Highest significance: Coloso, PR.

Key Facts for 14 July 1978

On 14 July 1978, 495 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
207 were record highs and 166 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 487 daily.
Coloso set a daily record low maximum temperature of 27.8 C (82.0 F) on 14 July 1978.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

495 stations

495 station records on 14 July 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 July 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Muzi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dundee 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
El Oregano	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Berezovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bilovodsk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Porter 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wannamal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Semjachik	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Lambert Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Ahumada	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ogoron	Russia	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oktyabr Skoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crawford 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Nicolas Is	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boquilla Santa Rosa de la Mis	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tuzantla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burbank Valley Pump Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tahoua	Niger	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Parma	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Menard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Miramar NAS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paragould	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

495 records

Records set or tied on 14 July 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 95, Lowest daily maximum 110, Highest daily minimum 112, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 122.

Records on 14 July 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	95
Lowest daily maximum	110
Highest daily minimum	112
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 July 1978 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 6, daily 487.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

375 broken records

Margins by which the 375 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 July 1978

Top 20 records on 14 July 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 July 1978	Coloso, PR	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1978	Muzi, RU	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1978	Hatteras, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	75 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1978	Dundee 2NE, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1978	El Oregano, MX	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1978	Berezovo, RU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1978	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	82 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1978	Bilovodsk, UA	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1978	Arhangelsk, RU	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1978	Elsinore, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	72 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1978	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily high min	15.9 C (60.6 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	82 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1978	Hopkinsville, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1978	Statesville 2 NNE, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1978	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily low max	14.5 C (58.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	89 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1978	Ostrov Sosnovez, RU	daily low min	1.9 C (35.4 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	76 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1978	Porter 2 E, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1978	Memphis Intl AP, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1978	Springfield, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1978	Wannamal, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 July 1978	Georgetown, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	68 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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

1802 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1978. 1978 had 495 records.

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

Records on 07-14 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1808	1
1824	1
1832	1
1840	2
1845	1
1856	1
1860	2
1864	2
1866	1
1875	1
1876	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1883	3
1884	3
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	3
1894	4
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	10
1899	6
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	21
1904	18
1905	11
1906	18
1907	13
1908	15
1909	7
1910	23
1911	28
1912	116
1913	21
1914	43
1915	17
1916	18
1917	55
1918	72
1919	44
1920	44
1921	105
1922	31
1923	127
1924	156
1925	138
1926	500
1927	212
1928	221
1929	87
1930	497
1931	430
1932	623
1933	378
1934	413
1935	278
1936	1,019
1937	282
1938	202
1939	367
1940	536
1941	548
1942	278
1943	364
1944	240
1945	466
1946	229
1947	379
1948	422
1949	436
1950	726
1951	335
1952	995
1953	518
1954	1,141
1955	1,058
1956	360
1957	368
1958	455
1959	349
1960	554
1961	441
1962	922
1963	535
1964	618
1965	256
1966	668
1967	1,124
1968	553
1969	595
1970	477
1971	436
1972	588
1973	652
1974	654
1975	1,054
1976	693
1977	544
1978	495
1979	559
1980	1,178
1981	708
1982	809
1983	930
1984	862
1985	720
1986	722
1987	1,035
1988	806
1989	640
1990	1,748
1991	860
1992	999
1993	1,432
1994	1,250
1995	1,459
1996	1,038
1997	723
1998	1,350
1999	1,536
2000	999
2001	870
2002	1,401
2003	1,037
2004	638
2005	758
2006	998
2007	862
2008	683
2009	920
2010	1,678
2011	1,093
2012	1,114
2013	539
2014	711
2015	622
2016	682
2017	674
2018	475
2019	415
2020	635
2021	788
2022	575
2023	724
2024	784
2025	756
2026	1,037

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 14 July 1978
Margin	Records
0 to 10	331
10 to 20	25
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	3