Weather Records on 24 July 1978

673 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 July 1978. Highest significance: Micurinsk, RU.

Key Facts for 24 July 1978

On 24 July 1978, 673 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
163 were record highs and 232 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 664 daily.
Micurinsk set a daily record precipitation of 62.8 mm (2.5 in) on 24 July 1978.
Across 158 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

673 stations

673 station records on 24 July 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 July 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Mulwala (Tarramia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Aracati	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ilcir	Russia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Moskovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Livny	Russia	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro Barros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rushworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bungowannah (Roseleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zaporoz'e	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dongara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kjahta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Togul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cosamaloapan de Carpio (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Truxton Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Protem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Ns,	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vevay	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle UNIV of Washin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sete Barras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Unionville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kit Carson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

673 records

Records set or tied on 24 July 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 133, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 99, Heaviest daily rainfall 278.

Records on 24 July 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	133
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	99
Heaviest daily rainfall	278
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 July 1978 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 664.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

528 broken records

Margins by which the 528 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 65.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 July 1978

Top 20 records on 24 July 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 July 1978	Micurinsk, RU	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1978	Mulwala (Tarramia), AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1978	Aracati, BR	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1978	Ilcir, RU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1978	Moskovo, RU	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1978	Livny, RU	all-time rain	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1978	Yackandandah, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1978	Lewisburg 3 N, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1978	Pedro Barros, BR	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1978	Coloso, PR	daily low max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1978	Rushworth, AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1978	Dale Enterprise, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1978	Bungowannah (Roseleigh), AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1978	Zaporoz'e, UA	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1978	Madison Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1978	Yeelanna, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1978	Dongara, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1978	Kjahta, RU	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1978	Mtn Grove 2 N, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1978	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	42 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

1799 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1978. 1978 had 673 records.

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

Records on 07-24 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1813	1
1817	1
1832	1
1836	1
1838	2
1843	2
1844	1
1846	1
1849	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1867	1
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	3
1874	1
1875	2
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1885	3
1889	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	5
1895	2
1896	5
1897	4
1899	3
1900	7
1901	6
1902	5
1903	8
1904	19
1905	19
1906	18
1907	8
1908	11
1909	21
1910	36
1911	51
1912	84
1913	30
1914	22
1915	35
1916	32
1917	40
1918	70
1919	19
1920	46
1921	67
1922	186
1923	87
1924	193
1925	154
1926	186
1927	251
1928	237
1929	187
1930	195
1931	364
1932	249
1933	356
1934	994
1935	342
1936	498
1937	327
1938	545
1939	225
1940	568
1941	335
1942	331
1943	278
1944	315
1945	252
1946	407
1947	852
1948	385
1949	408
1950	384
1951	333
1952	534
1953	403
1954	447
1955	445
1956	379
1957	428
1958	372
1959	522
1960	466
1961	612
1962	996
1963	521
1964	517
1965	333
1966	401
1967	344
1968	430
1969	585
1970	553
1971	678
1972	528
1973	743
1974	670
1975	521
1976	521
1977	829
1978	673
1979	652
1980	487
1981	1,025
1982	689
1983	1,425
1984	789
1985	829
1986	1,227
1987	1,220
1988	1,130
1989	896
1990	944
1991	1,092
1992	1,271
1993	1,705
1994	1,153
1995	927
1996	1,145
1997	1,097
1998	990
1999	1,201
2000	1,236
2001	1,186
2002	796
2003	2,254
2004	1,604
2005	1,158
2006	1,694
2007	1,310
2008	1,363
2009	856
2010	1,859
2011	1,514
2012	827
2013	572
2014	922
2015	483
2016	637
2017	559
2018	953
2019	1,221
2020	432
2021	541
2022	681
2023	804
2024	986
2025	879
2026	924

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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 10	440
10 to 20	57
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1