Weather Records on 7 August 1978

1,210 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1978. Highest significance: Malmsbury Reservoir, AU.

Key Facts for 7 August 1978

On 7 August 1978, 1,210 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
289 were record highs and 212 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 66 monthly and 1,132 daily.
Malmsbury Reservoir set a daily record precipitation of 49.1 mm (1.9 in) on 7 August 1978.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

1,210 stations

1,210 station records on 7 August 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Pinnaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Tarlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lameroo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Stockwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kingscote (Karinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mount Templeton (Glenalbyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Munsingen-Apfelstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Coliban Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Newstead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Derrinallum (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yunta (Paratoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Birchip (Marlbed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Joyces Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gurrai Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cowangie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroonook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Pineview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sea Lake (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Laanecoorie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dergholm (Hillgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Blowing Rock 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Walpa (Danyo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pura Pura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tryon	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Werribee Research Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coleraine Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Neustadt/Aisch	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Lagoon (Hawks Nest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Narraport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Campbelltown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Friedrichshafen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,210 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 137, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 152, Lowest daily minimum 99, Heaviest daily rainfall 709.

Records on 7 August 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	137
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	152
Lowest daily minimum	99
Heaviest daily rainfall	709
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1978 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 66, daily 1,132.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,022 broken records

Margins by which the 1,022 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 128.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1978

Top 20 records on 7 August 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1978	Malmsbury Reservoir, AU	daily rain	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	104 years	79 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1978	Freiburg, DE	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	98 years	79 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1978	Pinnaroo, AU	monthly rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	78 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1978	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1978	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	69 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1978	Tarlee, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1978	Victor Harbor Comparison, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1978	Walhalla, US	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	73 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1978	Mintaro, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1978	Stonyfell, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1978	Lameroo Comparison, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1978	Curramulka, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1978	Stockwell, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1978	Kingscote (Karinga), AU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1978	Stuttgart-Stadt, DE	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1978	Bamberg, DE	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	97 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1978	Mount Templeton (Glenalbyn), AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1978	Maldon (Derby Hill), AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1978	Munsingen-Apfelstetten, DE	monthly rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	79 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1978	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	monthly rain	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	58 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

1808 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1978. 1978 had 1,210 records.

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

Records on 08-07 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1812	1
1815	1
1816	1
1817	1
1833	2
1844	1
1845	1
1848	1
1857	3
1858	1
1859	2
1861	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1870	2
1875	1
1876	5
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1889	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	6
1901	3
1902	5
1903	17
1904	8
1905	8
1906	9
1907	10
1908	13
1909	11
1910	1
1911	36
1912	31
1913	39
1914	24
1915	40
1916	50
1917	21
1918	108
1919	36
1920	36
1921	55
1922	61
1923	101
1924	128
1925	81
1926	115
1927	109
1928	188
1929	181
1930	486
1931	357
1932	249
1933	310
1934	608
1935	507
1936	286
1937	446
1938	568
1939	561
1940	271
1941	305
1942	340
1943	601
1944	332
1945	882
1946	500
1947	461
1948	756
1949	587
1950	541
1951	562
1952	556
1953	378
1954	589
1955	536
1956	321
1957	868
1958	571
1959	356
1960	344
1961	356
1962	718
1963	522
1964	446
1965	552
1966	400
1967	701
1968	600
1969	523
1970	652
1971	969
1972	1,172
1973	568
1974	746
1975	1,177
1976	1,168
1977	617
1978	1,210
1979	559
1980	871
1981	855
1982	727
1983	1,207
1984	840
1985	1,088
1986	544
1987	1,146
1988	897
1989	1,472
1990	1,625
1991	1,217
1992	1,236
1993	1,040
1994	1,262
1995	1,521
1996	1,107
1997	1,460
1998	1,183
1999	950
2000	871
2001	1,386
2002	907
2003	1,244
2004	1,400
2005	882
2006	923
2007	1,309
2008	918
2009	1,121
2010	1,098
2011	1,282
2012	688
2013	665
2014	501
2015	1,027
2016	505
2017	954
2018	636
2019	609
2020	605
2021	397
2022	880
2023	1,221
2024	835
2025	733
2026	1,047

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Data for records on 1978-08-07: 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 2026-10-17 (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	922
20 to 40	73
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1