Weather Records on 8 August 1978

976 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 1978. Highest significance: Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE.

Key Facts for 8 August 1978

On 8 August 1978, 976 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
341 were record highs and 207 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 19 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 920 daily.
Doberlug-Kirchhain set an all-time record daily precipitation of 111.3 mm (4.4 in) on 8 August 1978.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

976 stations

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

Weather records on 8 August 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	104.8 mm (4.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Angermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Berlin-Tempelhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	119.5 mm (4.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Little Swanport (Lisdillon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hawarden Bridge	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Waddamana Field Study Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Orford South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Orford (Rheban)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Campania (the Pines)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shannon River (Hermitage)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hardwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ware	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Freiberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Southbridge 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pascoe Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brandenburg-Gorden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maribyrnong Explosives Factory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea (Kelvedon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hubbardston	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Triabunna (3 Boyle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tunnack Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

976 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 130, Highest daily minimum 201, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 427, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 8 August 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	130
Highest daily minimum	201
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	427
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 1978 by timescale: all-time 19, monthly 37, daily 920.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

784 broken records

Margins by which the 784 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 1978

Top 20 records on 8 August 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 1978	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	all-time rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 August 1978	Garsebach Bei Meissen, DE	monthly rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	64 years	76 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1978	Sorell (Whitlea), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	87 years	75 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1978	Bad Muskau, DE	all-time rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1978	Potsdam, DE	all-time rain	104.8 mm (4.1 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	73 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1978	Fichtelberg, DE	daily rain	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1978	Angermunde, DE	all-time rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1978	Berlin-Tempelhof, DE	all-time rain	119.5 mm (4.7 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1978	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1978	Cottbus, DE	all-time rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1978	Ueckermunde, DE	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1978	Dresden Wahnsdorf, DE	monthly rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1978	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1978	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	79 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1978	Mansfield, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1978	Cranbrook (Cranbrook House), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1978	Lake Spaulding, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	75 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1978	Little Swanport (Lisdillon), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1978	Lindisfarne, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1978	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	31 years	59 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 976 records.

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

Records on 08-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1815	1
1833	1
1843	1
1844	2
1845	1
1854	1
1859	3
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	3
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	3
1888	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1895	8
1896	2
1897	5
1898	10
1899	8
1900	11
1901	2
1902	2
1903	20
1904	13
1905	7
1906	9
1907	9
1908	13
1909	34
1910	5
1911	38
1912	57
1913	28
1914	7
1915	47
1916	39
1917	35
1918	160
1919	28
1920	138
1921	42
1922	74
1923	70
1924	99
1925	149
1926	190
1927	278
1928	252
1929	166
1930	801
1931	318
1932	234
1933	228
1934	734
1935	508
1936	359
1937	362
1938	855
1939	671
1940	333
1941	324
1942	614
1943	512
1944	352
1945	572
1946	349
1947	442
1948	543
1949	675
1950	516
1951	513
1952	305
1953	393
1954	558
1955	537
1956	273
1957	517
1958	496
1959	470
1960	399
1961	270
1962	567
1963	601
1964	467
1965	520
1966	598
1967	432
1968	868
1969	584
1970	703
1971	646
1972	1,073
1973	446
1974	726
1975	1,041
1976	1,202
1977	607
1978	976
1979	466
1980	919
1981	964
1982	711
1983	1,110
1984	619
1985	726
1986	575
1987	861
1988	733
1989	2,398
1990	1,124
1991	1,230
1992	1,267
1993	654
1994	1,009
1995	1,503
1996	814
1997	1,381
1998	1,304
1999	1,248
2000	961
2001	1,557
2002	1,059
2003	1,432
2004	1,115
2005	882
2006	842
2007	1,660
2008	834
2009	1,112
2010	1,254
2011	1,256
2012	754
2013	841
2014	542
2015	835
2016	560
2017	831
2018	731
2019	722
2020	894
2021	502
2022	711
2023	979
2024	774
2025	752
2026	1,000

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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	701
20 to 40	66
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1