Weather Records on 10 August 1978

495 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 August 1978. Highest significance: Sar'ja, RU.

Key Facts for 10 August 1978

On 10 August 1978, 495 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
189 were record highs and 146 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 483 daily.
Sar'ja set a daily record precipitation of 33.5 mm (1.3 in) on 10 August 1978.
Across 160 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

495 stations

495 station records on 10 August 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 August 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sar'ja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Edinburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Acaponeta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Borovici	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marshallville 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Embry	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Copperhill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Riga	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palomar Mtn Obsy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vitoria de Santo Antao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral Ridge Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marlin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mazapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Nelson A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paris 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Donegal 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chapala	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parkersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Partizansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Millersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baldonnel	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kostroma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Electra P H	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

495 records

Records set or tied on 10 August 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 91, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 160.

Records on 10 August 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	91
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 August 1978 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 8, daily 483.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

397 broken records

Margins by which the 397 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 42.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 August 1978

Top 20 records on 10 August 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 August 1978	Sar'ja, RU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1978	Nikolaevskoe, RU	daily rain	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1978	Edinburg, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1978	Selma, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1978	Acaponeta, MX	monthly low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1978	Borovici, RU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1978	Marshallville 1 SSW, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1978	Embry, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1978	Ozark 6 NNW, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	72 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1978	Copperhill, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1978	Riga, LV	daily rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1978	Millport 4 NE, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	65 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1978	Wytheville, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1978	Palomar Mtn Obsy, US	all-time high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1978	Clinton Forestry HQ, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	80 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1978	Vitoria de Santo Antao, BR	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1978	Carrollton, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	72 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1978	Mineral Ridge Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1978	Marlin, US	daily low min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	73 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1978	Troy, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	69 years	33 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

1814 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1978. 1978 had 495 records.

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

Records on 08-10 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1815	1
1838	1
1845	2
1847	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1857	2
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1869	2
1871	1
1877	1
1879	4
1881	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	7
1898	4
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	8
1904	12
1905	5
1906	16
1907	9
1908	7
1909	33
1910	10
1911	40
1912	39
1913	44
1914	27
1915	26
1916	88
1917	51
1918	43
1919	51
1920	101
1921	66
1922	78
1923	175
1924	245
1925	430
1926	80
1927	294
1928	160
1929	264
1930	299
1931	424
1932	251
1933	305
1934	662
1935	480
1936	487
1937	399
1938	382
1939	593
1940	386
1941	459
1942	420
1943	304
1944	1,006
1945	360
1946	303
1947	766
1948	339
1949	586
1950	324
1951	425
1952	395
1953	431
1954	372
1955	309
1956	522
1957	322
1958	443
1959	528
1960	470
1961	640
1962	761
1963	479
1964	553
1965	700
1966	1,231
1967	766
1968	784
1969	588
1970	702
1971	760
1972	1,175
1973	597
1974	719
1975	664
1976	855
1977	786
1978	495
1979	700
1980	849
1981	857
1982	1,070
1983	915
1984	956
1985	918
1986	535
1987	896
1988	792
1989	1,291
1990	736
1991	819
1992	1,051
1993	774
1994	1,338
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,504
1998	1,112
1999	945
2000	990
2001	1,192
2002	1,080
2003	1,556
2004	976
2005	1,225
2006	980
2007	1,476
2008	871
2009	869
2010	1,704
2011	1,247
2012	995
2013	599
2014	516
2015	583
2016	893
2017	636
2018	1,018
2019	754
2020	816
2021	553
2022	687
2023	782
2024	882
2025	659
2026	1,149

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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	349
10 to 20	35
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2