Weather Records on 1 September 1978

809 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 September 1978. Highest significance: Skara 1, SE.

Key Facts for 1 September 1978

On 1 September 1978, 809 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 359 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 777 daily.
Skara 1 set a daily record precipitation of 59.3 mm (2.3 in) on 1 September 1978.
Across 161 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

809 stations

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

Weather records on 1 September 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Pomona Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Flahult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bergvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sandheads	India	Record daily precipitation	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kamianets-Podil Sky	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cachoeira Escura	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kilagarden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavsberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eumungerie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Remningstorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Untra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Piracicaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Entre Rios de Minas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norsborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Como	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beerburrum Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Geurie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bergaholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sortavala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ockelbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Skovde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Skelleftea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stephenville Clark Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ultuna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ivano-Frankivsk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Elliot Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arthurville (Cramond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zhitckovichi	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leknas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lovsta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bauple	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caloundra Signal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Slutsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

809 records

Records set or tied on 1 September 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 264, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 95, Heaviest daily rainfall 380.

Records on 1 September 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	264
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	95
Heaviest daily rainfall	380
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 September 1978 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 32, daily 777.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

707 broken records

Margins by which the 707 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 105.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 September 1978

Top 20 records on 1 September 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 September 1978	Skara 1, SE	daily rain	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 September 1978	Pomona Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 September 1978	Jonkoping, SE	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 September 1978	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	77 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 September 1978	Flahult, SE	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 September 1978	Cooroy Composite, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1978	Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1978	Gavle, SE	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	94 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1978	Hogsjo, SE	daily rain	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1978	Bergvik, SE	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1978	Sandheads, IN	daily rain	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1978	Kamianets-Podil Sky, UA	daily rain	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1978	Crohamhurst, AU	daily rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1978	Cachoeira Escura, BR	monthly rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1978	Kilagarden, SE	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1978	Gustavsberg, SE	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1978	Stockholm, SE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	69 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1978	Eumungerie Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1978	Wellington (Agrowplow), AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1978	Remningstorp, SE	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	46 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

1797 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1978. 1978 had 809 records.

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

Records on 09-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1806	1
1819	1
1827	1
1831	1
1838	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	2
1869	3
1871	1
1873	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1881	5
1883	1
1886	3
1887	3
1888	2
1890	2
1892	2
1894	3
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	14
1902	5
1903	16
1904	9
1905	6
1906	26
1907	14
1908	26
1909	34
1910	22
1911	16
1912	47
1913	32
1914	23
1915	46
1916	16
1917	24
1918	31
1919	19
1920	31
1921	46
1922	67
1923	75
1924	210
1925	127
1926	182
1927	136
1928	166
1929	324
1930	264
1931	233
1932	550
1933	622
1934	654
1935	584
1936	385
1937	502
1938	373
1939	303
1940	333
1941	497
1942	532
1943	578
1944	377
1945	497
1946	642
1947	555
1948	460
1949	1,102
1950	849
1951	668
1952	644
1953	937
1954	407
1955	413
1956	504
1957	320
1958	427
1959	519
1960	408
1961	531
1962	368
1963	416
1964	621
1965	657
1966	596
1967	1,263
1968	604
1969	493
1970	502
1971	464
1972	518
1973	874
1974	895
1975	939
1976	627
1977	500
1978	809
1979	459
1980	671
1981	649
1982	642
1983	1,167
1984	619
1985	901
1986	964
1987	909
1988	651
1989	823
1990	749
1991	687
1992	1,010
1993	1,122
1994	1,291
1995	1,165
1996	823
1997	1,161
1998	1,159
1999	925
2000	1,613
2001	904
2002	778
2003	1,254
2004	827
2005	901
2006	1,157
2007	976
2008	1,204
2009	1,003
2010	1,313
2011	1,071
2012	874
2013	775
2014	515
2015	661
2016	522
2017	686
2018	399
2019	800
2020	689
2021	751
2022	1,016
2023	720
2024	938
2025	359
2026	521

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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	659
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1