Weather Records on 2 September 1978

484 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 1978. Highest significance: Kingscote (Karinga), AU.

Key Facts for 2 September 1978

On 2 September 1978, 484 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 189 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 474 daily.
Kingscote (Karinga) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 41.6 mm (1.6 in) on 2 September 1978.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

484 stations

484 station records on 2 September 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kingscote (Karinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Suntar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bristol AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Macedon (Burncranna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Red Springs 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cachoeira Escura	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vitebsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arteaga (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Groongal Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blue River North	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kainaliu 73.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Narangba Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Angel	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Live Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haljum	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Juarez (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carmo Do Paranaiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgeland 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sidsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Atoyac (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ratan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nymboida (Armidale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe del Rio	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Indal_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cliff 11 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
May 2SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Allakaket	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
La Junta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record low minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Soledade (Ibiapinopolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kayballup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

484 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 129, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 220, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 2 September 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	129
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	220
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 1978 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 474.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

411 broken records

Margins by which the 411 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 1978

Top 20 records on 2 September 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 1978	Kingscote (Karinga), AU	monthly rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1978	Suntar, RU	monthly rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1978	Bristol AP, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1978	Mount Macedon (Burncranna), AU	daily rain	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1978	Red Springs 1 SE, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1978	New Delhi/Safdarjun, IN	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1978	Cachoeira Escura, BR	daily rain	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1978	Vitebsk, BY	all-time rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1978	Arteaga (Smn), MX	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1978	Groongal (Groongal Station), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1978	Blue River North, CA	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1978	Kainaliu 73.2, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1978	Skara 1, SE	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	92 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1978	Narangba Railway STN, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1978	Puerto Angel, MX	monthly low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1978	Batesburg, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1978	Vanersborg, SE	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	92 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1978	Live Oak, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1978	Tooma, EE	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1978	Motozintla (Smn), MX	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	37 years	35 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 484 records.

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

Records on 09-02 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1800	1
1802	1
1808	1
1838	1
1841	1
1843	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	1
1860	3
1861	1
1864	1
1867	2
1869	2
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1879	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	4
1886	5
1888	1
1889	2
1890	5
1891	1
1892	5
1893	3
1894	4
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	8
1899	10
1900	3
1901	4
1902	5
1903	13
1904	6
1905	14
1906	25
1907	11
1908	58
1909	35
1910	13
1911	82
1912	37
1913	37
1914	16
1915	38
1916	26
1917	20
1918	31
1919	17
1920	39
1921	85
1922	46
1923	75
1924	212
1925	147
1926	215
1927	71
1928	203
1929	322
1930	194
1931	305
1932	473
1933	427
1934	537
1935	602
1936	391
1937	905
1938	376
1939	439
1940	224
1941	467
1942	389
1943	336
1944	353
1945	392
1946	635
1947	1,147
1948	431
1949	563
1950	745
1951	515
1952	698
1953	1,153
1954	721
1955	501
1956	440
1957	385
1958	348
1959	534
1960	448
1961	839
1962	318
1963	272
1964	679
1965	440
1966	362
1967	1,213
1968	493
1969	465
1970	553
1971	521
1972	743
1973	1,148
1974	1,294
1975	519
1976	835
1977	589
1978	484
1979	647
1980	697
1981	521
1982	672
1983	1,076
1984	598
1985	714
1986	860
1987	915
1988	1,284
1989	659
1990	675
1991	807
1992	1,117
1993	1,405
1994	1,291
1995	1,143
1996	604
1997	1,547
1998	1,263
1999	912
2000	1,931
2001	981
2002	805
2003	1,310
2004	679
2005	623
2006	1,238
2007	1,086
2008	1,229
2009	706
2010	1,081
2011	1,265
2012	885
2013	717
2014	650
2015	661
2016	621
2017	1,047
2018	473
2019	789
2020	701
2021	742
2022	991
2023	707
2024	923
2025	431
2026	866

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	393
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2