Weather Records on 10 September 1978

883 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 September 1978. Highest significance: Soltau, DE.

Key Facts for 10 September 1978

On 10 September 1978, 883 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
290 were record highs and 211 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 868 daily.
Soltau set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 10 September 1978.
Across 166 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 426 records.

Record Map

883 stations

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

Weather records on 10 September 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Norley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Brandenburg-Gorden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gabyon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Papasquiaro (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Challenge Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sawyers Bar Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Glen	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Unterluss	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Riddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ugut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Doornkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shasta Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gravelbourg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stereguscij	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tonti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Graton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quilcene 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Davidson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zilair	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rock 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crater Lake Nps HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Reston	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Russell	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brush Creek Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Occidental	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Platt Nat'l Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Los Ramones	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Calaveras Big Trees	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aspen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tohatchi 1 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McCloud	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

883 records

Records set or tied on 10 September 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 155, Lowest daily maximum 141, Highest daily minimum 135, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 381, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 10 September 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	155
Lowest daily maximum	141
Highest daily minimum	135
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	381
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 10 September 1978 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 868.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

713 broken records

Margins by which the 713 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 September 1978

Top 20 records on 10 September 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 September 1978	Soltau, DE	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	81 years	72 of 100 (Major)
10 September 1978	Norley Station, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
10 September 1978	Flagstaff (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 September 1978	Brandenburg-Gorden, DE	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 September 1978	Gabyon, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1978	Fort Frances, CA	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1978	Santiago Papasquiaro (Smn), MX	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1978	Challenge Rs, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1978	Orleans, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1978	Sawyers Bar Rs, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1978	Forest Glen, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1978	Unterluss, DE	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1978	Ft Bragg 5 N, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1978	Sonora, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1978	W Pt, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1978	Riddle, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1978	Ugut, RU	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1978	Doornkop, ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1978	Dunedin, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1978	Motozintla (Smn), MX	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	56 years	45 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

1812 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1978. 1978 had 883 records.

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

Records on 09-10 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1813	1
1814	2
1818	1
1838	2
1841	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1850	2
1854	3
1857	1
1858	1
1865	5
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1883	3
1884	4
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	1
1897	7
1898	4
1899	10
1901	1
1902	10
1903	13
1904	5
1905	7
1906	23
1907	15
1908	15
1909	25
1910	26
1911	8
1912	62
1913	24
1914	43
1915	53
1916	15
1917	79
1918	33
1919	42
1920	132
1921	207
1922	78
1923	38
1924	335
1925	197
1926	68
1927	262
1928	109
1929	282
1930	161
1931	724
1932	258
1933	333
1934	247
1935	478
1936	336
1937	376
1938	369
1939	386
1940	410
1941	389
1942	271
1943	352
1944	470
1945	334
1946	295
1947	534
1948	432
1949	793
1950	394
1951	344
1952	476
1953	250
1954	271
1955	376
1956	834
1957	332
1958	435
1959	670
1960	376
1961	459
1962	798
1963	384
1964	710
1965	355
1966	330
1967	512
1968	846
1969	635
1970	582
1971	400
1972	477
1973	559
1974	522
1975	528
1976	1,041
1977	391
1978	883
1979	563
1980	716
1981	629
1982	687
1983	1,329
1984	824
1985	1,140
1986	960
1987	574
1988	783
1989	1,098
1990	782
1991	827
1992	745
1993	936
1994	816
1995	643
1996	1,003
1997	829
1998	1,832
1999	1,068
2000	1,088
2001	1,129
2002	1,298
2003	1,149
2004	652
2005	1,173
2006	1,110
2007	866
2008	975
2009	636
2010	1,273
2011	1,235
2012	793
2013	1,198
2014	894
2015	789
2016	1,085
2017	674
2018	1,030
2019	816
2020	2,105
2021	1,311
2022	633
2023	1,114
2024	933
2025	583
2026	832

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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	663
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2