Weather Records on 13 September 1978

796 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 September 1978. Highest significance: Ida Grove 5NW, US.

Key Facts for 13 September 1978

On 13 September 1978, 796 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
242 were record highs and 183 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 763 daily.
Ida Grove 5NW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 124.0 mm (4.9 in) on 13 September 1978.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

796 stations

796 station records on 13 September 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 September 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ida Grove 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Crystal Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	311.2 mm (12.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gotnja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dorset	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Castana Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beedeville 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kanawha	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dumont	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Allison	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Helvecia (Efbm)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.6 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Minnesota City Dam 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sumy	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Laersdrift (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Antonio Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Theilman 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Donegal 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alma Dam 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rosherville (Pow)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Broederstroom (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rock 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

796 records

Records set or tied on 13 September 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 122, Highest daily minimum 183, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 370, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 13 September 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	122
Highest daily minimum	183
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	370
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 13 September 1978 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 29, daily 763.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

635 broken records

Margins by which the 635 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 September 1978

Top 20 records on 13 September 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 September 1978	Ida Grove 5NW, US	monthly rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	72 years	78 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1978	Storm Lake, US	monthly rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 years	69 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1978	Crystal Valley, US	all-time rain	311.2 mm (12.3 in)	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	4 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1978	Aurora Water, US	monthly rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1978	Malvern, US	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	91 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1978	Yambacoona, AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1978	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1978	Osage, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	65 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1978	Jakutsk, RU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1978	Harlan, US	daily rain	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1978	Gotnja, RU	monthly rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1978	Dorset, ZA	all-time rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1978	Rockwell City, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1978	Denison, US	daily rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1978	Sac City, US	monthly rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1978	Castana Exp Farm, US	all-time rain	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1978	New Hampton, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1978	Beedeville 4 NE, US	daily rain	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1978	Kanawha, US	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1978	Carroll, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	51 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 796 records.

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

Records on 09-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1822	1
1835	1
1836	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	2
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1872	3
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1882	2
1883	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	1
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1899	7
1900	3
1901	15
1902	30
1903	17
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	6
1908	11
1909	26
1910	11
1911	65
1912	23
1913	43
1914	42
1915	48
1916	19
1917	172
1918	33
1919	88
1920	48
1921	63
1922	124
1923	122
1924	65
1925	294
1926	76
1927	439
1928	253
1929	187
1930	284
1931	639
1932	171
1933	299
1934	187
1935	363
1936	519
1937	486
1938	382
1939	918
1940	841
1941	299
1942	287
1943	602
1944	361
1945	657
1946	423
1947	491
1948	472
1949	935
1950	657
1951	469
1952	569
1953	732
1954	291
1955	387
1956	332
1957	544
1958	578
1959	740
1960	660
1961	972
1962	378
1963	676
1964	645
1965	572
1966	501
1967	420
1968	239
1969	518
1970	1,216
1971	708
1972	396
1973	746
1974	965
1975	1,365
1976	411
1977	457
1978	796
1979	574
1980	648
1981	408
1982	1,004
1983	703
1984	646
1985	852
1986	741
1987	970
1988	902
1989	1,243
1990	1,187
1991	672
1992	580
1993	1,143
1994	667
1995	845
1996	1,117
1997	657
1998	1,654
1999	847
2000	856
2001	841
2002	879
2003	728
2004	743
2005	854
2006	1,076
2007	543
2008	1,508
2009	811
2010	827
2011	1,099
2012	526
2013	967
2014	1,291
2015	879
2016	1,093
2017	945
2018	636
2019	660
2020	591
2021	416
2022	668
2023	514
2024	818
2025	492
2026	905

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Data for records on 1978-09-13: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	579
25 to 50	44
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1