Weather Records on 16 September 1978

421 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1978. Highest significance: Kalamazoo State Hospital, US.

Key Facts for 16 September 1978

On 16 September 1978, 421 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
230 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 415 daily.
Kalamazoo State Hospital set a daily record precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 16 September 1978.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 414 records.

Record Map

421 stations

421 station records on 16 September 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Canton L&D 20	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tonti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
North Battleford A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville Siu Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dergholm (Dorodong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe del Rio	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Estes Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lockwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Okay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Olive 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brawley 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Scott	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Suchiate	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jaen (Instituto)	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kauffman 4 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oakville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Anthony	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alva 1W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Herington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

421 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 160, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 110, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 September 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	160
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	110
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 September 1978 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 415.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

298 broken records

Margins by which the 298 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1978

Top 20 records on 16 September 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1978	Kalamazoo State Hospital, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	82 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1978	Canton L&D 20, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1978	Oakes, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1978	Tonti (Bos), ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1978	Streator 2SE, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1978	North Battleford A, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1978	Flagstaff (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	77 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1978	Belleville Siu Rsch, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1978	Norwich, US	daily high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	82 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1978	Dergholm (Dorodong), AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1978	Motozintla (Smn), MX	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1978	Sedan, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	82 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1978	Lawrence, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	82 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1978	Medicine Lodge, US	daily high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	81 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1978	Ft Ross, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	71 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1978	Appleton City, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	82 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1978	Bulken, NO	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1978	Tuscola, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1978	Quincy Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1978	Albia 3 NNE, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	32 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

1793 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1978. 1978 had 421 records.

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

Records on 09-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1809	1
1823	2
1828	1
1829	1
1833	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1877	4
1879	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	9
1890	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	3
1903	18
1904	5
1905	9
1906	12
1907	14
1908	15
1909	18
1910	26
1911	18
1912	58
1913	43
1914	35
1915	50
1916	60
1917	180
1918	125
1919	26
1920	164
1921	62
1922	147
1923	151
1924	77
1925	212
1926	116
1927	382
1928	62
1929	121
1930	235
1931	568
1932	533
1933	321
1934	519
1935	303
1936	442
1937	536
1938	296
1939	666
1940	188
1941	319
1942	504
1943	270
1944	284
1945	390
1946	610
1947	763
1948	541
1949	486
1950	506
1951	290
1952	378
1953	317
1954	554
1955	490
1956	605
1957	500
1958	538
1959	983
1960	235
1961	833
1962	479
1963	491
1964	859
1965	1,159
1966	838
1967	427
1968	496
1969	360
1970	627
1971	617
1972	451
1973	608
1974	385
1975	836
1976	878
1977	577
1978	421
1979	1,025
1980	568
1981	765
1982	863
1983	814
1984	898
1985	539
1986	862
1987	783
1988	786
1989	854
1990	593
1991	1,367
1992	1,073
1993	1,542
1994	1,008
1995	976
1996	1,403
1997	1,028
1998	1,466
1999	879
2000	1,315
2001	819
2002	1,117
2003	627
2004	746
2005	1,112
2006	1,274
2007	895
2008	1,000
2009	754
2010	880
2011	1,265
2012	572
2013	673
2014	490
2015	926
2016	767
2017	583
2018	921
2019	742
2020	674
2021	454
2022	521
2023	568
2024	885
2025	578
2026	920

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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 50	295
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1