Weather Records on 26 September 1978

469 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 September 1978. Highest significance: Port Lincoln (White Flat), AU.

Key Facts for 26 September 1978

On 26 September 1978, 469 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
178 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 445 daily.
Port Lincoln (White Flat) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 56.0 mm (2.2 in) on 26 September 1978.
Across 167 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

469 stations

469 station records on 26 September 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 September 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Lincoln (White Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Hatfield (Benilkie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Montemorelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Koppio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
North Shields (Port Lincoln Ae	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bangerang North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ibimirim (Jeritaco)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad Caverns	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Temascales	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Avalon	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jerecuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stokes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Calvo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tepuxtepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pecos	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glenloth Shingle Hut Hmsd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Van Horn	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Venustiano Carranza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kestell (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Bartolo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Klippen	Sweden	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Groot Rietvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pericos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cicero Dantas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Ribera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chamberlain	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Villagran (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zilair	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kemptville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camacho	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bijsk Zonalnaja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Amsterdam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
East Angus	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Francisco I. Madero	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blackleaf	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gulu	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

469 records

Records set or tied on 26 September 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 115, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 175, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 26 September 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	115
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 26 September 1978 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 445.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

373 broken records

Margins by which the 373 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 September 1978

Top 20 records on 26 September 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 September 1978	Port Lincoln (White Flat), AU	monthly rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1978	Hatfield (Benilkie), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1978	Artesia 6S, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1978	Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly), AU	monthly rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1978	Montemorelos, MX	daily rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1978	Koppio, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1978	North Shields (Port Lincoln Ae, AU	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1978	Cobar (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1978	Bangerang North, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1978	Ibimirim (Jeritaco), BR	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1978	Carlsbad Caverns, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1978	Temascales, MX	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1978	Lake Avalon, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1978	Jerecuaro, MX	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1978	Stokes, AU	monthly rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1978	Porto Calvo, BR	monthly rain	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1978	Tepuxtepec, MX	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1978	Pecos, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1978	Glenloth Shingle Hut Hmsd, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	67 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1978	Maxwell 3 NW, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	39 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 469 records.

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

Records on 09-26 in each year
Year	Records
1812	2
1816	1
1825	2
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	1
1852	1
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1880	1
1881	7
1882	1
1885	6
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	8
1896	4
1897	1
1898	2
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	8
1903	11
1904	9
1905	20
1906	11
1907	9
1908	31
1909	14
1910	11
1911	19
1912	29
1913	29
1914	24
1915	71
1916	111
1917	49
1918	34
1919	39
1920	66
1921	33
1922	277
1923	89
1924	148
1925	162
1926	658
1927	233
1928	427
1929	183
1930	382
1931	437
1932	183
1933	554
1934	415
1935	248
1936	337
1937	175
1938	429
1939	514
1940	634
1941	233
1942	752
1943	526
1944	243
1945	470
1946	285
1947	630
1948	554
1949	430
1950	526
1951	540
1952	572
1953	364
1954	471
1955	304
1956	701
1957	510
1958	493
1959	505
1960	555
1961	472
1962	401
1963	629
1964	570
1965	710
1966	480
1967	411
1968	311
1969	187
1970	721
1971	649
1972	984
1973	927
1974	854
1975	1,215
1976	692
1977	943
1978	469
1979	566
1980	709
1981	559
1982	1,042
1983	565
1984	1,256
1985	470
1986	1,892
1987	911
1988	445
1989	1,008
1990	618
1991	1,110
1992	725
1993	814
1994	548
1995	836
1996	807
1997	943
1998	1,505
1999	869
2000	1,440
2001	1,354
2002	861
2003	739
2004	507
2005	1,541
2006	620
2007	970
2008	896
2009	1,063
2010	1,063
2011	988
2012	538
2013	774
2014	800
2015	815
2016	660
2017	1,045
2018	747
2019	561
2020	1,170
2021	494
2022	533
2023	543
2024	1,196
2025	435
2026	393

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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 100	371
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1