Weather Records on 28 September 1978

513 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 September 1978. Highest significance: Undilla Station, AU.

Key Facts for 28 September 1978

On 28 September 1978, 513 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
113 were record highs and 112 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 503 daily.
Undilla Station set a daily record precipitation of 41.4 mm (1.6 in) on 28 September 1978.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

513 stations

513 station records on 28 September 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 September 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Culym	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Esplanada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Karasuk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Konigstuhl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Langley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Miguel Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eberbach/Neckar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Salto (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morstone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vicosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Encarnacion de Diaz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morbylanga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karmoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Modautal-Neunkirchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Flora Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Riverslea Tm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Domingos Martins (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mould Bay A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.8 cm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Isabel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Ignacio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
El Chico	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Toliness Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hostotipaquillo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Pryor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hanksville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Huamuxtitlan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burrumbuttock (Holyrood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bolshoe Goloustnoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tunka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Esso	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Titisee-Neustadt-Langenordnach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

513 records

Records set or tied on 28 September 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 89, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 283, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 28 September 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	89
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	283
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 28 September 1978 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 503.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

441 broken records

Margins by which the 441 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 800.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 September 1978

Top 20 records on 28 September 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 September 1978	Undilla Station, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	85 years	73 of 100 (Major)
28 September 1978	Goolwa Council Depot, AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1978	Culym, RU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1978	Motozintla (Smn), MX	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1978	Brunette Downs, AU	monthly rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1978	Gladstone (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1978	Esplanada, BR	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1978	Karasuk, RU	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1978	Baddeck, CA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1978	Konigstuhl, DE	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1978	Victor Harbor Comparison, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1978	Langley Downs, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1978	Sao Miguel Dos Campos, BR	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1978	Eberbach/Neckar, DE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1978	El Salto (Smn), MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1978	Morstone Station, AU	monthly rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1978	Bluff Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1978	Vicosa, BR	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1978	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	49 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1978	San Pedro, MX	daily rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	8 years	33 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

1794 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1978. 1978 had 513 records.

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

Records on 09-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1826	1
1832	1
1849	2
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	3
1868	1
1869	2
1873	3
1874	3
1877	3
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	3
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	1
1888	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	6
1895	5
1896	3
1897	5
1898	4
1899	6
1900	9
1901	2
1902	5
1903	19
1904	17
1905	17
1906	37
1907	27
1908	23
1909	16
1910	39
1911	62
1912	32
1913	37
1914	28
1915	57
1916	61
1917	35
1918	55
1919	38
1920	23
1921	39
1922	34
1923	150
1924	139
1925	191
1926	305
1927	194
1928	205
1929	432
1930	116
1931	233
1932	195
1933	459
1934	237
1935	282
1936	502
1937	313
1938	311
1939	552
1940	419
1941	479
1942	1,187
1943	440
1944	367
1945	1,034
1946	347
1947	647
1948	617
1949	359
1950	233
1951	441
1952	366
1953	842
1954	512
1955	409
1956	590
1957	695
1958	509
1959	874
1960	226
1961	385
1962	705
1963	666
1964	723
1965	582
1966	477
1967	978
1968	262
1969	244
1970	932
1971	954
1972	671
1973	886
1974	583
1975	502
1976	900
1977	784
1978	513
1979	915
1980	750
1981	752
1982	1,001
1983	941
1984	1,326
1985	1,189
1986	1,264
1987	825
1988	623
1989	847
1990	414
1991	821
1992	643
1993	627
1994	836
1995	794
1996	1,069
1997	681
1998	1,541
1999	1,533
2000	652
2001	791
2002	743
2003	929
2004	852
2005	1,088
2006	704
2007	837
2008	536
2009	792
2010	1,139
2011	1,025
2012	624
2013	790
2014	878
2015	673
2016	520
2017	755
2018	527
2019	1,388
2020	531
2021	740
2022	727
2023	772
2024	1,364
2025	464
2026	531

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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	440
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1