Weather Records on 29 September 1978

569 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 September 1978. Highest significance: Bowen Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 29 September 1978

On 29 September 1978, 569 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
155 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 542 daily.
Bowen Downs set a daily record precipitation of 53.4 mm (2.1 in) on 29 September 1978.
Across 157 earlier years (1836 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

569 stations

569 station records on 29 September 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 September 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bowen Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Sao Miguel Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Boolburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cape St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Groot Constantia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vitoria de Santo Antao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sapphire Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vicosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bruff Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dorset	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dulacca Truck Stop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roadvale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Pilar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Landsborough Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monto Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rathdowney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Luiz Do Quitunde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atalaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coruripe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Topar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Piranhas (Marechal Floriano)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Novosibirsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Murgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra (Pearsby Hall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Peterboro 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coolabah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wooroona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Proston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palo Verde	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belvedere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Christmas Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kenilworth Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Essen-Bredeney	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Duncan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pymble (Canisius College)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Pikapene Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Amamoor Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moreton Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Topper State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

569 records

Records set or tied on 29 September 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 76, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 300, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 29 September 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	76
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	300
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 29 September 1978 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 542.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

467 broken records

Margins by which the 467 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

29 September 1978

Top 20 records on 29 September 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 September 1978	Bowen Downs, AU	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	67 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1978	Sao Miguel Dos Campos, BR	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1978	Boolburra, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1978	Cape St James, CA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1978	Groot Constantia, ZA	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	19 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1978	Vitoria de Santo Antao, BR	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1978	Anadia, BR	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1978	Sapphire Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1978	Vicosa, BR	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1978	Buxton, GB	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1978	Bruff Hill, AU	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1978	Dorset, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1978	Schwerin, DE	monthly low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	84 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1978	Dulacca Truck Stop, AU	monthly rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1978	Beaudesert Cryna, AU	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1978	Roadvale Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1978	El Pilar, MX	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1978	Landsborough Downs, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1978	Monto Township, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1978	Rathdowney Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	40 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

1836 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1836 to 1978. 1978 had 569 records.

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

Records on 09-29 in each year
Year	Records
1836	1
1843	1
1854	2
1859	2
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1873	3
1874	1
1877	2
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	4
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	4
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	9
1900	3
1901	7
1902	14
1903	11
1904	26
1905	11
1906	16
1907	26
1908	20
1909	10
1910	10
1911	64
1912	27
1913	20
1914	24
1915	43
1916	184
1917	19
1918	36
1919	38
1920	22
1921	148
1922	33
1923	89
1924	264
1925	166
1926	195
1927	236
1928	212
1929	243
1930	71
1931	204
1932	234
1933	353
1934	394
1935	188
1936	399
1937	276
1938	423
1939	407
1940	346
1941	511
1942	858
1943	390
1944	398
1945	899
1946	265
1947	467
1948	334
1949	398
1950	472
1951	475
1952	404
1953	1,079
1954	814
1955	375
1956	380
1957	636
1958	309
1959	1,066
1960	143
1961	447
1962	481
1963	996
1964	1,154
1965	689
1966	498
1967	1,250
1968	184
1969	279
1970	629
1971	797
1972	637
1973	769
1974	730
1975	365
1976	636
1977	800
1978	569
1979	581
1980	874
1981	747
1982	911
1983	920
1984	1,447
1985	1,789
1986	1,624
1987	641
1988	554
1989	710
1990	416
1991	747
1992	833
1993	620
1994	967
1995	1,033
1996	1,356
1997	683
1998	1,295
1999	1,440
2000	965
2001	846
2002	557
2003	924
2004	754
2005	1,163
2006	695
2007	929
2008	461
2009	700
2010	1,110
2011	1,572
2012	737
2013	623
2014	548
2015	724
2016	912
2017	433
2018	582
2019	2,193
2020	444
2021	790
2022	600
2023	866
2024	1,391
2025	516
2026	544

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Data for records on 1978-09-29: 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 2026-10-17 (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	438
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1