Weather Records on 23 October 1978

570 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 1978. Highest significance: Korana "Xorana", ZA.

Key Facts for 23 October 1978

On 23 October 1978, 570 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
139 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 556 daily.
Korana "Xorana" set an all-time record daily precipitation of 220.0 mm (8.7 in) on 23 October 1978.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

570 stations

570 station records on 23 October 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 October 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Korana "Xorana"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cythera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Teberda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Burenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Groenvlei (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Biddenham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cartwright	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.6 cm (6.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Apache Powder Company	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eversfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mungallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Angellala Downs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lowan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dorset	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Irara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	91.3 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Ahumada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Villalba	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Ignacio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Delicias (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Augathella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sebeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Odessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Long Is 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bayrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nazare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tullochard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ia?U	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blue River North	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pecos	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Meoqui (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel El Alto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnaja Poljana	Russia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Midland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Machado Portela (Juraci)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pearce - Sunsites	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Locke	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wink FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Capitan	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ruidoso	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Airlie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pikeville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tularosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Francisco I. Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Puerto Angel	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

570 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 96, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 285, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 23 October 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	96
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	285
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 23 October 1978 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 556.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

480 broken records

Margins by which the 480 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 138.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 1978

Top 20 records on 23 October 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 1978	Korana "Xorana", ZA	all-time rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1978	Fort Huachuca, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1978	Cythera, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1978	Maristova, NO	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1978	Teberda, RU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1978	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1978	Mitchell Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1978	San Bernardo (Smn), MX	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1978	Burenda, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	90 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1978	Groenvlei (Skl), ZA	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1978	Biddenham, AU	monthly rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1978	Cartwright, CA	daily snowfall	15.6 cm (6.1 in)	13.8 cm (5.4 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1978	Apache Powder Company, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1978	Eversfield, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1978	Mungallala, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1978	Angellala Downs Homestead, AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1978	Lowan Hills, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1978	Dorset, ZA	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1978	Irara, BR	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1978	Geilo, NO	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	76 years	43 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

1795 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1978. 1978 had 570 records.

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

Records on 10-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1843	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1859	2
1861	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1878	1
1880	7
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	3
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	8
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	7
1905	15
1906	17
1907	5
1908	19
1909	12
1910	6
1911	40
1912	50
1913	38
1914	9
1915	167
1916	290
1917	62
1918	12
1919	42
1920	262
1921	58
1922	38
1923	165
1924	160
1925	191
1926	131
1927	266
1928	120
1929	352
1930	310
1931	353
1932	310
1933	241
1934	333
1935	519
1936	490
1937	816
1938	403
1939	717
1940	304
1941	499
1942	306
1943	446
1944	283
1945	533
1946	258
1947	631
1948	251
1949	432
1950	507
1951	626
1952	432
1953	373
1954	317
1955	266
1956	587
1957	1,266
1958	255
1959	682
1960	341
1961	329
1962	141
1963	1,297
1964	264
1965	330
1966	625
1967	297
1968	175
1969	1,200
1970	617
1971	705
1972	601
1973	712
1974	653
1975	1,028
1976	879
1977	578
1978	570
1979	1,094
1980	584
1981	1,502
1982	1,071
1983	853
1984	1,261
1985	846
1986	968
1987	694
1988	619
1989	1,363
1990	954
1991	1,232
1992	1,176
1993	670
1994	558
1995	1,471
1996	1,396
1997	1,172
1998	1,221
1999	1,011
2000	1,275
2001	1,091
2002	1,868
2003	1,952
2004	1,224
2005	679
2006	1,976
2007	1,673
2008	993
2009	838
2010	683
2011	701
2012	1,017
2013	754
2014	755
2015	760
2016	460
2017	603
2018	322
2019	459
2020	1,777
2021	298
2022	1,342
2023	544
2024	674
2025	343

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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 20	430
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1