Weather Records on 9 November 1978

726 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 November 1978. Highest significance: Susendal, NO.

Key Facts for 9 November 1978

On 9 November 1978, 726 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
330 were record highs and 113 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 712 daily.
Susendal set an all-time record daily precipitation of 71.8 mm (2.8 in) on 9 November 1978.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 522 records.

Record Map

726 stations

726 station records on 9 November 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 November 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Tonti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Miles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante	Spain	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Penong (Penalumba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Navacerrada	Spain	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ralph 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Colony	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Erldunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna (Goode)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Broadus	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Skjomen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Miles City AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leipikvattnet	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beiarn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buhta Providenja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lame Deer	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crow Agency	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lander AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Powell	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan Fld STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nundroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amidon	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

726 records

Records set or tied on 9 November 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 228, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 214, Heaviest daily snowfall 59, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 9 November 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	228
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	214
Heaviest daily snowfall	59
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 9 November 1978 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 712.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

607 broken records

Margins by which the 607 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 216.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 November 1978

Top 20 records on 9 November 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 November 1978	Susendal, NO	all-time rain	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	70 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1978	Tonti (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	30 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1978	Miles City, US	monthly rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1978	Babb 6 NE, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1978	Red Lodge, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1978	Alicante, ES	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1978	Kapskarmo, NO	daily rain	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1978	Santa Cruz, BR	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1978	Gibson Dam, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1978	Penong (Penalumba), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1978	Navacerrada, ES	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1978	Ralph 1 N, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1978	Colony, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1978	Erldunda, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1978	Ceduna (Goode), AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1978	Melstone, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1978	Broadus, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.5 cm (4.9 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1978	Skjomen, NO	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1978	Flatwillow 4 ENE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1978	Miles City AP, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	32 years	46 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

1794 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1978. 1978 had 726 records.

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

Records on 11-09 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1828	1
1835	1
1849	1
1856	2
1859	1
1862	1
1867	1
1868	2
1875	2
1876	4
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1890	5
1891	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	2
1895	20
1896	1
1897	2
1898	1
1899	3
1900	2
1901	2
1902	6
1903	3
1904	9
1905	6
1906	9
1907	3
1908	13
1909	11
1910	8
1911	15
1912	12
1913	50
1914	45
1915	34
1916	45
1917	121
1918	19
1919	76
1920	96
1921	176
1922	21
1923	191
1924	89
1925	224
1926	341
1927	213
1928	81
1929	120
1930	280
1931	997
1932	308
1933	652
1934	442
1935	276
1936	368
1937	354
1938	360
1939	346
1940	611
1941	604
1942	384
1943	521
1944	299
1945	1,211
1946	773
1947	499
1948	439
1949	310
1950	903
1951	506
1952	471
1953	483
1954	675
1955	605
1956	426
1957	341
1958	460
1959	309
1960	488
1961	382
1962	611
1963	362
1964	374
1965	227
1966	1,529
1967	629
1968	681
1969	508
1970	603
1971	887
1972	432
1973	996
1974	430
1975	1,339
1976	1,154
1977	1,361
1978	726
1979	815
1980	916
1981	883
1982	1,189
1983	872
1984	920
1985	1,472
1986	1,766
1987	614
1988	588
1989	967
1990	994
1991	2,382
1992	929
1993	715
1994	885
1995	1,304
1996	1,262
1997	774
1998	1,214
1999	2,238
2000	2,444
2001	811
2002	872
2003	732
2004	874
2005	1,655
2006	1,236
2007	744
2008	523
2009	714
2010	1,201
2011	1,082
2012	927
2013	451
2014	475
2015	976
2016	1,247
2017	413
2018	1,217
2019	921
2020	2,410
2021	413
2022	1,489
2023	637
2024	839
2025	499

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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	572
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2