Weather Records on 22 November 1978

896 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 November 1978. Highest significance: Santa Cruz, BR.

Key Facts for 22 November 1978

On 22 November 1978, 896 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
246 were record highs and 356 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 870 daily.
Santa Cruz set a daily record precipitation of 31.3 mm (1.2 in) on 22 November 1978.
Across 154 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

896 stations

896 station records on 22 November 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 November 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Santa Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kahlotus 5 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Electron Headworks	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ibirama (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Washakie 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gaspe	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Isabel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
El Centro 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lacrosse	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trombudo Central	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeiro Dos Santos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Mateo	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Corinne	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Brejo Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pendleton	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Kent	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Helena AP ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carcross	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belfast	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodruff	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Piracaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grauna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bairro Do Pinheiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valmora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

896 records

Records set or tied on 22 November 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 103, Lowest daily maximum 171, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 185, Heaviest daily rainfall 171, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 84.

Records on 22 November 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	103
Lowest daily maximum	171
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	185
Heaviest daily rainfall	171
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	84

Records on 22 November 1978 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 870.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

733 broken records

Margins by which the 733 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 November 1978

Top 20 records on 22 November 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 November 1978	Santa Cruz, BR	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 November 1978	Kahlotus 5 SSW, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1978	Electron Headworks, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1978	Ibirama (Pcd), BR	daily rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1978	Ft Benton, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1978	Ft Washakie 1 SE, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1978	Gaspe, CA	daily low min	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	7.1 C (12.8 F)	81 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1978	Port Hastings, CA	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	81 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1978	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1978	Santa Isabel, BR	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1978	Baddeck, CA	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	98 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1978	El Centro 2 SSW, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1978	Lacrosse, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1978	Trombudo Central, BR	daily rain	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1978	Ribeiro Dos Santos, BR	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1978	San Mateo, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1978	Union, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1978	Nappan Cda, CA	daily low min	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	6.9 C (12.4 F)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1978	Corinne, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	68 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 November 1978	Blaine, US	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	82 years	38 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

1816 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1978. 1978 had 896 records.

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

Records on 11-22 in each year
Year	Records
1816	2
1821	1
1829	1
1831	1
1835	1
1843	1
1845	3
1855	1
1857	1
1858	6
1861	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	4
1878	4
1879	2
1880	6
1882	2
1883	4
1884	1
1888	3
1890	6
1891	2
1893	1
1894	1
1896	3
1897	6
1898	9
1899	1
1900	7
1901	2
1902	5
1903	4
1904	16
1905	8
1906	25
1907	23
1908	30
1909	29
1910	11
1911	29
1912	9
1913	74
1914	28
1915	16
1916	206
1917	331
1918	12
1919	36
1920	30
1921	36
1922	89
1923	68
1924	196
1925	29
1926	292
1927	136
1928	128
1929	759
1930	269
1931	873
1932	221
1933	269
1934	596
1935	120
1936	159
1937	939
1938	167
1939	244
1940	413
1941	356
1942	707
1943	313
1944	178
1945	433
1946	448
1947	616
1948	490
1949	907
1950	641
1951	263
1952	469
1953	548
1954	476
1955	540
1956	423
1957	469
1958	496
1959	414
1960	384
1961	737
1962	462
1963	966
1964	1,087
1965	559
1966	789
1967	448
1968	385
1969	478
1970	717
1971	602
1972	704
1973	556
1974	597
1975	392
1976	390
1977	1,043
1978	896
1979	1,017
1980	699
1981	850
1982	783
1983	1,215
1984	1,196
1985	2,318
1986	459
1987	906
1988	1,272
1989	937
1990	964
1991	1,109
1992	1,513
1993	1,046
1994	827
1995	869
1996	1,829
1997	694
1998	1,497
1999	1,096
2000	1,291
2001	746
2002	1,190
2003	1,329
2004	1,035
2005	667
2006	1,337
2007	955
2008	1,345
2009	1,188
2010	1,341
2011	1,047
2012	962
2013	925
2014	614
2015	848
2016	801
2017	1,334
2018	691
2019	409
2020	414
2021	543
2022	333
2023	576
2024	843
2025	537

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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	718
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1