Weather Records on 23 November 1978

840 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 November 1978. Highest significance: Santa Cruz, BR.

Key Facts for 23 November 1978

On 23 November 1978, 840 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
266 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 815 daily.
Santa Cruz set a daily record precipitation of 31.2 mm (1.2 in) on 23 November 1978.
Across 156 earlier years (1821 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

840 stations

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

Weather records on 23 November 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Santa Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Imuris (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Naco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Haines Junction	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Monsenhor Paulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kahlotus 5 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fritz Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Washakie 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Electron Headworks	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Temiscamingue	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valier	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Tomas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nenastnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Helena AP ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Alamo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lovell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ak-Kum	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bemidji	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco de Los Romo (Sm	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Osage	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nazare Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.7 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oka	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Angliers	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

840 records

Records set or tied on 23 November 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 130, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 188, Heaviest daily snowfall 155, Deepest snow cover 95.

Records on 23 November 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	130
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	155
Deepest snow cover	95

Records on 23 November 1978 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 815.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

680 broken records

Margins by which the 680 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 November 1978

Top 20 records on 23 November 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 November 1978	Santa Cruz, BR	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1978	Baddeck, CA	monthly low min	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	97 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1978	Imuris (Smn), MX	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1978	Naco, MX	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1978	Haines Junction, CA	daily snowfall	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1978	Monsenhor Paulo, BR	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1978	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1978	Kahlotus 5 SSW, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1978	Stevens Pt, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1978	Fritz Rch, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1978	Ft Washakie 1 SE, US	daily snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1978	Winkelman 6 S, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	73 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1978	Electron Headworks, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1978	Reedsburg Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	63 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1978	Uccle, BE	daily high min	9.7 C (49.5 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	112 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1978	Barrage Temiscamingue, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	55 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1978	Winona, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	55 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1978	Chelsea, CA	daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1978	Mather 3 NW, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	55 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1978	Oshkosh, US	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	63 years	39 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

1821 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1821 to 1978. 1978 had 840 records.

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

Records on 11-23 in each year
Year	Records
1821	3
1829	2
1831	2
1835	1
1846	1
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	5
1861	1
1864	1
1865	3
1871	1
1872	2
1874	2
1877	1
1880	4
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1888	2
1890	8
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	3
1901	1
1902	7
1903	4
1904	22
1905	12
1906	21
1907	27
1908	47
1909	35
1910	8
1911	78
1912	22
1913	61
1914	43
1915	27
1916	73
1917	214
1918	31
1919	33
1920	36
1921	28
1922	36
1923	104
1924	261
1925	129
1926	130
1927	364
1928	185
1929	516
1930	147
1931	1,232
1932	201
1933	221
1934	317
1935	252
1936	249
1937	497
1938	494
1939	216
1940	540
1941	526
1942	460
1943	149
1944	212
1945	316
1946	361
1947	739
1948	513
1949	434
1950	1,012
1951	386
1952	385
1953	568
1954	515
1955	600
1956	1,038
1957	561
1958	440
1959	418
1960	195
1961	572
1962	349
1963	652
1964	775
1965	870
1966	721
1967	403
1968	443
1969	237
1970	861
1971	1,124
1972	679
1973	823
1974	495
1975	735
1976	420
1977	964
1978	840
1979	1,276
1980	879
1981	905
1982	1,035
1983	1,739
1984	1,228
1985	1,983
1986	501
1987	568
1988	1,162
1989	1,381
1990	756
1991	1,160
1992	1,462
1993	1,363
1994	900
1995	942
1996	1,284
1997	501
1998	1,394
1999	1,540
2000	731
2001	1,031
2002	1,099
2003	1,837
2004	977
2005	1,047
2006	1,154
2007	990
2008	1,288
2009	874
2010	1,529
2011	1,200
2012	661
2013	978
2014	774
2015	626
2016	642
2017	1,755
2018	692
2019	320
2020	422
2021	336
2022	298
2023	406
2024	622
2025	580

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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	660
100 to 200	17
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1