Weather Records on 13 December 1978

446 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 December 1978. Highest significance: Murraysburg (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 13 December 1978

On 13 December 1978, 446 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
122 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 432 daily.
Murraysburg (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 35.0 mm (1.4 in) on 13 December 1978.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

446 stations

446 station records on 13 December 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 December 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Green Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Beaufort (Wongan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Moxoto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dull Ctr 1SE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nullawarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Skipton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bokfontein, Franklin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan AP	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bailey	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Comstock	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Merriman	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Torquay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brejolandia (Brejo Velho)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Timboon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Little River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Linton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weeaproinah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Meredith (Darra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vergelegen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma (Kiaora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
De Rust	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Purdum	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stanton	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kojnas	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-30.1 C (-22.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moorleah (Preolenna Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-24.7 C (-12.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nenzel 20 S	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Craigie (Bondi Forest Lodge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brotas de Macaubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morin Heights	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

446 records

Records set or tied on 13 December 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 181, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 52.

Records on 13 December 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	181
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	52

Records on 13 December 1978 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 432.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

376 broken records

Margins by which the 376 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 686.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 December 1978

Top 20 records on 13 December 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 December 1978	Murraysburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	86 years	67 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1978	Green Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1978	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1978	Beaufort (Wongan), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1978	Moxoto, BR	monthly rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1978	Dull Ctr 1SE, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1978	Red Lodge, US	daily snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	7 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1978	Nullawarre, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	77 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1978	Elderslie, AU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1978	Skipton Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1978	Richmond, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	91 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1978	Bokfontein, Franklin, ZA	monthly rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1978	Bridger 2 N, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1978	Chadron 3SW, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1978	Beech Forest, AU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	85 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1978	Seaspray (Burong), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1978	Sheridan AP, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1978	Bailey, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1978	Comstock, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1978	Merriman, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8 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

1796 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1978. 1978 had 446 records.

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

Records on 12-13 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	2
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	2
1855	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	2
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1878	6
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1887	1
1890	1
1891	9
1892	1
1893	4
1894	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	5
1899	9
1900	5
1901	4
1902	13
1903	13
1904	8
1905	3
1906	7
1907	11
1908	6
1909	23
1910	45
1911	72
1912	42
1913	23
1914	35
1915	51
1916	207
1917	144
1918	87
1919	52
1920	55
1921	65
1922	84
1923	206
1924	139
1925	160
1926	228
1927	566
1928	227
1929	303
1930	52
1931	525
1932	385
1933	422
1934	186
1935	168
1936	242
1937	375
1938	89
1939	159
1940	426
1941	324
1942	312
1943	244
1944	426
1945	355
1946	455
1947	306
1948	450
1949	321
1950	290
1951	226
1952	431
1953	222
1954	345
1955	479
1956	477
1957	566
1958	855
1959	297
1960	981
1961	898
1962	1,365
1963	442
1964	398
1965	811
1966	653
1967	743
1968	593
1969	545
1970	221
1971	567
1972	991
1973	625
1974	291
1975	1,038
1976	411
1977	685
1978	446
1979	1,072
1980	536
1981	912
1982	740
1983	1,121
1984	1,172
1985	1,642
1986	381
1987	675
1988	906
1989	1,355
1990	649
1991	1,734
1992	1,113
1993	960
1994	1,094
1995	1,634
1996	833
1997	1,126
1998	1,221
1999	964
2000	2,914
2001	1,092
2002	602
2003	1,131
2004	493
2005	589
2006	957
2007	720
2008	1,583
2009	1,016
2010	1,776
2011	833
2012	837
2013	451
2014	1,046
2015	2,363
2016	397
2017	749
2018	380
2019	520
2020	445
2021	420
2022	1,122
2023	486
2024	296
2025	1,343

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	364
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1