Weather Records on 27 December 1978

775 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1978. Highest significance: Trangie (Old Bundemar), AU.

Key Facts for 27 December 1978

On 27 December 1978, 775 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
110 were record highs and 147 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 747 daily.
Trangie (Old Bundemar) set a daily record precipitation of 72.0 mm (2.8 in) on 27 December 1978.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 538 records.

Record Map

775 stations

775 station records on 27 December 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Trangie (Old Bundemar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mansfield (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Itapeuna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hawarden Bridge	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dona Catarina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Earaheedy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Town (Greenhill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Chibarro (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Charqueada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
McCook	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Perus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Salto de Pirapora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ibiuna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tapirai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
McAllen	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vila Prosperidade (Gm)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Miguel Arcanjo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hebbronville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Patricks River (Targa Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (the Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Das Pedras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Franco da Rocha (Hosp.Juqueri)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Indaiatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.7 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.4 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Miandetta (Tyrone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nabowla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bady Bassit	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Pedro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.1 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Tres Saltos (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.3 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Agua Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Do Capinzal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Forest (Forton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Bento Do Sapucai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sarapui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Registro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore (Mangalore Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ross (Macquarie River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Terezinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vinhedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Vicente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Taquari-Vai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jacupiranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ross (Ellinthorp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Judbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

775 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 426, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 51.

Records on 27 December 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	426
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	51

Records on 27 December 1978 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 25, daily 747.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

706 broken records

Margins by which the 706 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1978

Top 20 records on 27 December 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1978	Trangie (Old Bundemar), AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	64 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1978	Mansfield (Post Office), AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1978	Alice, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1978	Itapeuna, BR	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1978	Hawarden Bridge, GB	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1978	Mt Tamborine Fern St, AU	daily rain	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1978	Dona Catarina, BR	daily rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	106.6 mm (4.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1978	Earaheedy, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1978	Campbell Town (Greenhill), AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1978	Usina Chibarro (Cpfl), BR	daily rain	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1978	Charqueada, BR	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1978	McCook, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1978	Perus, BR	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1978	Eston, ZA	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1978	Skegness, GB	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1978	Ballina (Crowley Village), AU	daily rain	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1978	Salto de Pirapora, BR	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1978	Ibiuna, BR	daily rain	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1978	Tapirai, BR	daily rain	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1978	McAllen, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	48 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

1793 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1978. 1978 had 775 records.

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

Records on 12-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	2
1810	1
1839	2
1845	1
1849	1
1860	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	1
1872	3
1875	1
1876	2
1881	1
1882	2
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1894	6
1896	5
1897	6
1898	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	6
1903	12
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	38
1908	3
1909	25
1910	13
1911	12
1912	51
1913	24
1914	44
1915	42
1916	43
1917	67
1918	42
1919	188
1920	148
1921	336
1922	37
1923	292
1924	340
1925	509
1926	208
1927	175
1928	282
1929	394
1930	142
1931	314
1932	219
1933	474
1934	199
1935	706
1936	972
1937	241
1938	396
1939	429
1940	526
1941	204
1942	880
1943	246
1944	274
1945	406
1946	878
1947	356
1948	445
1949	730
1950	481
1951	266
1952	118
1953	241
1954	511
1955	533
1956	628
1957	316
1958	425
1959	1,114
1960	385
1961	217
1962	490
1963	243
1964	897
1965	473
1966	715
1967	817
1968	993
1969	778
1970	352
1971	1,207
1972	401
1973	819
1974	782
1975	622
1976	613
1977	815
1978	775
1979	578
1980	1,778
1981	832
1982	1,449
1983	2,382
1984	814
1985	821
1986	484
1987	2,166
1988	1,855
1989	925
1990	880
1991	477
1992	500
1993	1,329
1994	1,122
1995	1,317
1996	1,758
1997	850
1998	924
1999	867
2000	1,392
2001	642
2002	944
2003	1,242
2004	853
2005	913
2006	965
2007	838
2008	1,708
2009	1,005
2010	1,851
2011	1,094
2012	1,118
2013	506
2014	482
2015	2,877
2016	884
2017	1,415
2018	1,039
2019	558
2020	402
2021	1,532
2022	1,025
2023	750
2024	680
2025	1,100

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Data for records on 1978-12-27: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	647
50 to 100	44
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	1