Weather Records on 1 February 1978

904 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 February 1978. Highest significance: Kokomo 3 WSW, US.

Key Facts for 1 February 1978

On 1 February 1978, 904 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 140 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 32 were all-time records, 81 monthly and 791 daily.
Kokomo 3 WSW set a monthly record snow depth of 50.8 cm (20.0 in) on 1 February 1978.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

904 stations

904 station records on 1 February 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 February 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Paris Stp	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	189.4 mm (7.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Tiffin	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Orion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Willis 5 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	310.0 mm (12.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Muncie	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Eton Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	265.0 mm (10.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Yacamunda Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	260.0 mm (10.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gargett Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	289.1 mm (11.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Killarney Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	224.2 mm (8.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cut Bank AP	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
La Ringo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	194.2 mm (7.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Theodore Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	300.0 mm (11.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sarina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	290.0 mm (11.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	348.0 mm (13.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.8 mm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sapphire Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	234.0 mm (9.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Karmoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	193.6 mm (7.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Garrawilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Goolhi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	251.6 mm (9.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Berkshire Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Spencer 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.8 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woorarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barcombe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.8 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Millersburg	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Farleigh Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	350.0 mm (13.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

904 records

Records set or tied on 1 February 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 107, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 280, Heaviest daily snowfall 158, Deepest snow cover 265.

Records on 1 February 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	107
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	280
Heaviest daily snowfall	158
Deepest snow cover	265

Records on 1 February 1978 by timescale: all-time 32, monthly 81, daily 791.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

711 broken records

Margins by which the 711 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 February 1978

Top 20 records on 1 February 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 February 1978	Kokomo 3 WSW, US	monthly snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	69 years	72 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1978	Paris Stp, US	monthly snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	67 years	70 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1978	St Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	189.4 mm (7.5 in)	132.2 mm (5.2 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1978	W Lafayette 6 NW, US	monthly snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1978	Tiffin, US	monthly snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1978	Orion, AU	daily rain	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1978	Willis 5 SSW, US	all-time snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	3 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1978	London State Fish Hatchery, US	monthly snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	29 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1978	Elgin Downs, AU	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1978	Mirani Post Office, AU	daily rain	310.0 mm (12.2 in)	209.7 mm (8.3 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1978	Muncie, US	monthly snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1978	Eton Police Station, AU	daily rain	265.0 mm (10.4 in)	173.6 mm (6.8 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1978	Yacamunda Station, AU	daily rain	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1978	Anakie Richardson St, AU	all-time rain	260.0 mm (10.2 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1978	Gargett Post Office, AU	daily rain	289.1 mm (11.4 in)	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1978	Killarney Station, AU	daily rain	224.2 mm (8.8 in)	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1978	Huntington, US	monthly snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1978	Owensboro 3ENE, US	monthly snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	16 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1978	Cut Bank AP, US	monthly snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1978	Twin Hills Post Office, AU	daily rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 years	54 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

1795 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1978. 1978 had 904 records.

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

Records on 02-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1830	1
1831	1
1846	1
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1862	3
1866	1
1867	1
1869	4
1871	1
1873	1
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	5
1900	2
1901	3
1902	10
1903	4
1904	9
1905	7
1906	29
1907	13
1908	85
1909	23
1910	5
1911	38
1912	37
1913	35
1914	54
1915	51
1916	68
1917	69
1918	71
1919	21
1920	84
1921	36
1922	68
1923	249
1924	193
1925	80
1926	56
1927	110
1928	281
1929	178
1930	102
1931	264
1932	142
1933	283
1934	515
1935	441
1936	514
1937	270
1938	299
1939	271
1940	328
1941	365
1942	157
1943	281
1944	240
1945	469
1946	273
1947	352
1948	397
1949	604
1950	1,223
1951	1,756
1952	907
1953	552
1954	1,012
1955	296
1956	1,013
1957	539
1958	369
1959	398
1960	646
1961	479
1962	657
1963	1,161
1964	453
1965	453
1966	756
1967	628
1968	941
1969	485
1970	397
1971	1,597
1972	385
1973	716
1974	865
1975	634
1976	723
1977	516
1978	904
1979	1,728
1980	689
1981	961
1982	1,029
1983	1,463
1984	278
1985	2,572
1986	709
1987	826
1988	1,699
1989	1,772
1990	1,122
1991	554
1992	1,501
1993	819
1994	917
1995	1,330
1996	1,632
1997	883
1998	737
1999	1,031
2000	687
2001	1,124
2002	2,087
2003	1,301
2004	1,146
2005	714
2006	638
2007	930
2008	1,136
2009	506
2010	1,239
2011	1,204
2012	1,027
2013	704
2014	635
2015	958
2016	1,496
2017	424
2018	512
2019	816
2020	1,608
2021	570
2022	254
2023	416
2024	1,204
2025	557
2026	1,241

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Data for records on 1978-02-01: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 1 February 1978
Margin	Records
0 to 100	641
100 to 200	57
200 to 300	10
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1