Weather Records on 18 June 1978

516 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 June 1978. Highest significance: Chitradurga, IN.

Key Facts for 18 June 1978

On 18 June 1978, 516 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
136 were record highs and 205 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 503 daily.
Chitradurga set a monthly record daily precipitation of 140.0 mm (5.5 in) on 18 June 1978.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

516 stations

516 station records on 18 June 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 June 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chitradurga	India	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Vandalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Nungatta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bendoc Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson (Yendalock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier Int'l	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hulah Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jay	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tavernier	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View Birdseye	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Malye Derbety	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alton - Melvin Price L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bombala (Cambalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nowa Nowa (Wairewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poncitlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Skiatook	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Grullo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stoughton Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

516 records

Records set or tied on 18 June 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 143, Heaviest daily rainfall 169, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 18 June 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	143
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 June 1978 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 503.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

427 broken records

Margins by which the 427 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 June 1978

Top 20 records on 18 June 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 June 1978	Chitradurga, IN	monthly rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 years	68 of 100 (Major)
18 June 1978	Fayetteville Exp STN, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 June 1978	Pekisko, CA	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 June 1978	Vandalia, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 June 1978	Orbost (Comparison), AU	daily rain	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1978	Huntingdon, CA	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	94 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1978	Seaspray (Burong), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1978	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	81 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1978	Sedan, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1978	Bombala (Nungatta), AU	daily rain	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	3 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1978	Windsor, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1978	Bukalong Station, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1978	Gravette, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1978	Hale Loud Dam, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1978	Carlinville, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1978	Bendoc Park, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1978	Nicholson (Yendalock), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1978	Cherokee 4W, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1978	Portland, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1978	Beaver Mines, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	64 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

1800 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1978. 1978 had 516 records.

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

Records on 06-18 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1801	1
1802	1
1803	1
1816	1
1821	1
1823	1
1839	1
1841	1
1848	1
1855	1
1858	2
1859	1
1862	2
1865	1
1869	1
1870	1
1875	2
1876	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	10
1902	7
1903	13
1904	5
1905	32
1906	16
1907	21
1908	20
1909	39
1910	15
1911	14
1912	25
1913	29
1914	43
1915	62
1916	29
1917	55
1918	118
1919	65
1920	53
1921	44
1922	57
1923	144
1924	108
1925	246
1926	176
1927	287
1928	205
1929	297
1930	379
1931	267
1932	219
1933	499
1934	335
1935	494
1936	549
1937	301
1938	391
1939	674
1940	620
1941	273
1942	201
1943	173
1944	726
1945	784
1946	532
1947	391
1948	421
1949	734
1950	828
1951	237
1952	435
1953	730
1954	460
1955	721
1956	373
1957	672
1958	532
1959	573
1960	394
1961	979
1962	302
1963	305
1964	840
1965	589
1966	431
1967	308
1968	556
1969	598
1970	486
1971	456
1972	334
1973	861
1974	719
1975	821
1976	508
1977	768
1978	516
1979	581
1980	447
1981	895
1982	736
1983	1,080
1984	716
1985	921
1986	862
1987	925
1988	748
1989	697
1990	795
1991	944
1992	579
1993	834
1994	1,156
1995	1,224
1996	1,004
1997	894
1998	1,600
1999	1,258
2000	1,474
2001	589
2002	1,397
2003	853
2004	1,056
2005	1,014
2006	699
2007	898
2008	628
2009	920
2010	928
2011	952
2012	832
2013	847
2014	732
2015	978
2016	787
2017	839
2018	968
2019	425
2020	572
2021	1,874
2022	1,194
2023	574
2024	1,150
2025	583
2026	830

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Data for records on 1978-06-18: 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 20	386
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1