Weather Records on 5 September 1978

1,376 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 September 1978. Highest significance: Wattle Flat General Store, AU.

Key Facts for 5 September 1978

On 5 September 1978, 1,376 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
407 were record highs and 212 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 107 monthly and 1,269 daily.
Wattle Flat General Store set a daily record precipitation of 53.0 mm (2.1 in) on 5 September 1978.
Across 157 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

1,376 stations

1,376 station records on 5 September 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 September 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wattle Flat General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Visalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cobbadah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Gum Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Baker City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Quambone (Oxley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dubbo (Mentone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yamburgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tastyp	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Porterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paling Yards (Ulabri)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Canyon Nyack AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Summer Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kelvin (Kahana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greenview	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wasco	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Foresthill Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Wilgabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rockley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
El Toro MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woodlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri (Mollee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quitupan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Acatlan de Osorio (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Sabrina	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Croppa Creek (Krui Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (Pendennis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madera	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (Bringagee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grant Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek (the Old School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cheriton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,376 records

Records set or tied on 5 September 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 208, Lowest daily maximum 158, Highest daily minimum 199, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 757.

Records on 5 September 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	208
Lowest daily maximum	158
Highest daily minimum	199
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	757
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 September 1978 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 107, daily 1,269.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,195 broken records

Margins by which the 1,195 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 67.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 September 1978

Top 20 records on 5 September 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 September 1978	Wattle Flat General Store, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	86 years	71 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1978	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1978	Visalia, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	78 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1978	Vilsandi, EE	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1978	Groongal (Gundaline), AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1978	Elko Rgnl AP, US	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1978	Cobbadah Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	79 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1978	Rowena (Bunna Bunna), AU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	79 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1978	Carrathool (Gum Creek), AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1978	Iowa Hill, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	77 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1978	Baker City AP, US	monthly rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1978	Quambone (Oxley), AU	monthly rain	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1978	Barraba (Mount Lindsay), AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	79 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1978	Dubbo (Mentone), AU	monthly rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1978	Mogil Mogil (Benimora), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1978	Yamburgan, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	79 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1978	Tastyp, RU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1978	Porterville, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1978	Paling Yards (Ulabri), AU	monthly rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1978	Blue Canyon Nyack AP, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	25 years	50 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

1802 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1978. 1978 had 1,376 records.

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

Records on 09-05 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	1
1833	1
1837	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	1
1856	1
1859	2
1861	2
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	2
1885	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	7
1898	7
1899	2
1900	1
1901	4
1902	10
1903	14
1904	2
1905	17
1906	8
1907	11
1908	28
1909	16
1910	35
1911	23
1912	39
1913	24
1914	10
1915	27
1916	22
1917	28
1918	109
1919	60
1920	47
1921	82
1922	96
1923	204
1924	191
1925	298
1926	243
1927	71
1928	306
1929	371
1930	94
1931	381
1932	315
1933	361
1934	399
1935	432
1936	313
1937	291
1938	244
1939	317
1940	249
1941	470
1942	282
1943	593
1944	387
1945	447
1946	367
1947	557
1948	458
1949	421
1950	559
1951	251
1952	396
1953	728
1954	593
1955	517
1956	637
1957	323
1958	413
1959	367
1960	351
1961	727
1962	922
1963	554
1964	315
1965	899
1966	335
1967	1,092
1968	524
1969	556
1970	754
1971	736
1972	653
1973	669
1974	1,902
1975	388
1976	636
1977	344
1978	1,376
1979	611
1980	357
1981	448
1982	615
1983	1,181
1984	1,185
1985	1,231
1986	711
1987	618
1988	1,309
1989	522
1990	806
1991	598
1992	1,116
1993	635
1994	901
1995	1,168
1996	773
1997	1,460
1998	1,686
1999	1,215
2000	1,342
2001	626
2002	710
2003	860
2004	1,135
2005	502
2006	1,014
2007	1,344
2008	1,486
2009	765
2010	1,316
2011	1,186
2012	1,115
2013	798
2014	462
2015	846
2016	651
2017	778
2018	861
2019	724
2020	1,250
2021	424
2022	1,168
2023	1,166
2024	1,320
2025	695
2026	835

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Data for records on 1978-09-05: 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	917
10 to 20	177
20 to 30	72
30 to 40	19
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1