Weather Records on 28 October 1915

66 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1915. Highest significance: Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA.

Key Facts for 28 October 1915

On 28 October 1915, 66 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 58 daily.
Durban-Botanical Gardens set a daily record precipitation of 148.1 mm (5.8 in) on 28 October 1915.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

66 stations

66 station records on 28 October 1915 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 October 1915: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maly Uzen'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Donald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

66 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1915 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 11, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 28 October 1915 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	11
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 28 October 1915 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 58.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

59 broken records

Margins by which the 59 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 128.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1915

Top 20 records on 28 October 1915 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1915	Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA	daily rain	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1915	Ellesmere, ZA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1915	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low max	1.4 C (34.5 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	53 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1915	Vestervig, DK	monthly low min	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	34 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1915	Nordby (Fano), DK	monthly low min	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	34 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1915	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	monthly low max	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1915	Venterstad, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1915	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	monthly low max	0.3 C (32.5 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	17 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1915	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily low min	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1915	Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag), DE	monthly snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1915	Magdeburg, DE	monthly snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1915	Maly Uzen', RU	daily rain	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1915	Sveg, SE	daily low max	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1915	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	27 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1915	Regensburg, DE	daily low min	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	27 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1915	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low max	1.4 C (34.5 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	33 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1915	Dordrecht - Tnk 14, ZA	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	31 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1915	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	monthly low min	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	7 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1915	Harnosand, SE	daily low max	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	20 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1915	Tranebjerg, DK	daily low max	2.9 C (37.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	41 years	16 of 100 (Routine)

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 1915

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1915. 1915 had 66 records.

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

Records on 10-28 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1827	1
1842	1
1856	2
1861	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	4
1873	1
1876	1
1880	3
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	6
1889	2
1890	3
1891	1
1892	7
1893	4
1894	1
1895	3
1896	5
1897	4
1898	5
1899	8
1900	8
1901	15
1902	18
1903	11
1904	13
1905	8
1906	15
1907	15
1908	12
1909	18
1910	26
1911	16
1912	28
1913	153
1914	31
1915	66
1916	13
1917	31
1918	79
1919	87
1920	48
1921	32
1922	90
1923	74
1924	109
1925	598
1926	123
1927	504
1928	77
1929	224
1930	144
1931	205
1932	164
1933	240
1934	227
1935	406
1936	578
1937	697
1938	170
1939	279
1940	652
1941	324
1942	355
1943	310
1944	501
1945	462
1946	712
1947	462
1948	370
1949	341
1950	544
1951	195
1952	485
1953	341
1954	486
1955	462
1956	353
1957	812
1958	198
1959	430
1960	225
1961	437
1962	432
1963	492
1964	332
1965	402
1966	254
1967	404
1968	523
1969	651
1970	846
1971	1,666
1972	1,012
1973	444
1974	805
1975	282
1976	1,606
1977	616
1978	292
1979	387
1980	1,657
1981	922
1982	578
1983	427
1984	1,553
1985	754
1986	590
1987	973
1988	816
1989	1,083
1990	917
1991	2,462
1992	676
1993	576
1994	675
1995	1,049
1996	1,396
1997	1,767
1998	1,457
1999	1,092
2000	935
2001	1,089
2002	982
2003	1,403
2004	1,641
2005	949
2006	1,295
2007	906
2008	1,207
2009	984
2010	1,029
2011	655
2012	1,097
2013	1,007
2014	850
2015	753
2016	1,139
2017	755
2018	710
2019	1,437
2020	1,646
2021	605
2022	879
2023	1,381
2024	650
2025	462

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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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	56
20 to 40	1
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1