Weather Records on 28 May 1919

43 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 1919. Highest significance: Moorland (Denro-An), AU.

Key Facts for 28 May 1919

On 28 May 1919, 43 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
15 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 38 daily.
Moorland (Denro-An) set a daily record precipitation of 136.1 mm (5.4 in) on 28 May 1919.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

43 stations

43 station records on 28 May 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 May 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Gresford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dungog (Cooreii)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bologna	Italy	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Pitt Town (the Manse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

43 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 23.

Records on 28 May 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	23
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 May 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 38.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

35 broken records

Margins by which the 35 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 109.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 1919

Top 20 records on 28 May 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 1919	Moorland (Denro-An), AU	daily rain	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1919	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1919	Taree (Radio Station 2Re), AU	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1919	Newport, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1919	Wingham (Lanark Close), AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1919	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1919	Maitland West, AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1919	Penshurst (Gresford), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1919	Kempsey (Wide Street), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1919	Laurieton (Elouera St), AU	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1919	Woolgoolga (Clear Place), AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1919	Winnemucca AP, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1919	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	31 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1919	Dungog (Cooreii), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1919	Winnemucca AP, US	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1919	Bologna, IT	daily rain	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	67 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1919	Moose Factory, CA	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1919	Jokkmokk, SE	daily rain	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1919	Stony Mountain, CA	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	34 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1919	Branxton Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	18 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

1794 to 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1919. 1919 had 43 records.

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

Records on 05-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1797	1
1811	1
1824	1
1832	1
1836	5
1840	1
1841	1
1847	2
1848	1
1851	2
1857	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	4
1869	1
1876	1
1879	2
1880	2
1884	3
1885	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	2
1892	9
1893	2
1894	9
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	6
1902	12
1903	9
1904	6
1905	14
1906	31
1907	36
1908	26
1909	7
1910	18
1911	42
1912	19
1913	28
1914	58
1915	27
1916	24
1917	36
1918	43
1919	43
1920	33
1921	87
1922	80
1923	72
1924	109
1925	122
1926	143
1927	301
1928	150
1929	355
1930	131
1931	574
1932	171
1933	212
1934	537
1935	186
1936	337
1937	212
1938	285
1939	433
1940	217
1941	711
1942	279
1943	238
1944	330
1945	331
1946	413
1947	1,049
1948	333
1949	321
1950	276
1951	503
1952	314
1953	392
1954	382
1955	413
1956	456
1957	272
1958	792
1959	557
1960	431
1961	1,026
1962	859
1963	368
1964	394
1965	536
1966	284
1967	350
1968	610
1969	863
1970	310
1971	767
1972	575
1973	834
1974	585
1975	397
1976	914
1977	826
1978	802
1979	521
1980	808
1981	711
1982	1,204
1983	1,666
1984	1,357
1985	914
1986	591
1987	1,139
1988	806
1989	817
1990	1,024
1991	1,647
1992	1,610
1993	870
1994	981
1995	1,078
1996	1,438
1997	1,108
1998	1,043
1999	952
2000	1,229
2001	1,024
2002	612
2003	1,049
2004	875
2005	1,032
2006	1,566
2007	1,084
2008	902
2009	733
2010	937
2011	1,188
2012	1,237
2013	541
2014	781
2015	487
2016	625
2017	710
2018	1,348
2019	973
2020	875
2021	537
2022	476
2023	445
2024	907
2025	663
2026	1,053

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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	25
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2