Weather Records on 28 October 1919

87 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1919. Highest significance: Anticosti West Point, CA.

Key Facts for 28 October 1919

On 28 October 1919, 87 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 81 daily.
Anticosti West Point set a monthly record daily snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 28 October 1919.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

87 stations

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

Weather records on 28 October 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

87 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 18, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 28 October 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	18
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 28 October 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 81.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

73 broken records

Margins by which the 73 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1919

Top 20 records on 28 October 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1919	Anticosti West Point, CA	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1919	Chaplin, CA	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1919	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	8.8 C (15.8 F)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1919	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	23 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1919	Anticosti SW Point, CA	monthly snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1919	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	23 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1919	World Trade Ctr, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	19 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1919	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	41 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1919	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1919	Plauen, DE	monthly snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1919	Waren, DE	daily rain	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1919	Chaplin, CA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1919	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily rain	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1919	Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag), DE	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1919	Muncheberg, DE	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1919	Halden, NO	monthly snow depth	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1919	Hewitt, US	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1919	New Westminster, CA	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1919	Edmonton, CA	daily snowfall	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1919	Putbus, DE	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	48 years	20 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 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1919. 1919 had 87 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	66
20 to 40	3
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1