Weather Records on 28 April 1920

51 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 1920. Highest significance: Boulia Airport, AU.

Key Facts for 28 April 1920

On 28 April 1920, 51 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 50 daily.
Boulia Airport set a daily record precipitation of 62.7 mm (2.5 in) on 28 April 1920.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

51 stations

51 station records on 28 April 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Herbert Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Karumba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Neba Coonamble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lock #4	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

51 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 1920 by type: Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 30, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 28 April 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	30
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 April 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 50.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

40 broken records

Margins by which the 40 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 134.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 1920

Top 20 records on 28 April 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 1920	Boulia Airport, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1920	Quebec, CA	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1920	Plymouth, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1920	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1920	Gardiner, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1920	McKinlay Roadhouse, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1920	Barkerville, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	11 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1920	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	27.9 C (82.2 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	47 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1920	Boulia Airport, AU	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1920	Portland, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1920	Burlington, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	12 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1920	Vinga, SE	daily rain	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1920	Quebec, CA	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1920	Cornwall, US	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1920	Herbert Vale, AU	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1920	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	25 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1920	Northfield, US	daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	32 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1920	Karumba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	23 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1920	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	11 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1920	Kola-In-Murman, RU	daily rain	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	16 years	15 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

1795 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1920. 1920 had 51 records.

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

Records on 04-28 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	1
1803	1
1814	2
1817	4
1840	1
1841	1
1843	1
1844	1
1853	1
1857	2
1861	1
1862	1
1866	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	5
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1882	2
1883	1
1885	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	4
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	2
1898	5
1899	2
1900	6
1901	7
1902	11
1903	3
1904	13
1905	6
1906	9
1907	19
1908	24
1909	43
1910	12
1911	29
1912	13
1913	69
1914	28
1915	46
1916	15
1917	41
1918	18
1919	63
1920	51
1921	89
1922	87
1923	126
1924	70
1925	114
1926	265
1927	132
1928	713
1929	136
1930	105
1931	291
1932	247
1933	327
1934	530
1935	430
1936	143
1937	698
1938	444
1939	356
1940	348
1941	268
1942	665
1943	442
1944	245
1945	371
1946	418
1947	547
1948	545
1949	580
1950	661
1951	617
1952	894
1953	482
1954	900
1955	583
1956	812
1957	614
1958	535
1959	647
1960	582
1961	222
1962	603
1963	568
1964	394
1965	707
1966	800
1967	947
1968	536
1969	432
1970	1,977
1971	570
1972	523
1973	915
1974	777
1975	795
1976	822
1977	533
1978	496
1979	783
1980	644
1981	967
1982	710
1983	1,156
1984	1,357
1985	959
1986	1,029
1987	1,822
1988	967
1989	1,089
1990	1,608
1991	913
1992	2,252
1993	1,191
1994	1,906
1995	726
1996	967
1997	1,784
1998	942
1999	632
2000	1,113
2001	1,015
2002	1,287
2003	958
2004	887
2005	1,056
2006	782
2007	1,340
2008	1,407
2009	979
2010	905
2011	1,161
2012	1,135
2013	721
2014	704
2015	468
2016	783
2017	829
2018	384
2019	662
2020	535
2021	482
2022	532
2023	834
2024	594
2025	650
2026	521

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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	33
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1