Weather Records on 28 May 1921

87 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 1921. Highest significance: Charlotte Waters, AU.

Key Facts for 28 May 1921

On 28 May 1921, 87 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 82 daily.
Charlotte Waters set a monthly record daily precipitation of 58.7 mm (2.3 in) on 28 May 1921.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

87 stations

87 station records on 28 May 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 May 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Charlotte Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boorolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn - Meteorologisk Ins	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willaura (Yarram Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Whittata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Marree Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Watford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

87 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 44.

Records on 28 May 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	44
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 May 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 82.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

75 broken records

Margins by which the 75 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 49.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 1921

Top 20 records on 28 May 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 1921	Charlotte Waters, AU	monthly rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1921	Quorn, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1921	Hermannsburg, AU	monthly rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1921	Foster (Post Office), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1921	Boorolong, AU	monthly rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1921	Bird Rocks, CA	monthly high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1921	Tbilisi, GE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1921	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily high max	31.0 C (87.8 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	19 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1921	Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag), DE	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	23 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1921	Medford, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1921	Scheveningen, NL	daily rain	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1921	Sandvig, DK	daily rain	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1921	Koebenhavn - Meteorologisk Ins, DK	daily rain	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1921	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily rain	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1921	Altentreptow, DE	daily rain	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1921	Varberg, SE	daily rain	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1921	Putbus, DE	daily rain	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1921	Muncheberg, DE	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1921	Nidingen A, SE	daily rain	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1921	Willaura (Yarram Park), AU	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	27 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

1794 to 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1921. 1921 had 87 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 28 May 1921
Margin	Records
0 to 10	63
10 to 20	8
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1