Weather Records on 28 April 1923

126 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 1923. Highest significance: Cumbalum (Fairview), AU.

Key Facts for 28 April 1923

On 28 April 1923, 126 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 125 daily.
Cumbalum (Fairview) set a daily record precipitation of 118.1 mm (4.6 in) on 28 April 1923.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

126 stations

126 station records on 28 April 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Guy Fawkes 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wollongbar (Central Park Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pimlico	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dunwich Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vanrhysdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St Helena Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gigoomgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Point Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

126 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 85, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 28 April 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	85
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 April 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 125.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

102 broken records

Margins by which the 102 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 106.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 1923

Top 20 records on 28 April 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 1923	Cumbalum (Fairview), AU	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1923	Guy Fawkes 2, AU	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1923	Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1923	Woolgoolga (Clear Place), AU	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1923	Wollongbar (Central Park Drive, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	1 year	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1923	Philadelphia City, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1923	Grafton 1 NE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1923	Pimlico, AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	1 year	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1923	Uccle, BE	daily low min	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	87 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1923	Lismore (Centre Street), AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	1 year	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1923	New Martinsville 4 NNE, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1923	Bowraville Recreation Club, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1923	Ballina (Crowley Village), AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1923	Storrs, US	monthly rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1923	Maryborough, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1923	Kempsey (Wide Street), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1923	Conway, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1923	Dunwich Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	2 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1923	Lycippus 1 E, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1923	Helena, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	23 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1923. 1923 had 126 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	85
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1