Weather Records on 28 July 1927

129 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 1927. Highest significance: Petropavlovskij Majak, RU.

Key Facts for 28 July 1927

On 28 July 1927, 129 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
50 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 128 daily.
Petropavlovskij Majak set a daily record precipitation of 38.6 mm (1.5 in) on 28 July 1927.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

129 stations

129 station records on 28 July 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 July 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arapaho	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Bremen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moormurang the Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paynesville (Banksia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Abitibi Post	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Princess Anne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ross	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Briagolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ediacara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tunhovd	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

129 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 58.

Records on 28 July 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	58
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 July 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 128.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

95 broken records

Margins by which the 95 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 37.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 1927

Top 20 records on 28 July 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 1927	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1927	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1927	Arapaho, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1927	Lamar, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1927	Cheyenne Wells 2NE, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1927	New Bremen, US	monthly high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1927	Lordsburg 4 SE, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	9 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1927	Lakes Entrance Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1927	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1927	Bairnsdale 1, AU	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1927	Newry, AU	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1927	Tobolsk, RU	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1927	Moormurang the Ridge, AU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1927	Paynesville (Banksia), AU	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1927	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1927	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1927	Castle Rock, US	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1927	Abitibi Post, CA	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	29 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1927	Agricultural College, US	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	18 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1927	Las Vegas 2 NW, US	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	26 years	19 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

1815 to 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1927. 1927 had 129 records.

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

Records on 07-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1832	2
1834	1
1838	1
1846	1
1848	1
1853	1
1857	1
1860	2
1866	2
1867	1
1872	3
1873	1
1874	1
1882	1
1883	3
1884	3
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	3
1891	8
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	6
1900	8
1901	14
1902	4
1903	16
1904	23
1905	10
1906	18
1907	39
1908	15
1909	19
1910	18
1911	61
1912	32
1913	54
1914	42
1915	36
1916	134
1917	84
1918	34
1919	53
1920	95
1921	92
1922	82
1923	193
1924	79
1925	361
1926	175
1927	129
1928	341
1929	215
1930	603
1931	464
1932	184
1933	390
1934	533
1935	354
1936	471
1937	315
1938	264
1939	339
1940	507
1941	525
1942	165
1943	429
1944	349
1945	399
1946	380
1947	630
1948	535
1949	496
1950	1,035
1951	320
1952	669
1953	251
1954	355
1955	537
1956	309
1957	298
1958	549
1959	417
1960	416
1961	357
1962	772
1963	484
1964	422
1965	422
1966	349
1967	458
1968	547
1969	737
1970	343
1971	1,161
1972	675
1973	500
1974	343
1975	537
1976	493
1977	724
1978	681
1979	692
1980	1,170
1981	1,315
1982	774
1983	1,389
1984	1,373
1985	627
1986	868
1987	1,202
1988	761
1989	936
1990	757
1991	768
1992	678
1993	1,026
1994	2,266
1995	1,251
1996	1,178
1997	1,024
1998	1,835
1999	985
2000	857
2001	938
2002	866
2003	932
2004	1,345
2005	1,387
2006	1,398
2007	998
2008	923
2009	964
2010	1,306
2011	1,143
2012	731
2013	1,428
2014	713
2015	911
2016	648
2017	476
2018	655
2019	469
2020	721
2021	831
2022	990
2023	765
2024	668
2025	845
2026	863

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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 5	65
5 to 10	15
10 to 15	8
15 to 20	5
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	1
35 to 40	1