Weather Records on 28 October 1927

504 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1927. Highest significance: Needles, US.

Key Facts for 28 October 1927

On 28 October 1927, 504 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
463 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 504 daily.
Needles set a daily record precipitation of 37.6 mm (1.5 in) on 28 October 1927.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

504 stations

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

Weather records on 28 October 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Needles	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record snow depth	52.0 cm (20.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunmurray	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vickery 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ottumwa 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Avon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

504 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 335, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 128, Heaviest daily rainfall 36, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 28 October 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	335
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	36
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 28 October 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 504.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

418 broken records

Margins by which the 418 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 290.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1927

Top 20 records on 28 October 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1927	Needles, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1927	Koffiefontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1927	Sulitjelma, NO	daily snow depth	52.0 cm (20.5 in)	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1927	Hamilton, CA	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	56 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1927	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high min	19.0 C (66.2 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	61 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1927	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	38 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1927	Toledo Blade, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1927	Wien, AT	daily high max	20.3 C (68.5 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	44 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1927	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1927	Missoula 6 NW WFO, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1927	Warren 3 S, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1927	Maristova, NO	daily snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	16 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1927	Lakin, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1927	Charlotteburg Rsvr, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	27 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1927	Cortland, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	27 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1927	Wolfville, CA	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1927	Smithfield (Mun), ZA	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1927	Parker, US	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1927	Levan, US	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1927	Cloncurry McIllwraith St, AU	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	13 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1927. 1927 had 504 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 50	416
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1