Weather Records on 28 February 1928

72 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 February 1928. Highest significance: Low Isles Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 28 February 1928

On 28 February 1928, 72 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 71 daily.
Low Isles Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 206.0 mm (8.1 in) on 28 February 1928.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

72 stations

72 station records on 28 February 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 February 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	206.0 mm (8.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	261.9 mm (10.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	337.6 mm (13.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-22.9 C (-9.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Berrebangalo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-20.4 C (-4.7 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

72 records

Records set or tied on 28 February 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 20, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 28 February 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	20
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 28 February 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 71.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

58 broken records

Margins by which the 58 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 177.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 February 1928

Top 20 records on 28 February 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 February 1928	Low Isles Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	206.0 mm (8.1 in)	114.1 mm (4.5 in)	14 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1928	Ingham Post Office, AU	daily rain	261.9 mm (10.3 in)	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1928	Normanton Post Office, AU	daily rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1928	Port Douglas - Warner St, AU	monthly rain	337.6 mm (13.3 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1928	Clarke River Telecom, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1928	Uman, UA	daily low min	-22.9 C (-9.2 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	36 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1928	Richmond Post Office, AU	daily low max	28.1 C (82.6 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	33 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1928	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	35 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1928	Croydon Township, AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1928	Karesuando, SE	daily high max	4.0 C (39.2 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	42 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1928	Berrebangalo, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	18 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1928	Simferopol, UA	daily low min	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1928	Amite, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1928	Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), GL	daily high max	8.2 C (46.8 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	27 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1928	Odesa, UA	daily low max	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	26 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1928	Dillon U of Montana Western, US	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	21 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1928	Ganca, AZ	daily rain	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	12 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1928	Feodosiia, UA	daily low min	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	6 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1928	Glasgow #2, US	daily rain	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	32 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1928	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	24 years	12 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

1796 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1928. 1928 had 72 records.

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

Records on 02-28 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1799	1
1814	1
1836	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	2
1849	1
1858	3
1860	1
1866	1
1868	1
1870	2
1873	1
1875	3
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	3
1882	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	7
1889	1
1890	1
1893	5
1894	4
1895	3
1896	1
1897	3
1898	1
1899	1
1900	6
1901	4
1902	22
1903	49
1904	10
1905	7
1906	30
1907	17
1908	34
1909	10
1910	39
1911	43
1912	29
1913	21
1914	66
1915	15
1916	44
1917	26
1918	13
1919	52
1920	45
1921	136
1922	102
1923	58
1924	98
1925	91
1926	140
1927	73
1928	72
1929	211
1930	132
1931	197
1932	649
1933	139
1934	821
1935	375
1936	311
1937	315
1938	275
1939	1,084
1940	602
1941	404
1942	291
1943	275
1944	468
1945	298
1946	336
1947	431
1948	1,017
1949	593
1950	480
1951	684
1952	239
1953	304
1954	519
1955	881
1956	336
1957	234
1958	622
1959	360
1960	1,068
1961	311
1962	2,575
1963	564
1964	265
1965	413
1966	604
1967	611
1968	640
1969	384
1970	545
1971	811
1972	1,325
1973	516
1974	568
1975	429
1976	1,155
1977	419
1978	1,057
1979	563
1980	926
1981	1,035
1982	797
1983	950
1984	1,175
1985	596
1986	1,293
1987	1,820
1988	810
1989	1,083
1990	1,394
1991	594
1992	1,154
1993	1,303
1994	1,320
1995	1,205
1996	1,555
1997	1,441
1998	1,055
1999	809
2000	1,239
2001	1,187
2002	1,619
2003	744
2004	896
2005	1,011
2006	1,257
2007	1,196
2008	897
2009	1,016
2010	900
2011	1,423
2012	820
2013	732
2014	1,279
2015	1,686
2016	1,000
2017	869
2018	1,502
2019	998
2020	583
2021	855
2022	748
2023	1,083
2024	1,108
2025	729
2026	1,477

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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 25	52
25 to 50	3
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1