Weather Records on 21 April 1928

269 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 April 1928. Highest significance: Westwood Store, AU.

Key Facts for 21 April 1928

On 21 April 1928, 269 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 253 daily.
Westwood Store set an all-time record daily precipitation of 228.6 mm (9.0 in) on 21 April 1928.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

269 stations

269 station records on 21 April 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 April 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warrinilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rolleston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Raglan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walterhall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	245.4 mm (9.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Redford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah River	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Evansville Ft Court STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tulsa	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Butlerville 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

269 records

Records set or tied on 21 April 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 168, Heaviest daily snowfall 9.

Records on 21 April 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	168
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 April 1928 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 12, daily 253.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

237 broken records

Margins by which the 237 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 April 1928

Top 20 records on 21 April 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 April 1928	Westwood Store, AU	all-time rain	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 April 1928	Langmorn, AU	monthly rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1928	Corning, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1928	Pacific Heights, AU	daily rain	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1928	Springsure Comet St, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1928	Emu Park Hill St, AU	daily rain	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1928	Duaringa Post Office, AU	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1928	Warrinilla, AU	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1928	Scottsburg, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1928	Richmond Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1928	Dingo Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1928	Banana Post Office, AU	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1928	Anna 4 N, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1928	Rolleston, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1928	Raglan, AU	monthly rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1928	Walterhall, AU	all-time rain	245.4 mm (9.7 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1928	1 WSW Princeton, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1928	Marshalltown, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1928	Redford, AU	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1928	New Burnside, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)

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

1793 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1928. 1928 had 269 records.

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

Records on 04-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1814	1
1820	1
1838	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	3
1854	1
1858	3
1861	2
1865	3
1866	1
1868	1
1870	1
1875	4
1876	2
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	2
1888	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	2
1900	7
1901	17
1902	7
1903	3
1904	10
1905	18
1906	5
1907	17
1908	25
1909	20
1910	33
1911	9
1912	22
1913	14
1914	220
1915	24
1916	64
1917	48
1918	84
1919	31
1920	85
1921	59
1922	70
1923	223
1924	119
1925	295
1926	148
1927	284
1928	269
1929	193
1930	127
1931	358
1932	304
1933	201
1934	497
1935	266
1936	277
1937	416
1938	295
1939	110
1940	462
1941	306
1942	285
1943	481
1944	261
1945	367
1946	448
1947	459
1948	365
1949	448
1950	529
1951	884
1952	665
1953	640
1954	527
1955	607
1956	497
1957	824
1958	329
1959	505
1960	889
1961	647
1962	319
1963	778
1964	1,125
1965	658
1966	756
1967	903
1968	655
1969	388
1970	728
1971	546
1972	593
1973	1,163
1974	528
1975	360
1976	452
1977	854
1978	735
1979	449
1980	1,934
1981	944
1982	1,075
1983	1,366
1984	1,231
1985	1,245
1986	977
1987	1,290
1988	898
1989	1,557
1990	1,463
1991	1,291
1992	1,763
1993	847
1994	859
1995	1,476
1996	788
1997	964
1998	876
1999	752
2000	921
2001	967
2002	1,312
2003	607
2004	586
2005	693
2006	761
2007	480
2008	1,327
2009	983
2010	805
2011	1,053
2012	687
2013	1,015
2014	393
2015	621
2016	587
2017	797
2018	862
2019	731
2020	397
2021	1,608
2022	433
2023	887
2024	754
2025	506
2026	853

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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 2026-10-15 (15 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	182
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2