Weather Records on 4 May 1928

205 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 1928. Highest significance: Freiburg, DE.

Key Facts for 4 May 1928

On 4 May 1928, 205 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
155 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 205 daily.
Freiburg set a daily record precipitation of 32.8 mm (1.3 in) on 4 May 1928.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

205 stations

205 station records on 4 May 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 May 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McIntyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Worthington	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

205 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 132, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 35.

Records on 4 May 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	132
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	35
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 May 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 205.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

153 broken records

Margins by which the 153 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 30.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 1928

Top 20 records on 4 May 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 1928	Freiburg, DE	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1928	Mount McIntyre, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1928	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1928	Escondido, US	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1928	Worthington, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1928	Guelph Oac, CA	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	41 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1928	Britt 3E, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1928	Windsor Riverside, CA	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	47 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1928	San Diego Wbo, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	49 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1928	Florence, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1928	Maclean (McLachlan Street), AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1928	Storlien, SE	daily high max	11.5 C (52.7 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	45 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1928	Audubon, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1928	Tuttlingen, DE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	14 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1928	Las Vegas 2 NW, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1928	Espanola, US	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1928	Kristianstad, SE	daily low min	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1928	Jokkmokk, SE	daily high max	16.0 C (60.8 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1928	Estherville 4E, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1928	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily high min	14.5 C (58.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	7 years	18 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1928. 1928 had 205 records.

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

Records on 05-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1820	1
1836	2
1840	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	2
1852	1
1856	3
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	1
1864	3
1865	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1902	5
1903	8
1904	8
1905	19
1906	5
1907	37
1908	18
1909	13
1910	14
1911	37
1912	12
1913	63
1914	21
1915	75
1916	57
1917	60
1918	30
1919	69
1920	43
1921	62
1922	283
1923	82
1924	88
1925	80
1926	230
1927	112
1928	205
1929	177
1930	269
1931	169
1932	104
1933	274
1934	456
1935	518
1936	313
1937	230
1938	445
1939	295
1940	602
1941	436
1942	820
1943	358
1944	872
1945	654
1946	463
1947	649
1948	578
1949	1,130
1950	953
1951	292
1952	698
1953	389
1954	1,045
1955	471
1956	433
1957	433
1958	414
1959	613
1960	443
1961	466
1962	265
1963	313
1964	570
1965	433
1966	1,113
1967	928
1968	304
1969	377
1970	454
1971	810
1972	364
1973	313
1974	367
1975	683
1976	554
1977	736
1978	1,016
1979	1,529
1980	511
1981	667
1982	591
1983	539
1984	885
1985	821
1986	1,128
1987	1,004
1988	591
1989	743
1990	1,461
1991	1,088
1992	933
1993	791
1994	821
1995	974
1996	1,298
1997	962
1998	898
1999	1,167
2000	1,398
2001	1,345
2002	1,343
2003	1,158
2004	1,341
2005	1,152
2006	650
2007	699
2008	624
2009	727
2010	999
2011	1,023
2012	1,343
2013	1,447
2014	602
2015	622
2016	463
2017	669
2018	972
2019	574
2020	504
2021	616
2022	470
2023	681
2024	885
2025	456
2026	554

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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	127
5 to 10	18
10 to 15	2
15 to 20	4
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	1