Weather Records on 11 May 1928

252 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 May 1928. Highest significance: Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 11 May 1928

On 11 May 1928, 252 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 249 daily.
Cape Otway Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 38.9 mm (1.5 in) on 11 May 1928.
Across 156 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

252 stations

252 station records on 11 May 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 May 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cowles	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grantville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yarra Junction (Gilderoy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dandenong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lardner (Brandie Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blackburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Frankston State Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Childers	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Maragle Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Queenscliff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tomahawk Creek (Irrewillipe Ea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maffra Shire Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Two Wells	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

252 records

Records set or tied on 11 May 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 167, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 11 May 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	167
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 May 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 249.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

218 broken records

Margins by which the 218 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 42.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 May 1928

Top 20 records on 11 May 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 May 1928	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1928	Cowles, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1928	Warragul, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1928	Dromana, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1928	Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1928	Grantville, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1928	Beenak, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1928	Clyde State School, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1928	Yarra Junction (Gilderoy), AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1928	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1928	Cowes, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1928	Dandenong Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1928	Warburton, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1928	San Remo, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1928	Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1928	Gembrook, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1928	Cape Schanck Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1928	Santa Fe, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1928	Foster (Post Office), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1928	Lardner (Brandie Braes), AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	31 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

1814 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1928. 1928 had 252 records.

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

Records on 05-11 in each year
Year	Records
1814	3
1832	1
1836	3
1837	1
1838	1
1848	2
1856	1
1860	2
1865	1
1867	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	2
1879	2
1880	1
1881	5
1883	3
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	4
1896	3
1897	6
1898	5
1900	7
1901	9
1902	6
1903	7
1904	6
1905	12
1906	21
1907	44
1908	9
1909	12
1910	16
1911	99
1912	21
1913	20
1914	20
1915	16
1916	22
1917	40
1918	54
1919	56
1920	181
1921	58
1922	61
1923	111
1924	239
1925	410
1926	472
1927	318
1928	252
1929	126
1930	380
1931	254
1932	170
1933	429
1934	332
1935	276
1936	363
1937	170
1938	141
1939	213
1940	340
1941	411
1942	389
1943	646
1944	408
1945	483
1946	747
1947	480
1948	407
1949	451
1950	285
1951	395
1952	629
1953	686
1954	492
1955	235
1956	942
1957	439
1958	499
1959	575
1960	809
1961	663
1962	670
1963	984
1964	299
1965	356
1966	992
1967	974
1968	909
1969	349
1970	764
1971	565
1972	673
1973	429
1974	795
1975	383
1976	509
1977	836
1978	1,070
1979	1,239
1980	693
1981	1,298
1982	624
1983	930
1984	666
1985	835
1986	684
1987	1,247
1988	485
1989	952
1990	935
1991	990
1992	728
1993	1,088
1994	633
1995	1,244
1996	1,088
1997	1,033
1998	1,315
1999	1,052
2000	1,286
2001	848
2002	845
2003	1,321
2004	834
2005	944
2006	822
2007	833
2008	1,015
2009	605
2010	1,292
2011	1,414
2012	1,181
2013	615
2014	662
2015	1,038
2016	497
2017	546
2018	988
2019	915
2020	1,068
2021	590
2022	1,470
2023	390
2024	579
2025	1,104
2026	797

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 11 May 1928
Margin	Records
0 to 10	168
10 to 20	31
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1