Weather Records on 28 July 1928

341 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 1928. Highest significance: Gundy (Miller St), AU.

Key Facts for 28 July 1928

On 28 July 1928, 341 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
69 were record highs and 187 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 331 daily.
Gundy (Miller St) set a daily record precipitation of 51.8 mm (2.0 in) on 28 July 1928.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

341 stations

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

Weather records on 28 July 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wauneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wingen (Murrulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston (Glenrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Broke (Harrowby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moonan Flat (High St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brindley Park 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Terragong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallabadah (Woodton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millers Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Belltrees 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jerrys Plains Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

341 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 125, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 85.

Records on 28 July 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	125
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	85
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 July 1928 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 331.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

250 broken records

Margins by which the 250 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 59.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 1928

Top 20 records on 28 July 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 1928	Gundy (Miller St), AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1928	Morpeth Post Office, AU	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1928	Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1928	Gresford Post Office, AU	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1928	Raymond Terrace (Kinross), AU	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1928	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1928	Aberdeen (Main Rd), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1928	Raymond Terrace Post Office, AU	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1928	Wauneta, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1928	Scone (Philip Street), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1928	Cheneyville 1 NE, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1928	Wingen (Murrulla), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1928	Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka, SE	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1928	Kirov, RU	all-time rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1928	Singleton Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1928	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1928	Durango, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1928	Paoli, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1928	Ellerston (Glenrock), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1928	Cedarville, US	all-time high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	23 years	30 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

1815 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1928. 1928 had 341 records.

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

Records on 07-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1832	2
1834	1
1838	1
1846	1
1848	1
1853	1
1857	1
1860	2
1866	2
1867	1
1872	3
1873	1
1874	1
1882	1
1883	3
1884	3
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	3
1891	8
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	6
1900	8
1901	14
1902	4
1903	16
1904	23
1905	10
1906	18
1907	39
1908	15
1909	19
1910	18
1911	61
1912	32
1913	54
1914	42
1915	36
1916	134
1917	84
1918	34
1919	53
1920	95
1921	92
1922	82
1923	193
1924	79
1925	361
1926	175
1927	129
1928	341
1929	215
1930	603
1931	464
1932	184
1933	390
1934	533
1935	354
1936	471
1937	315
1938	264
1939	339
1940	507
1941	525
1942	165
1943	429
1944	349
1945	399
1946	380
1947	630
1948	535
1949	496
1950	1,035
1951	320
1952	669
1953	251
1954	355
1955	537
1956	309
1957	298
1958	549
1959	417
1960	416
1961	357
1962	772
1963	484
1964	422
1965	422
1966	349
1967	458
1968	547
1969	737
1970	343
1971	1,161
1972	675
1973	500
1974	343
1975	537
1976	493
1977	724
1978	681
1979	692
1980	1,170
1981	1,315
1982	774
1983	1,389
1984	1,373
1985	627
1986	868
1987	1,202
1988	761
1989	936
1990	757
1991	768
1992	678
1993	1,026
1994	2,266
1995	1,251
1996	1,178
1997	1,024
1998	1,835
1999	985
2000	857
2001	938
2002	866
2003	932
2004	1,345
2005	1,387
2006	1,398
2007	998
2008	923
2009	964
2010	1,306
2011	1,143
2012	731
2013	1,428
2014	713
2015	911
2016	648
2017	476
2018	655
2019	469
2020	721
2021	831
2022	990
2023	765
2024	668
2025	845
2026	863

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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 10	204
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	4