Weather Records on 30 September 1928

560 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 September 1928. Highest significance: Watervale, AU.

Key Facts for 30 September 1928

On 30 September 1928, 560 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
93 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 522 daily.
Watervale set a daily record precipitation of 39.9 mm (1.6 in) on 30 September 1928.
Across 161 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

560 stations

560 station records on 30 September 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 September 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Euston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saddleworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth (Anama Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia Sheedy Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bordertown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minimay (Neuarpur Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cooke Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pomonal Windy Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Amphitheatre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pawtucket	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte Cave Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mirranatwa (Bullawin Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wolseley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

560 records

Records set or tied on 30 September 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 357, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 30 September 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	357
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 30 September 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 38, daily 522.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

498 broken records

Margins by which the 498 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 September 1928

Top 20 records on 30 September 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 September 1928	Watervale, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1928	Euston Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1928	Orroroo, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1928	Marrabel, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1928	Clare Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1928	Weissenburg, DE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1928	Auburn, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1928	Saddleworth, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1928	Harrow (Pine Hills), AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1928	Penshurst (Post Office), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1928	Adelaide (Pooraka), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1928	Kaniva, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1928	Brinkworth (Anama Park), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1928	Penola Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1928	Adelaide (Thorndon Park), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1928	Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1928	Clare (Hill River), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1928	Mount Torrens, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1928	Karnak (Rosedale), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1928	Virginia Sheedy Road, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	34 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

1806 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1928. 1928 had 560 records.

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

Records on 09-30 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1813	1
1817	1
1819	2
1834	1
1841	1
1842	1
1847	1
1853	1
1854	1
1855	1
1861	1
1862	1
1866	1
1868	2
1869	3
1870	1
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1881	5
1883	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	4
1889	1
1892	2
1893	3
1894	8
1895	5
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	12
1900	4
1901	11
1902	7
1903	9
1904	14
1905	25
1906	14
1907	16
1908	18
1909	10
1910	5
1911	47
1912	47
1913	10
1914	33
1915	84
1916	209
1917	19
1918	45
1919	28
1920	71
1921	61
1922	71
1923	183
1924	243
1925	211
1926	194
1927	486
1928	560
1929	181
1930	110
1931	225
1932	363
1933	437
1934	398
1935	209
1936	432
1937	417
1938	428
1939	371
1940	316
1941	482
1942	405
1943	404
1944	369
1945	889
1946	320
1947	433
1948	267
1949	366
1950	731
1951	597
1952	504
1953	1,136
1954	1,059
1955	406
1956	350
1957	663
1958	442
1959	1,159
1960	161
1961	618
1962	202
1963	818
1964	332
1965	459
1966	592
1967	859
1968	449
1969	465
1970	334
1971	1,359
1972	676
1973	407
1974	742
1975	686
1976	775
1977	870
1978	399
1979	479
1980	832
1981	688
1982	806
1983	1,102
1984	1,267
1985	1,892
1986	1,805
1987	649
1988	453
1989	713
1990	665
1991	949
1992	980
1993	988
1994	816
1995	1,061
1996	1,396
1997	729
1998	1,206
1999	1,144
2000	887
2001	699
2002	677
2003	1,079
2004	573
2005	761
2006	617
2007	841
2008	585
2009	826
2010	1,059
2011	1,258
2012	637
2013	634
2014	529
2015	997
2016	746
2017	404
2018	717
2019	2,192
2020	554
2021	823
2022	563
2023	1,012
2024	948
2025	559
2026	523

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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	374
10 to 20	110
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1