Weather Records on 10 October 1928

434 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 October 1928. Highest significance: Sheffield, GB.

Key Facts for 10 October 1928

On 10 October 1928, 434 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
388 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 60 monthly and 374 daily.
Sheffield set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 10 October 1928.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

434 stations

434 station records on 10 October 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 October 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lynd #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Britt 3E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Henbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haddon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goorimpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rose Isle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nimagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Tindarey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shearleys Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort (Stoneleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

434 records

Records set or tied on 10 October 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 271, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 40, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 10 October 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	271
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	40
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 October 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 60, daily 374.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

352 broken records

Margins by which the 352 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 23.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 October 1928

Top 20 records on 10 October 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 October 1928	Sheffield, GB	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1928	Vaexjoe, SE	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1928	Cobar (Meryula), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1928	Oakdale, US	monthly high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1928	Tyndall, US	monthly high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1928	Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A, CA	monthly snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1928	Oakdale, US	monthly high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1928	Genoa 2 W, US	monthly high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1928	Vermillion 2 SE, US	monthly high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1928	Logan 1 WNW, US	monthly high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1928	Lynd #2, US	monthly high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	14 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1928	Eau Claire, US	monthly high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1928	Newport, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	40 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1928	Alta, US	monthly high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1928	Britt 3E, US	monthly high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1928	Estherville 4E, US	monthly high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1928	Olathe 3E, US	monthly high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1928	New London, US	monthly high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1928	Tekamah, US	monthly high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1928	Ashland #2, US	monthly high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	28 years	21 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

1793 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1928. 1928 had 434 records.

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

Records on 10-10 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1802	2
1803	1
1809	1
1834	1
1839	1
1842	1
1850	2
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	3
1861	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	3
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	3
1881	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	6
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	3
1897	6
1899	4
1900	6
1901	6
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	8
1906	46
1907	9
1908	14
1909	29
1910	27
1911	16
1912	25
1913	54
1914	36
1915	17
1916	34
1917	49
1918	8
1919	106
1920	41
1921	125
1922	48
1923	119
1924	90
1925	374
1926	146
1927	62
1928	434
1929	254
1930	362
1931	431
1932	292
1933	169
1934	510
1935	434
1936	354
1937	420
1938	427
1939	505
1940	176
1941	295
1942	265
1943	510
1944	159
1945	304
1946	479
1947	451
1948	327
1949	1,525
1950	569
1951	439
1952	473
1953	371
1954	471
1955	543
1956	616
1957	295
1958	847
1959	847
1960	372
1961	680
1962	495
1963	613
1964	749
1965	295
1966	378
1967	527
1968	269
1969	498
1970	1,047
1971	561
1972	732
1973	1,312
1974	379
1975	403
1976	1,008
1977	526
1978	401
1979	1,677
1980	505
1981	829
1982	1,274
1983	431
1984	566
1985	1,491
1986	828
1987	1,059
1988	613
1989	603
1990	1,498
1991	975
1992	627
1993	798
1994	626
1995	977
1996	993
1997	1,523
1998	630
1999	1,056
2000	2,722
2001	970
2002	793
2003	1,518
2004	544
2005	912
2006	785
2007	768
2008	896
2009	2,211
2010	1,017
2011	994
2012	462
2013	718
2014	649
2015	972
2016	371
2017	1,313
2018	1,780
2019	1,485
2020	756
2021	762
2022	326
2023	651
2024	916
2025	734
2026	583

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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	314
5 to 10	25
10 to 15	10
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	2