Weather Records on 15 October 1928

385 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 October 1928. Highest significance: Yamma, AU.

Key Facts for 15 October 1928

On 15 October 1928, 385 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
159 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 378 daily.
Yamma set a monthly record daily precipitation of 56.9 mm (2.2 in) on 15 October 1928.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

385 stations

385 station records on 15 October 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 October 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yamma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Argoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Prickley Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie (Pooginook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Benalla Sharon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tangambalanga NE Dairy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Power	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yarran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pomingalarna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Narrandera Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warracknabeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bonaparte 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gredgwin (Barraport North)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Great Western (Seppelt)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madowla Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grong Grong (Berembed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Carrathool (Gum Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dumosa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrawalla South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mooroopna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

385 records

Records set or tied on 15 October 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 134, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 148, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 15 October 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	134
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	148
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 October 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 378.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

308 broken records

Margins by which the 308 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 52.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 October 1928

Top 20 records on 15 October 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 October 1928	Yamma, AU	monthly rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1928	Argoon, AU	monthly rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1928	Pelee Island, CA	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1928	Prickley Range, AU	monthly rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1928	Highmore, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1928	Ipswich, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1928	Forman 5 SSE, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1928	Mellette 4 W, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1928	Clark, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1928	Jerilderie (Pooginook), AU	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1928	Benalla Sharon, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1928	Tangambalanga NE Dairy, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1928	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low min	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	56 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1928	Caruthersville, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1928	Power, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1928	Yarran, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1928	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1928	Yanga, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1928	Wahpeton 3 N, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1928	Pomingalarna, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	28 years	23 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

1794 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1928. 1928 had 385 records.

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

Records on 10-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1796	1
1807	1
1808	2
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1849	1
1859	2
1862	1
1870	2
1871	4
1873	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	3
1879	3
1881	3
1882	4
1885	2
1886	1
1887	8
1889	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	5
1894	9
1895	3
1896	8
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	7
1903	13
1904	10
1905	13
1906	7
1907	11
1908	13
1909	17
1910	14
1911	18
1912	17
1913	70
1914	28
1915	48
1916	21
1917	29
1918	21
1919	65
1920	38
1921	160
1922	43
1923	66
1924	118
1925	221
1926	125
1927	94
1928	385
1929	200
1930	282
1931	461
1932	213
1933	255
1934	434
1935	303
1936	126
1937	1,444
1938	598
1939	461
1940	458
1941	330
1942	494
1943	704
1944	246
1945	487
1946	354
1947	963
1948	224
1949	546
1950	321
1951	341
1952	662
1953	374
1954	945
1955	444
1956	555
1957	461
1958	606
1959	411
1960	600
1961	834
1962	1,009
1963	522
1964	488
1965	299
1966	1,265
1967	464
1968	1,111
1969	1,074
1970	642
1971	744
1972	584
1973	525
1974	768
1975	808
1976	791
1977	543
1978	886
1979	720
1980	1,006
1981	965
1982	297
1983	653
1984	1,236
1985	1,068
1986	768
1987	900
1988	896
1989	560
1990	1,134
1991	1,139
1992	1,530
1993	1,066
1994	1,103
1995	1,008
1996	458
1997	964
1998	806
1999	766
2000	625
2001	705
2002	965
2003	737
2004	716
2005	610
2006	1,305
2007	702
2008	959
2009	2,365
2010	1,095
2011	906
2012	909
2013	632
2014	901
2015	1,139
2016	674
2017	1,091
2018	2,682
2019	479
2020	499
2021	983
2022	633
2023	319
2024	748
2025	697

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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	272
10 to 20	25
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1