Weather Records on 16 October 1928

543 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 1928. Highest significance: Fort National, DZ.

Key Facts for 16 October 1928

On 16 October 1928, 543 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
316 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 532 daily.
Fort National set a monthly record daily precipitation of 103.2 mm (4.1 in) on 16 October 1928.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

543 stations

543 station records on 16 October 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Worthington	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mittagong Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Evansville Ft Court STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Batlow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dunmurray	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

543 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 295, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 186, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 16 October 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	295
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	186
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 October 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 532.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

459 broken records

Margins by which the 459 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 1928

Top 20 records on 16 October 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 1928	Fort National, DZ	monthly rain	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1928	Wakefield 3NW, US	monthly rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1928	Lindsay, CA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1928	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1928	St Peter, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1928	Stuttgart, US	daily rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	5 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1928	Du Quoin 4 SE, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1928	Highlands, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1928	Palestine, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1928	Le Mars, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1928	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1928	Flora 5 NW, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	3 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1928	Newport, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1928	Olney 2S, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	3 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1928	Mason City, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1928	Washington 1 W, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	3 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1928	Centerville 6 SE, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1928	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	monthly rain	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1928	Anna 4 N, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	3 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1928	Keokuk L&D 19, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	33 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

1796 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1928. 1928 had 543 records.

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

Records on 10-16 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1810	1
1811	3
1817	1
1826	1
1830	1
1836	2
1838	1
1839	1
1856	1
1859	2
1862	2
1865	2
1870	3
1873	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	2
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	6
1893	12
1894	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	9
1898	4
1899	8
1901	4
1902	7
1903	6
1904	7
1905	16
1906	3
1907	6
1908	49
1909	20
1910	10
1911	18
1912	16
1913	25
1914	52
1915	17
1916	28
1917	19
1918	25
1919	58
1920	44
1921	54
1922	57
1923	84
1924	81
1925	304
1926	180
1927	122
1928	543
1929	118
1930	312
1931	515
1932	379
1933	218
1934	712
1935	395
1936	244
1937	1,200
1938	606
1939	494
1940	531
1941	220
1942	426
1943	1,233
1944	609
1945	414
1946	398
1947	865
1948	279
1949	378
1950	344
1951	266
1952	698
1953	508
1954	1,068
1955	427
1956	620
1957	354
1958	494
1959	319
1960	540
1961	790
1962	504
1963	464
1964	513
1965	498
1966	669
1967	516
1968	987
1969	845
1970	789
1971	979
1972	464
1973	539
1974	1,061
1975	487
1976	1,053
1977	549
1978	822
1979	580
1980	1,383
1981	897
1982	430
1983	432
1984	1,507
1985	672
1986	450
1987	1,259
1988	703
1989	820
1990	890
1991	1,543
1992	1,646
1993	999
1994	1,176
1995	1,061
1996	585
1997	939
1998	934
1999	705
2000	519
2001	754
2002	1,079
2003	530
2004	687
2005	684
2006	1,330
2007	645
2008	778
2009	1,931
2010	1,049
2011	816
2012	728
2013	546
2014	695
2015	1,142
2016	1,063
2017	1,014
2018	1,558
2019	463
2020	484
2021	541
2022	676
2023	608
2024	721
2025	559

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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	376
10 to 20	40
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	6
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1