Weather Records on 17 October 1928

530 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 October 1928. Highest significance: Tullahoma, US.

Key Facts for 17 October 1928

On 17 October 1928, 530 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
404 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 511 daily.
Tullahoma set an all-time record daily precipitation of 152.4 mm (6.0 in) on 17 October 1928.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

530 stations

530 station records on 17 October 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 October 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Afton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Griquatown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

530 records

Records set or tied on 17 October 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 329, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 112.

Records on 17 October 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	329
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 October 1928 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 17, daily 511.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

465 broken records

Margins by which the 465 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 48.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 October 1928

Top 20 records on 17 October 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 October 1928	Tullahoma, US	all-time rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1928	Pine Bluff, US	monthly rain	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1928	Coldwater, US	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1928	Lakefield, CA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1928	Afton, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1928	Savannah 6 SW, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1928	St John Bethlehem Aca, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1928	Winterset 4N, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1928	Hohenwald, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1928	Audubon, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1928	Leitchfield 2 N, US	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1928	Shelbyville 1 E, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1928	Brookville, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1928	Johnsonville, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1928	Madison, US	all-time rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	18 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1928	Union City, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1928	Wien, AT	daily low min	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	61 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1928	Colesberg (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1928	Conception, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1928	Morgantown 1, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	46 years	28 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 530 records.

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

Records on 10-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	2
1808	2
1810	1
1811	1
1817	1
1820	1
1830	1
1836	1
1844	1
1845	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	7
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	5
1894	2
1895	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	4
1903	9
1904	17
1905	12
1906	3
1907	16
1908	46
1909	18
1910	13
1911	24
1912	12
1913	26
1914	72
1915	7
1916	81
1917	29
1918	20
1919	34
1920	82
1921	64
1922	60
1923	149
1924	81
1925	324
1926	153
1927	163
1928	530
1929	119
1930	441
1931	431
1932	345
1933	190
1934	262
1935	337
1936	338
1937	865
1938	710
1939	424
1940	580
1941	194
1942	349
1943	1,173
1944	415
1945	289
1946	437
1947	744
1948	724
1949	442
1950	809
1951	274
1952	474
1953	463
1954	579
1955	562
1956	353
1957	245
1958	415
1959	403
1960	432
1961	525
1962	350
1963	513
1964	492
1965	920
1966	551
1967	576
1968	929
1969	714
1970	815
1971	1,053
1972	866
1973	542
1974	1,055
1975	605
1976	1,381
1977	1,060
1978	583
1979	468
1980	1,366
1981	555
1982	575
1983	526
1984	1,551
1985	585
1986	354
1987	828
1988	827
1989	1,163
1990	1,109
1991	1,352
1992	1,384
1993	1,001
1994	1,306
1995	1,076
1996	987
1997	1,114
1998	1,455
1999	815
2000	461
2001	878
2002	992
2003	764
2004	935
2005	643
2006	1,506
2007	690
2008	467
2009	1,606
2010	625
2011	734
2012	550
2013	516
2014	530
2015	843
2016	1,559
2017	743
2018	1,163
2019	504
2020	889
2021	294
2022	964
2023	544
2024	994
2025	363

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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).