Weather Records on 21 October 1928

78 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 October 1928. Highest significance: Kendrew Estates, ZA.

Key Facts for 21 October 1928

On 21 October 1928, 78 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 77 daily.
Kendrew Estates set a daily record precipitation of 26.9 mm (1.1 in) on 21 October 1928.
Across 167 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 422 records.

Record Map

78 stations

78 station records on 21 October 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 October 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kendrew Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.6 C (108.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.2 C (104.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Magnolia	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.5 C (110.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberly-de Beers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Waukomis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

78 records

Records set or tied on 21 October 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 41, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 21 October 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	41
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 October 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 77.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

70 broken records

Margins by which the 70 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 October 1928

Top 20 records on 21 October 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 October 1928	Kendrew Estates, ZA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1928	Masset Airport, CA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1928	Columbus, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1928	Tuttlingen, DE	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1928	Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1928	Camp Crook, US	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1928	Tarkastad (Pol), ZA	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1928	Longreach Post Office, AU	monthly high max	42.6 C (108.7 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1928	Holbrook, US	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1928	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily high max	40.2 C (104.4 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	21 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1928	Lady Frere (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	35 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1928	Dordrecht - Tnk 14, ZA	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	35 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1928	Beloit, US	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1928	Bisbee, US	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	27 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1928	Academy 2NE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	22 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1928	Camp Crook, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	2 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1928	Buckeye, US	daily rain	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	34 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1928	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	30 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1928	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	25 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1928	Hanover (Pol), ZA	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	23 years	16 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

1795 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1928. 1928 had 78 records.

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

Records on 10-21 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1805	1
1808	1
1810	1
1834	1
1835	1
1840	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1864	1
1866	3
1867	1
1868	3
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1877	2
1878	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	3
1891	6
1892	6
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	2
1903	3
1904	30
1905	15
1906	11
1907	35
1908	35
1909	19
1910	21
1911	10
1912	18
1913	59
1914	35
1915	43
1916	70
1917	208
1918	18
1919	102
1920	149
1921	58
1922	78
1923	81
1924	389
1925	150
1926	77
1927	187
1928	78
1929	200
1930	492
1931	217
1932	165
1933	733
1934	407
1935	707
1936	407
1937	132
1938	121
1939	491
1940	537
1941	644
1942	258
1943	421
1944	367
1945	538
1946	297
1947	977
1948	266
1949	1,015
1950	438
1951	382
1952	848
1953	1,579
1954	279
1955	481
1956	276
1957	511
1958	322
1959	410
1960	408
1961	553
1962	359
1963	725
1964	457
1965	465
1966	425
1967	472
1968	174
1969	881
1970	548
1971	498
1972	813
1973	464
1974	866
1975	509
1976	1,467
1977	451
1978	616
1979	1,958
1980	378
1981	667
1982	870
1983	786
1984	1,872
1985	776
1986	814
1987	852
1988	696
1989	1,668
1990	807
1991	877
1992	1,095
1993	845
1994	670
1995	1,120
1996	1,581
1997	915
1998	711
1999	688
2000	771
2001	610
2002	1,241
2003	2,066
2004	1,674
2005	949
2006	1,057
2007	916
2008	610
2009	713
2010	710
2011	662
2012	703
2013	440
2014	716
2015	493
2016	734
2017	750
2018	440
2019	757
2020	1,135
2021	574
2022	629
2023	890
2024	1,138
2025	364

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	67
20 to 40	1
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1