Weather Records on 28 November 1928

62 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 November 1928. Highest significance: Halifax Macrossan St, AU.

Key Facts for 28 November 1928

On 28 November 1928, 62 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 59 daily.
Halifax Macrossan St set a daily record precipitation of 141.0 mm (5.6 in) on 28 November 1928.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

62 stations

62 station records on 28 November 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 November 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Collbran	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Balfes Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Walsh River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Haigler	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Karumba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-30.5 C (-22.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	77.0 cm (30.3 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Shearer Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

62 records

Records set or tied on 28 November 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 36, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 28 November 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	36
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 28 November 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 59.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

50 broken records

Margins by which the 50 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 220.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 November 1928

Top 20 records on 28 November 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 November 1928	Halifax Macrossan St, AU	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	132.9 mm (5.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1928	Collbran, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1928	Ingham Post Office, AU	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1928	Elgin Downs, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 November 1928	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily low max	23.7 C (74.7 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1928	Ft Collins, US	monthly snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1928	Krakmo, NO	daily snow depth	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1928	Clermont Sirius St, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1928	Culbertson, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1928	Clarke River Telecom, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1928	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1928	Boulder, US	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1928	Ft Collins, US	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1928	Lake Moraine, US	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1928	Montrose #2, US	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1928	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1928	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily rain	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1928	Bathurst, CA	daily low max	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1928	Los Lunas, US	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	34 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1928	Lucinda Township, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	18 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 62 records.

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

Records on 11-28 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1797	1
1807	1
1815	1
1827	1
1829	1
1831	2
1838	1
1839	1
1844	1
1849	2
1850	1
1851	1
1856	4
1857	1
1869	2
1870	1
1871	2
1872	3
1873	2
1874	2
1875	2
1878	2
1879	1
1883	2
1884	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	8
1892	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	5
1901	4
1902	7
1903	25
1904	11
1905	24
1906	21
1907	10
1908	4
1909	39
1910	8
1911	62
1912	24
1913	34
1914	19
1915	33
1916	27
1917	68
1918	13
1919	31
1920	166
1921	50
1922	38
1923	77
1924	55
1925	76
1926	90
1927	545
1928	62
1929	192
1930	749
1931	143
1932	307
1933	203
1934	544
1935	257
1936	252
1937	629
1938	553
1939	240
1940	445
1941	349
1942	232
1943	143
1944	193
1945	236
1946	372
1947	201
1948	752
1949	1,211
1950	506
1951	272
1952	1,051
1953	277
1954	200
1955	1,042
1956	355
1957	240
1958	1,066
1959	730
1960	986
1961	325
1962	413
1963	246
1964	690
1965	301
1966	807
1967	421
1968	799
1969	631
1970	567
1971	500
1972	360
1973	1,483
1974	398
1975	1,069
1976	2,175
1977	1,024
1978	825
1979	536
1980	799
1981	677
1982	842
1983	1,979
1984	1,014
1985	2,376
1986	718
1987	927
1988	810
1989	809
1990	1,642
1991	782
1992	926
1993	1,290
1994	1,267
1995	963
1996	1,161
1997	1,128
1998	1,922
1999	775
2000	726
2001	1,543
2002	1,104
2003	657
2004	770
2005	1,430
2006	1,710
2007	412
2008	849
2009	609
2010	1,533
2011	1,139
2012	698
2013	946
2014	1,210
2015	986
2016	474
2017	751
2018	852
2019	1,197
2020	318
2021	1,137
2022	496
2023	592
2024	456
2025	306

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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 50	45
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1