Weather Records on 28 September 1930

116 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 September 1930. Highest significance: Groningen-1, NL.

Key Facts for 28 September 1930

On 28 September 1930, 116 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
14 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 113 daily.
Groningen-1 set a daily record precipitation of 33.4 mm (1.3 in) on 28 September 1930.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

116 stations

116 station records on 28 September 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 September 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Welbedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umatilla	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wupperthal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mardan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Prineville	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mottinger	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McIntyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Eersterivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

116 records

Records set or tied on 28 September 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 38.

Records on 28 September 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	38
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 September 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 113.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

90 broken records

Margins by which the 90 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 34.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 September 1930

Top 20 records on 28 September 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 September 1930	Groningen-1, NL	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	70 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1930	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1930	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1930	Kluitjeskraal (Bos), ZA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1930	Fergus Falls, US	monthly low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1930	Wahpeton 3 N, US	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	36 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1930	Coleman, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1930	Kaufman 3 SE, US	monthly low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	17 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1930	Kennewick, US	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1930	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily rain	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1930	Weston 2 SE, US	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1930	Ter Apel, NL	daily rain	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1930	Dayville, US	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1930	Matjiesfontein (Sar), ZA	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1930	Welbedacht, ZA	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1930	Umatilla, US	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1930	Minnedosa, CA	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1930	St Albans, CA	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1930	Cape Town Fire Station, ZA	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	37 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1930	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	30 years	19 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 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1930. 1930 had 116 records.

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

Records on 09-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1826	1
1832	1
1849	2
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	3
1868	1
1869	2
1873	3
1874	3
1877	3
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	3
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	1
1888	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	6
1895	5
1896	3
1897	5
1898	4
1899	6
1900	9
1901	2
1902	5
1903	19
1904	17
1905	17
1906	37
1907	27
1908	23
1909	16
1910	39
1911	62
1912	32
1913	37
1914	28
1915	57
1916	61
1917	35
1918	55
1919	38
1920	23
1921	39
1922	34
1923	150
1924	139
1925	191
1926	305
1927	194
1928	205
1929	432
1930	116
1931	233
1932	195
1933	459
1934	237
1935	282
1936	502
1937	313
1938	311
1939	552
1940	419
1941	479
1942	1,187
1943	440
1944	367
1945	1,034
1946	347
1947	647
1948	617
1949	359
1950	233
1951	441
1952	366
1953	842
1954	512
1955	409
1956	590
1957	695
1958	509
1959	874
1960	226
1961	385
1962	705
1963	666
1964	723
1965	582
1966	477
1967	978
1968	262
1969	244
1970	932
1971	954
1972	671
1973	886
1974	583
1975	502
1976	900
1977	784
1978	513
1979	915
1980	750
1981	752
1982	1,001
1983	941
1984	1,326
1985	1,189
1986	1,264
1987	825
1988	623
1989	847
1990	414
1991	821
1992	643
1993	627
1994	836
1995	794
1996	1,069
1997	681
1998	1,541
1999	1,533
2000	652
2001	791
2002	743
2003	929
2004	852
2005	1,088
2006	704
2007	837
2008	536
2009	792
2010	1,139
2011	1,025
2012	624
2013	790
2014	878
2015	673
2016	520
2017	755
2018	527
2019	1,388
2020	531
2021	740
2022	727
2023	772
2024	1,364
2025	464
2026	531

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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 5	69
5 to 10	13
10 to 15	4
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	1