Weather Records on 28 October 1930

144 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1930. Highest significance: Cottbus, DE.

Key Facts for 28 October 1930

On 28 October 1930, 144 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 143 daily.
Cottbus set a daily record precipitation of 31.3 mm (1.2 in) on 28 October 1930.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

144 stations

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

Weather records on 28 October 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Bootra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cork Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Nash	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Urana (Nowranie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Coke (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Anthony Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Tongo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nelyambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tilpa (Warloo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roper River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Yarley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mundallio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hatfield (Benilkie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Runnymede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Mulurulu Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Llanrheidol Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wicannia (the Peak Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bangerang North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Nuntherungie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Colbinabbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Campbells Forest (Yarraberb)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tuskegee	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

144 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 108, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 28 October 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	108
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 28 October 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 143.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

122 broken records

Margins by which the 122 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1930

Top 20 records on 28 October 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1930	Cottbus, DE	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1930	Shelford, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1930	Sugar Land, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1930	White Cliffs (Bootra), AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1930	Winton Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1930	Belmont, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1930	Moyston, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1930	Arkansas City, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1930	Cork Station, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1930	Lake Nash, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1930	Urana (Nowranie), AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1930	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1930	Monroe #2, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1930	Mount Coke (Bos), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1930	Anthony Lagoon, AU	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	0 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1930	Haliburton A, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1930	Arhangelsk, RU	daily high min	5.3 C (41.5 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	45 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1930	Decatur 1 N, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1930	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	44 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1930	White Cliffs (Tongo), AU	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	20 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

1802 to 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1930. 1930 had 144 records.

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

Records on 10-28 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1827	1
1842	1
1856	2
1861	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	4
1873	1
1876	1
1880	3
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	6
1889	2
1890	3
1891	1
1892	7
1893	4
1894	1
1895	3
1896	5
1897	4
1898	5
1899	8
1900	8
1901	15
1902	18
1903	11
1904	13
1905	8
1906	15
1907	15
1908	12
1909	18
1910	26
1911	16
1912	28
1913	153
1914	31
1915	66
1916	13
1917	31
1918	79
1919	87
1920	48
1921	32
1922	90
1923	74
1924	109
1925	598
1926	123
1927	504
1928	77
1929	224
1930	144
1931	205
1932	164
1933	240
1934	227
1935	406
1936	578
1937	697
1938	170
1939	279
1940	652
1941	324
1942	355
1943	310
1944	501
1945	462
1946	712
1947	462
1948	370
1949	341
1950	544
1951	195
1952	485
1953	341
1954	486
1955	462
1956	353
1957	812
1958	198
1959	430
1960	225
1961	437
1962	432
1963	492
1964	332
1965	402
1966	254
1967	404
1968	523
1969	651
1970	846
1971	1,666
1972	1,012
1973	444
1974	805
1975	282
1976	1,606
1977	616
1978	292
1979	387
1980	1,657
1981	922
1982	578
1983	427
1984	1,553
1985	754
1986	590
1987	973
1988	816
1989	1,083
1990	917
1991	2,462
1992	676
1993	576
1994	675
1995	1,049
1996	1,396
1997	1,767
1998	1,457
1999	1,092
2000	935
2001	1,089
2002	982
2003	1,403
2004	1,641
2005	949
2006	1,295
2007	906
2008	1,207
2009	984
2010	1,029
2011	655
2012	1,097
2013	1,007
2014	850
2015	753
2016	1,139
2017	755
2018	710
2019	1,437
2020	1,646
2021	605
2022	879
2023	1,381
2024	650
2025	462

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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	89
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1