Weather Records on 28 April 1932

247 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 1932. Highest significance: Evanston 1 E, US.

Key Facts for 28 April 1932

On 28 April 1932, 247 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
12 were record highs and 159 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 243 daily.
Evanston 1 E set a daily record snowfall of 13.0 cm (5.1 in) on 28 April 1932.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

247 stations

247 station records on 28 April 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dharwar	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
North Lakhimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Cp&L	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Igatpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zira	India	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jalalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zhizdra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malkapur	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tohana	India	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thirthahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Budhlada	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Muktesar	India	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pawtucket	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Marlinton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dholera	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

247 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 119, Heaviest daily rainfall 71, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 28 April 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	119
Heaviest daily rainfall	71
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 April 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 243.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

186 broken records

Margins by which the 186 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 1932

Top 20 records on 28 April 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 1932	Evanston 1 E, US	daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	10.5 cm (4.1 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1932	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1932	Dharwar, IN	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1932	New Braunfels, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	1 year	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1932	Las Animas, US	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	38 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1932	Satna, IN	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	25 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1932	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	monthly rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	0 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1932	Red Lodge, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1932	Boerne, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	1 year	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1932	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1932	Dialville 2 W, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1932	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	21 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1932	Santa Fe, US	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	54 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1932	Runge, US	monthly rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	22 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1932	North Lakhimpur, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1932	Victoria Cp&L, US	monthly rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	11 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1932	Kursk, RU	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1932	Igatpuri, IN	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1932	Poltava, UA	daily rain	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1932	Kon-Kolodez, RU	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	13 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

1795 to 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1932. 1932 had 247 records.

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

Records on 04-28 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	1
1803	1
1814	2
1817	4
1840	1
1841	1
1843	1
1844	1
1853	1
1857	2
1861	1
1862	1
1866	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	5
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1882	2
1883	1
1885	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	4
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	2
1898	5
1899	2
1900	6
1901	7
1902	11
1903	3
1904	13
1905	6
1906	9
1907	19
1908	24
1909	43
1910	12
1911	29
1912	13
1913	69
1914	28
1915	46
1916	15
1917	41
1918	18
1919	63
1920	51
1921	89
1922	87
1923	126
1924	70
1925	114
1926	265
1927	132
1928	713
1929	136
1930	105
1931	291
1932	247
1933	327
1934	530
1935	430
1936	143
1937	698
1938	444
1939	356
1940	348
1941	268
1942	665
1943	442
1944	245
1945	371
1946	418
1947	547
1948	545
1949	580
1950	661
1951	617
1952	894
1953	482
1954	900
1955	583
1956	812
1957	614
1958	535
1959	647
1960	582
1961	222
1962	603
1963	568
1964	394
1965	707
1966	800
1967	947
1968	536
1969	432
1970	1,977
1971	570
1972	523
1973	915
1974	777
1975	795
1976	822
1977	533
1978	496
1979	783
1980	644
1981	967
1982	710
1983	1,156
1984	1,357
1985	959
1986	1,029
1987	1,822
1988	967
1989	1,089
1990	1,608
1991	913
1992	2,252
1993	1,191
1994	1,906
1995	726
1996	967
1997	1,784
1998	942
1999	632
2000	1,113
2001	1,015
2002	1,287
2003	958
2004	887
2005	1,056
2006	782
2007	1,340
2008	1,407
2009	979
2010	905
2011	1,161
2012	1,135
2013	721
2014	704
2015	468
2016	783
2017	829
2018	384
2019	662
2020	535
2021	482
2022	532
2023	834
2024	594
2025	650
2026	521

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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 20	170
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1