Weather Records on 28 October 1932

164 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1932. Highest significance: Society Hill 6 S, US.

Key Facts for 28 October 1932

On 28 October 1932, 164 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 158 daily.
Society Hill 6 S set a monthly record daily precipitation of 165.1 mm (6.5 in) on 28 October 1932.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

164 stations

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

Weather records on 28 October 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cambay	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kapadvanj	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kenora	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parner	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anand	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Borsad	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ramanathapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chintalapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morekulam	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Byad	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sampagaon-Bailh	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pandharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Matar	India	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mohanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaira	India	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chuda	India	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karjat	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kangayam	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mahudha	India	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dakor	India	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dhandhuka	India	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mehmedabad	India	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Balasinor	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Haveri	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nadiad	India	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Thasra	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lunawada	India	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wadhwan	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Banswara	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Porbandar	India	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alirajpur/Rajpur	India	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dunwich Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sanand	India	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gogha	India	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

164 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 114, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 28 October 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 28 October 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 158.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

143 broken records

Margins by which the 143 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1932

Top 20 records on 28 October 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1932	Society Hill 6 S, US	monthly rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1932	Cambay, IN	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1932	Kapadvanj, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1932	Kenora, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1932	Parner, IN	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1932	Anand, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1932	Borsad, IN	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1932	Ramanathapuram, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	5 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1932	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1932	Chintalapudi, IN	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1932	Morekulam, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	5 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1932	St Albans, CA	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1932	Byad, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1932	Bathurst, CA	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	57 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1932	Bar Harbor 3 NW, US	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1932	Cap Madeleine, CA	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	12 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1932	Sampagaon-Bailh, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1932	Pandharpur, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1932	Matar, IN	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1932	Mohanpur, IN	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1932. 1932 had 164 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	104
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	2