Weather Records on 28 October 1933

240 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1933. Highest significance: Portland Rfc City, US.

Key Facts for 28 October 1933

On 28 October 1933, 240 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
95 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 229 daily.
Portland Rfc City set a daily record precipitation of 40.1 mm (1.6 in) on 28 October 1933.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

240 stations

240 station records on 28 October 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 October 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bellata (Aberfeldie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Guy Fawkes 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vilatnikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quinyambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Paramakudi	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walcha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
E Tawas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
La Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cundletown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dungog Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

240 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 60, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 28 October 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	60
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 28 October 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 229.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

184 broken records

Margins by which the 184 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1933

Top 20 records on 28 October 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1933	Portland Rfc City, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1933	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1933	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1933	Seal Rocks Camping Reserve, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1933	Gloucester Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1933	Bellata (Aberfeldie), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1933	Ebor (Wongwibinda), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1933	St Ignace, US	monthly low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1933	Cascade Locks, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1933	Colfax, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1933	Wingham (Lanark Close), AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1933	Wolfville, CA	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1933	Windsor Kings College, CA	monthly rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1933	Guy Fawkes 2, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1933	White River, CA	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	3.5 cm (1.4 in)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1933	Hiasen I Sigdal, NO	monthly snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1933	Heber, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1933	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	39 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1933	Cedarville, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1933	Snoqualmie Falls, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	23 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1933. 1933 had 240 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 20	166
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1