Weather Records on 28 April 1936

143 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 1936. Highest significance: Russell, CA.

Key Facts for 28 April 1936

On 28 April 1936, 143 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
69 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 141 daily.
Russell set a monthly record daily snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 28 April 1936.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

143 stations

143 station records on 28 April 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Russell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pearl River	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kenora	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mexia	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waco	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wayne City	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greylingstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Reserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Marburg - Warrego Highway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bizerte Cap Blanc	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kenora	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Veedersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Olaa 92	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Caruthersville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record low maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

143 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 60, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 28 April 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	60
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 April 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 141.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

110 broken records

Margins by which the 110 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 1936

Top 20 records on 28 April 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 1936	Russell, CA	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	50 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1936	Delphi 2 N, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1936	Champaign 3S, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1936	Tecumseh 1S, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1936	Pearl River, US	daily rain	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1936	Plymouth Pwr Substn, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1936	Kenora, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1936	Emsdale, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1936	Collegeville St Joe AP, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1936	Lampasas, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1936	Mexia, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1936	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low min	3.2 C (37.8 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	19 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1936	Waco, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1936	Vilnius, LT	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	7 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1936	Ft Wayne City, US	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1936	Hiram, US	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1936	Greylingstad (Sar), ZA	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1936	Hastings, US	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1936	Paris Stp, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1936	New England, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	28 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1936. 1936 had 143 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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Data for records on 1936-04-28: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	88
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1