Weather Records on 28 May 1937

212 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 1937. Highest significance: Barduar, IN.

Key Facts for 28 May 1937

On 28 May 1937, 212 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 201 daily.
Barduar set a monthly record daily precipitation of 215.9 mm (8.5 in) on 28 May 1937.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

212 stations

212 station records on 28 May 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 May 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barduar	India	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Puri	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jagnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chendipada	India	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pundi	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kendrapara	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lohar-Daga	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Purankot	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gunupur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stockton 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Khurda	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bhimunipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rampur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Basudevpur (Eram)	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Guntersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Redrock 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zhizdra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paradise	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mohawk	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dharamjaigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chatrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sandheads	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Singimari	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gurgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jashpurnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Shirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

212 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 93.

Records on 28 May 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 May 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 201.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

164 broken records

Margins by which the 164 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 1937

Top 20 records on 28 May 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 1937	Barduar, IN	monthly rain	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1937	Socorro, US	monthly rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1937	Elizabethtown, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1937	Bosque del Apache, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1937	Puri, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1937	Jagnathpur, IN	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1937	Williamsburg 2, US	monthly rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1937	Chendipada, IN	monthly rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1937	Pundi, IN	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1937	Bell Ranch, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1937	Kendrapara, IN	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1937	Lohar-Daga, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1937	Santa Fe, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	42 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1937	Purankot, IN	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1937	Gunupur, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1937	Deming, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1937	Ft Stockton 1, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1937	Santa Cruz, US	monthly high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	43 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1937	Khurda, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1937	Bhimunipatnam, IN	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	25 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

1794 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1937. 1937 had 212 records.

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

Records on 05-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1797	1
1811	1
1824	1
1832	1
1836	5
1840	1
1841	1
1847	2
1848	1
1851	2
1857	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	4
1869	1
1876	1
1879	2
1880	2
1884	3
1885	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	2
1892	9
1893	2
1894	9
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	6
1902	12
1903	9
1904	6
1905	14
1906	31
1907	36
1908	26
1909	7
1910	18
1911	42
1912	19
1913	28
1914	58
1915	27
1916	24
1917	36
1918	43
1919	43
1920	33
1921	87
1922	80
1923	72
1924	109
1925	122
1926	143
1927	301
1928	150
1929	355
1930	131
1931	574
1932	171
1933	212
1934	537
1935	186
1936	337
1937	212
1938	285
1939	433
1940	217
1941	711
1942	279
1943	238
1944	330
1945	331
1946	413
1947	1,049
1948	333
1949	321
1950	276
1951	503
1952	314
1953	392
1954	382
1955	413
1956	456
1957	272
1958	792
1959	557
1960	431
1961	1,026
1962	859
1963	368
1964	394
1965	536
1966	284
1967	350
1968	610
1969	863
1970	310
1971	767
1972	575
1973	834
1974	585
1975	397
1976	914
1977	826
1978	802
1979	521
1980	808
1981	711
1982	1,204
1983	1,666
1984	1,357
1985	914
1986	591
1987	1,139
1988	806
1989	817
1990	1,024
1991	1,647
1992	1,610
1993	870
1994	981
1995	1,078
1996	1,438
1997	1,108
1998	1,043
1999	952
2000	1,229
2001	1,024
2002	612
2003	1,049
2004	875
2005	1,032
2006	1,566
2007	1,084
2008	902
2009	733
2010	937
2011	1,188
2012	1,237
2013	541
2014	781
2015	487
2016	625
2017	710
2018	1,348
2019	973
2020	875
2021	537
2022	476
2023	445
2024	907
2025	663
2026	1,053

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Data for records on 1937-05-28: 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 20	146
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1