Weather Records on 28 October 1937

697 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1937. Highest significance: Buckhannon, US.

Key Facts for 28 October 1937

On 28 October 1937, 697 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
455 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 692 daily.
Buckhannon set a daily record precipitation of 68.6 mm (2.7 in) on 28 October 1937.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

697 stations

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

Weather records on 28 October 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lost Creek Near	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Frostburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madha	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sonamarg &	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kiama Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Badgam	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jalna	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anantnag	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harpers Ferry River	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dunwich Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Orara (Aurania)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mandhata	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Takoma Park # 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Benton City 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kanakapura	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ryan	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mahuadaur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hosur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mifflintown	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset Main Street	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

697 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 312, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 210.

Records on 28 October 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	312
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	210
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 October 1937 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 692.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

590 broken records

Margins by which the 590 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1937

Top 20 records on 28 October 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1937	Buckhannon, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1937	Romney 1 SW, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1937	Cumberland, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1937	Oakland 1 SE, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1937	Uniontown 1 NE, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1937	Johnstown, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1937	Lost Creek Near, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1937	Mannington 1 N, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1937	Westernport, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1937	Pickens 1, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1937	Derry 4 SW, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1937	Grafton 1 NE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1937	Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1937	Lycippus 1 E, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1937	Frostburg, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1937	Bellingen Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1937	Glenville, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1937	Madha, IN	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1937	Sonamarg &, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1937	Skaneateles, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)

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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1937. 1937 had 697 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	501
10 to 20	38
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	15
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	6
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1