Weather Records on 28 April 1938

444 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 1938. Highest significance: Prentice #2, US.

Key Facts for 28 April 1938

On 28 April 1938, 444 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
326 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 59 monthly and 385 daily.
Prentice #2 set a daily record precipitation of 36.8 mm (1.4 in) on 28 April 1938.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

444 stations

444 station records on 28 April 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moran India	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Philipsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dharingbadi	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harmati	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

444 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 211, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 115, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 91, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 28 April 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	211
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	115
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	91
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 April 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 59, daily 385.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

355 broken records

Margins by which the 355 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 32.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 1938

Top 20 records on 28 April 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 1938	Prentice #2, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1938	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	67 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1938	Trenton 2, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	67 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1938	Peterborough, CA	monthly high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	42 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1938	Gardiner, US	monthly high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1938	Simcoe, CA	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	71 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1938	Williamstown, US	monthly high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1938	Parry Sound, CA	monthly high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	38 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1938	Lindsay, CA	monthly high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1938	Eastport, US	monthly high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	25 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1938	Brockton, US	monthly high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1938	Stratford, CA	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1938	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	54 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1938	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily low max	14.0 C (57.2 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1938	Concord, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	67 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1938	Setauket Strong, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	49 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1938	Woodstock, US	monthly high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1938	Waterville Wwtp, US	monthly high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1938	Bethlehem, US	monthly high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1938	Bridgeton 1 NE, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	43 years	26 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1938. 1938 had 444 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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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 5	310
5 to 10	30
10 to 15	6
15 to 20	4
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	2
30 to 35	1