Weather Records on 28 May 1938

285 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 1938. Highest significance: Dhar, IN.

Key Facts for 28 May 1938

On 28 May 1938, 285 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
68 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 263 daily.
Dhar set a monthly record daily precipitation of 73.7 mm (2.9 in) on 28 May 1938.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

285 stations

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

Weather records on 28 May 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dhar	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kilcoy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Srikakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Domeriaganj Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shevgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sindkheda	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Robertsganj	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pet Jorhat	India	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sardarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tamluk	India	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jiwanpur Sagri	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chainpur	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Suri	India	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chipurupally	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Navalgund	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nasik	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Azimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bongaon	India	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baunsi	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nawarangpur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Umbergaon	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nevasa	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deogaon Lalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bansi	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Guhagar	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Konda	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jamner	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Niphad	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Howrah	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bhadgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Srungavarapukota	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Medha	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Basti	India	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Budge Budge	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sakri	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mirzapur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stockton 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Caroleen	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

285 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 204.

Records on 28 May 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 May 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 263.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

258 broken records

Margins by which the 258 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 106.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 1938

Top 20 records on 28 May 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 1938	Dhar, IN	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1938	Kilcoy Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1938	Srikakulam, IN	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1938	Domeriaganj Sr, IN	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1938	Shevgaon, IN	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1938	Sindkheda, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1938	Robertsganj, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1938	Woodford Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1938	Pet Jorhat, IN	daily rain	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1938	Sardarpur, IN	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1938	Tamluk, IN	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1938	Jiwanpur Sagri, IN	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1938	Chainpur, IN	monthly rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1938	Suri, IN	monthly rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1938	Chipurupally, IN	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	0 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1938	Navalgund, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1938	Nasik, IN	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1938	Azimganj, IN	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1938	1 WSW Princeton, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1938	Bongaon, IN	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	1 year	34 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1938. 1938 had 285 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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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	211
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1