Weather Records on 28 June 1939

333 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 June 1939. Highest significance: Prentice #2, US.

Key Facts for 28 June 1939

On 28 June 1939, 333 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 324 daily.
Prentice #2 set an all-time record daily precipitation of 129.0 mm (5.1 in) on 28 June 1939.
Across 158 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

333 stations

333 station records on 28 June 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 June 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Paxton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jingellic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ramdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Perundurai	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kodanand	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nidamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marungapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haskote	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pennagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palacode	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rasipuram	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Riche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kotagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nelamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Usilampatti	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saranac	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Indee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pavagada	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roebourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madhugiri	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pauta Amaria	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Channapatana	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruchengode	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Thathaiengarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Deeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Malavalli	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Omalur	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Valangiman	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pudukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Farrukhabad	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nullagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tadpatri	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jayamkondam	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

333 records

Records set or tied on 28 June 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 251.

Records on 28 June 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	251
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 June 1939 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 324.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

303 broken records

Margins by which the 303 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 113.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 June 1939

Top 20 records on 28 June 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 June 1939	Prentice #2, US	all-time rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 June 1939	Meeker 5 W, US	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1939	Paxton, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1939	Norman 3SSE, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1939	Shawnee, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1939	Jingellic, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1939	Batesville L&D 1, US	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1939	Ramdurg, IN	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1939	Perundurai, IN	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1939	Kodanand, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1939	Nidamangalam, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1939	Marungapuri, IN	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1939	Haskote, IN	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1939	Pennagaram, IN	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1939	Palacode, IN	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1939	Pushmataha, US	monthly rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1939	Montevideo 1SW, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1939	Rasipuram, IN	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1939	Cape Riche, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1939	Kotagiri, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	38 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

1815 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1939. 1939 had 333 records.

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

Records on 06-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1823	1
1824	1
1827	1
1834	1
1835	2
1840	1
1841	1
1857	1
1860	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1867	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1884	1
1887	3
1888	4
1889	2
1890	5
1891	1
1892	4
1893	5
1895	1
1896	2
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	19
1902	8
1903	2
1904	12
1905	19
1906	24
1907	12
1908	10
1909	26
1910	51
1911	30
1912	21
1913	57
1914	50
1915	64
1916	99
1917	20
1918	46
1919	69
1920	146
1921	68
1922	45
1923	222
1924	105
1925	168
1926	335
1927	256
1928	176
1929	146
1930	195
1931	843
1932	218
1933	475
1934	594
1935	332
1936	556
1937	378
1938	591
1939	333
1940	256
1941	454
1942	570
1943	422
1944	386
1945	489
1946	401
1947	818
1948	435
1949	316
1950	340
1951	420
1952	685
1953	293
1954	427
1955	369
1956	582
1957	636
1958	749
1959	647
1960	290
1961	405
1962	333
1963	672
1964	328
1965	363
1966	394
1967	398
1968	1,286
1969	961
1970	897
1971	629
1972	503
1973	696
1974	953
1975	611
1976	661
1977	397
1978	797
1979	542
1980	1,754
1981	870
1982	737
1983	1,336
1984	448
1985	1,223
1986	657
1987	615
1988	1,224
1989	736
1990	1,006
1991	1,389
1992	1,306
1993	753
1994	1,209
1995	959
1996	1,094
1997	860
1998	1,271
1999	1,348
2000	1,297
2001	712
2002	1,020
2003	748
2004	965
2005	995
2006	1,051
2007	1,086
2008	554
2009	839
2010	1,186
2011	1,051
2012	1,204
2013	934
2014	695
2015	1,257
2016	424
2017	595
2018	711
2019	685
2020	915
2021	1,472
2022	853
2023	619
2024	694
2025	454
2026	1,942

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Data for records on 1939-06-28: 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	252
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1