Weather Records on 28 June 1940

256 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 June 1940. Highest significance: Deesa, IN.

Key Facts for 28 June 1940

On 28 June 1940, 256 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
73 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 248 daily.
Deesa set a daily record precipitation of 94.7 mm (3.7 in) on 28 June 1940.
Across 158 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

256 stations

256 station records on 28 June 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 June 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Deesa	India	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barguzin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dhrangadhra	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Wayne City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pauri	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brevard	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Veraval	India	Record daily precipitation	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Junagadh	India	Record daily precipitation	365.8 mm (14.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dhoraji	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Panchgani	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bardoli	India	Record daily precipitation	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis US Naval Aca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Zumbrota	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chakrata Kalsi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Worthington	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

256 records

Records set or tied on 28 June 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 84.

Records on 28 June 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	84
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 June 1940 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 248.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

191 broken records

Margins by which the 191 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 June 1940

Top 20 records on 28 June 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 June 1940	Deesa, IN	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1940	Barguzin, RU	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1940	Fergana, UZ	all-time high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1940	Brackettville, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1940	Dhrangadhra, IN	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1940	Jemez Springs, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1940	Ft Wayne City, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 June 1940	Upper Sandusky, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 June 1940	Srinagar, IN	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 June 1940	Pocahontas 1, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 June 1940	Pauri, IN	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 June 1940	Brevard, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 June 1940	Veraval, IN	monthly rain	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 June 1940	Junagadh, IN	monthly rain	365.8 mm (14.4 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 June 1940	Elkader 6 SSW, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 June 1940	Roswell Muni AP, US	monthly rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	42 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 June 1940	Artesia 6S, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 June 1940	Dhoraji, IN	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	6 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 June 1940	Fayetteville, US	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	38 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 June 1940	Henderson, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	27 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

1815 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1940. 1940 had 256 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 1940-06-28: 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	169
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1