Weather Records on 28 October 1941

324 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1941. Highest significance: Kon-Kolodez, RU.

Key Facts for 28 October 1941

On 28 October 1941, 324 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 318 daily.
Kon-Kolodez set a daily record precipitation of 32.3 mm (1.3 in) on 28 October 1941.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

324 stations

324 station records on 28 October 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 October 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Enfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pelzer	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dunvegan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prince	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carandotta Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carlton Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Diamond Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Three Rivers Ed Ph 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Crested Butte	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Urandangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newman	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brindley Park 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie City Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

324 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 158, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 28 October 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	158
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 28 October 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 318.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

257 broken records

Margins by which the 257 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1941

Top 20 records on 28 October 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1941	Kon-Kolodez, RU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1941	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1941	Litchfield, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1941	Micurinsk, RU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1941	Enfield, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1941	Pelzer, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1941	Crested Butte, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1941	Resaca, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1941	Smithfield, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1941	Murphy 4ESE, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1941	St Georges, CA	monthly rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1941	Scotland Neck, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1941	Dunvegan, CA	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1941	Prince, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1941	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1941	Sussex, CA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1941	Moncure 3 SE, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1941	Gavle, SE	monthly low max	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	55 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1941	Goldsboro 4 SE, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1941	Woodbury, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	29 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

1802 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1941. 1941 had 324 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 20	221
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1