Weather Records on 28 July 1942

165 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 1942. Highest significance: Howard, US.

Key Facts for 28 July 1942

On 28 July 1942, 165 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 159 daily.
Howard set a daily record precipitation of 73.4 mm (2.9 in) on 28 July 1942.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

165 stations

165 station records on 28 July 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 July 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Onaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Duck Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chachora	India	Record daily precipitation	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Iklera(Aklera)	India	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Worthington	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Neemuch	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sewanee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sibsagar	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

165 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 104, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 28 July 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	104
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 28 July 1942 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 4, daily 159.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

133 broken records

Margins by which the 133 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 1942

Top 20 records on 28 July 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 1942	Howard, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1942	Black Lake, US	monthly rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1942	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1942	Plymouth Wwtp, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1942	Wentworth 2.5 WNW, US	all-time rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1942	Hancock Exp Farm, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1942	Willmar Wwtp, US	monthly rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1942	Onaka, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1942	Duck Hill, US	daily high min	32.2 C (90.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1942	Chachora, IN	daily rain	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	13 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1942	Chatham, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	3 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1942	Pipestone, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1942	Clarksdale, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1942	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1942	De Smet, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1942	Lewisburg Exp STN, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1942	Falfurrias, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1942	Doniphan, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1942	Waukesha Wwtp, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1942	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	30 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1942. 1942 had 165 records.

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

Records on 07-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1832	2
1834	1
1838	1
1846	1
1848	1
1853	1
1857	1
1860	2
1866	2
1867	1
1872	3
1873	1
1874	1
1882	1
1883	3
1884	3
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	3
1891	8
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	6
1900	8
1901	14
1902	4
1903	16
1904	23
1905	10
1906	18
1907	39
1908	15
1909	19
1910	18
1911	61
1912	32
1913	54
1914	42
1915	36
1916	134
1917	84
1918	34
1919	53
1920	95
1921	92
1922	82
1923	193
1924	79
1925	361
1926	175
1927	129
1928	341
1929	215
1930	603
1931	464
1932	184
1933	390
1934	533
1935	354
1936	471
1937	315
1938	264
1939	339
1940	507
1941	525
1942	165
1943	429
1944	349
1945	399
1946	380
1947	630
1948	535
1949	496
1950	1,035
1951	320
1952	669
1953	251
1954	355
1955	537
1956	309
1957	298
1958	549
1959	417
1960	416
1961	357
1962	772
1963	484
1964	422
1965	422
1966	349
1967	458
1968	547
1969	737
1970	343
1971	1,161
1972	675
1973	500
1974	343
1975	537
1976	493
1977	724
1978	681
1979	692
1980	1,170
1981	1,315
1982	774
1983	1,389
1984	1,373
1985	627
1986	868
1987	1,202
1988	761
1989	936
1990	757
1991	768
1992	678
1993	1,026
1994	2,266
1995	1,251
1996	1,178
1997	1,024
1998	1,835
1999	985
2000	857
2001	938
2002	866
2003	932
2004	1,345
2005	1,387
2006	1,398
2007	998
2008	923
2009	964
2010	1,306
2011	1,143
2012	731
2013	1,428
2014	713
2015	911
2016	648
2017	476
2018	655
2019	469
2020	721
2021	831
2022	990
2023	765
2024	668
2025	845
2026	863

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Data for records on 1942-07-28: 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	109
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2