Weather Records on 28 May 1943

238 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 1943. Highest significance: Buldana, IN.

Key Facts for 28 May 1943

On 28 May 1943, 238 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
85 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 224 daily.
Buldana set a monthly record daily precipitation of 67.1 mm (2.6 in) on 28 May 1943.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

238 stations

238 station records on 28 May 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 May 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Buldana	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bijeraghogarh	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Maihar	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bhadgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chikhalda Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Guna	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Khamaria	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vallam	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sonkatch	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Khamgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parbhani	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bikrampur	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kharaghoda	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Abbott 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pinedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mahua	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pandherikawara	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balapur	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narsinghpur	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harsud	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakhnadon	India	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ner	India	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrai	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Achalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darwha	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Multai	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karanjia	India	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anand	India	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olpad	India	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chindwara	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wardha	India	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vedaranayam	India	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

238 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 133, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 28 May 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 28 May 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 224.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

197 broken records

Margins by which the 197 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 310.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 1943

Top 20 records on 28 May 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 1943	Buldana, IN	monthly rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1943	Bijeraghogarh, IN	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1943	Maihar, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1943	Bhadgaon, IN	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1943	Chikhalda Sr, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1943	Guna, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1943	Khamaria, IN	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1943	Rosedale, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1943	Vallam, IN	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1943	Sonkatch, IN	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1943	Khamgaon, IN	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1943	Parbhani, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1943	Union 3 SSE, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1943	Bikrampur, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1943	Ardmore, US	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1943	Yamba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1943	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1943	Kharaghoda, IN	monthly rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1943	Maclean (McLachlan Street), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1943	Holbrook, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	47 years	25 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1943. 1943 had 238 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 50	193
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1