Weather Records on 28 May 1944

330 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 1944. Highest significance: Adelaide (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 28 May 1944

On 28 May 1944, 330 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
116 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 314 daily.
Adelaide (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 28 May 1944.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

330 stations

330 station records on 28 May 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 May 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Loerie (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	198.9 mm (7.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Albertvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Leliekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Elandsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fountain Head	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pearston (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cookhouse (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ventnor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hofmeyer (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hankey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hinton 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bizana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
De Hoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plum Island	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pinopolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsborg 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chakradhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Klaarstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hebbronville	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Middelwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kubusie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fullarton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Randolph 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

330 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 188.

Records on 28 May 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 May 1944 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 13, daily 314.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

266 broken records

Margins by which the 266 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 1944

Top 20 records on 28 May 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 1944	Adelaide (Pol), ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1944	Somerset East, ZA	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1944	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	95.7 mm (3.8 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1944	Walsingham 1, ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1944	Loerie (Sar), ZA	all-time rain	198.9 mm (7.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1944	Tarkastad (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1944	Albertvale, ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1944	Leliekloof, ZA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1944	Elandsfontein, ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1944	Oxford, GB	monthly high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	103 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1944	Marion 2 N, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1944	Fountain Head, ZA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1944	Pearston (Pol), ZA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1944	Cookhouse (Sar), ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1944	Witelsbos (Bos), ZA	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1944	Ventnor, ZA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1944	Rocklands, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1944	Pana, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1944	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1944	Fort Fordyce (Bos), ZA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	39 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

1794 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1944. 1944 had 330 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 20	226
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1