Weather Records on 28 October 1944

501 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1944. Highest significance: Vita (Khanapur), IN.

Key Facts for 28 October 1944

On 28 October 1944, 501 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
222 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 489 daily.
Vita (Khanapur) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 144.8 mm (5.7 in) on 28 October 1944.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

501 stations

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

Weather records on 28 October 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vita (Khanapur)	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gudur(Guduru)	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sawantwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Guhagar	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barwani	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Raigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nanded	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Panchgani	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shirol	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tasgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Owk	India	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Karwar	India	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Haliyal	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Satara	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tadpatri	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kolhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Khandala	India	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wai	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mahabaleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pbo Anantapur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Devrukh	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yadki	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karad	India	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coondapur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boksburg (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Honokane 181.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gargoti	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hukeri	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jamkhandi	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Channagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parbhani	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Peapalli(Pyapali)	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chiplun	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dalmorton Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gooty	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nargund	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arang	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quindalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Junnar	India	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dhamtari	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bukkapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kurundwad	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Rupert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

501 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 148, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 234, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 28 October 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	148
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	234
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 October 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 489.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

423 broken records

Margins by which the 423 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 109.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1944

Top 20 records on 28 October 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1944	Vita (Khanapur), IN	monthly rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1944	Gudur(Guduru), IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1944	Sawantwadi, IN	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1944	Cidra 1 E, PR	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1944	Guhagar, IN	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1944	Barwani, IN	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1944	Raigarh, IN	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1944	Nanded, IN	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1944	Panchgani, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1944	Shirol, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1944	Islampur, IN	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1944	Tasgaon, IN	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1944	Owk, IN	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1944	Karwar, IN	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1944	Haliyal, IN	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1944	Satara, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1944	Tadpatri, IN	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1944	Patan, IN	monthly rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1944	Caboolture Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1944	Sangli, IN	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	43 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

1802 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1944. 1944 had 501 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	362
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	4