Weather Records on 28 July 1945

399 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 1945. Highest significance: Randolph 5 NNE, US.

Key Facts for 28 July 1945

On 28 July 1945, 399 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 390 daily.
Randolph 5 NNE set a monthly record daily precipitation of 106.2 mm (4.2 in) on 28 July 1945.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

399 stations

399 station records on 28 July 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 July 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Randolph 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hadagalli	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pattukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnarajpet	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nargund	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vallam	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Muthupet	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Koilkuntla	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nandyal	India	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jalore	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aloograda	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chatrapatti	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Navalgund	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tranqubar	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kachugaon	India	Record daily precipitation	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Adirampatanam	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nandikottur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Banjar(Saraj-Teh)	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gondwara(Kohra)	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Owk	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Malda	India	Record daily precipitation	181.4 mm (7.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cuddapah	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kurinjipadi	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alipurduar	India	Record daily precipitation	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Whiting	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond City Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Azamgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shubuta	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Calvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Patur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

399 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 228.

Records on 28 July 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	228
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 July 1945 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 390.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

322 broken records

Margins by which the 322 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 1945

Top 20 records on 28 July 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 1945	Randolph 5 NNE, US	monthly rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1945	Hadagalli, IN	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1945	Pattukkottai, IN	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1945	Krishnarajpet, IN	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1945	Nargund, IN	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1945	Vallam, IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1945	Muthupet, IN	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1945	Greenville, US	monthly rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1945	Koilkuntla, IN	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1945	Gavle, SE	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	77 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1945	Nandyal, IN	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1945	Jalore, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1945	Aloograda, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1945	Danville, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1945	Chatrapatti, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1945	Navalgund, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1945	Tranqubar, IN	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1945	Grand Coteau, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	49 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1945	Joliet, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1945	Kachugaon, IN	daily rain	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	35 years	34 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1945. 1945 had 399 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 1945-07-28: 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	284
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1