Weather Records on 28 September 1945

1,034 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 September 1945. Highest significance: Pitkin, US.

Key Facts for 28 September 1945

On 28 September 1945, 1,034 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
296 were record highs and 387 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 77 monthly and 956 daily.
Pitkin set an all-time record daily snowfall of 71.1 cm (28.0 in) on 28 September 1945.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

1,034 stations

1,034 station records on 28 September 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 September 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pitkin	United States	Record daily snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rajkanika	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salina	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	89.3 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Russell	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amguri	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roby	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vaughn	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Okeene	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Little Sioux	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haveri	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gingee	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Monument 2 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Two Buttes	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roy	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,034 records

Records set or tied on 28 September 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 193, Highest daily minimum 228, Lowest daily minimum 194, Heaviest daily rainfall 306, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 28 September 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	193
Highest daily minimum	228
Lowest daily minimum	194
Heaviest daily rainfall	306
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 28 September 1945 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 77, daily 956.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

794 broken records

Margins by which the 794 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 322.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 September 1945

Top 20 records on 28 September 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 September 1945	Pitkin, US	all-time snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	32.2 cm (12.7 in)	12 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 September 1945	Kargopol, RU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 September 1945	Vincennes 4 E, US	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1945	Hutchinson River, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1945	Kimball 2NE, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1945	Norwich, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1945	Rajkanika, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1945	Elliston, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1945	El Dorado, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1945	Medicine Lodge, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1945	Salina, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1945	Saentis, CH	daily rain	89.3 mm (3.5 in)	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1945	Gordon 6N, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1945	Weatherford, US	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1945	Palestine, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1945	Blue Rapids, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1945	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1945	Russell, CA	monthly low min	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	61 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1945	Burlington, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1945	Amguri, IN	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	35 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1945. 1945 had 1,034 records.

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

Records on 09-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1826	1
1832	1
1849	2
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	3
1868	1
1869	2
1873	3
1874	3
1877	3
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	3
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	1
1888	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	6
1895	5
1896	3
1897	5
1898	4
1899	6
1900	9
1901	2
1902	5
1903	19
1904	17
1905	17
1906	37
1907	27
1908	23
1909	16
1910	39
1911	62
1912	32
1913	37
1914	28
1915	57
1916	61
1917	35
1918	55
1919	38
1920	23
1921	39
1922	34
1923	150
1924	139
1925	191
1926	305
1927	194
1928	205
1929	432
1930	116
1931	233
1932	195
1933	459
1934	237
1935	282
1936	502
1937	313
1938	311
1939	552
1940	419
1941	479
1942	1,187
1943	440
1944	367
1945	1,034
1946	347
1947	647
1948	617
1949	359
1950	233
1951	441
1952	366
1953	842
1954	512
1955	409
1956	590
1957	695
1958	509
1959	874
1960	226
1961	385
1962	705
1963	666
1964	723
1965	582
1966	477
1967	978
1968	262
1969	244
1970	932
1971	954
1972	671
1973	886
1974	583
1975	502
1976	900
1977	784
1978	513
1979	915
1980	750
1981	752
1982	1,001
1983	941
1984	1,326
1985	1,189
1986	1,264
1987	825
1988	623
1989	847
1990	414
1991	821
1992	643
1993	627
1994	836
1995	794
1996	1,069
1997	681
1998	1,541
1999	1,533
2000	652
2001	791
2002	743
2003	929
2004	852
2005	1,088
2006	704
2007	837
2008	536
2009	792
2010	1,139
2011	1,025
2012	624
2013	790
2014	878
2015	673
2016	520
2017	755
2018	527
2019	1,388
2020	531
2021	740
2022	727
2023	772
2024	1,364
2025	464
2026	531

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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	779
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1