Weather Records on 28 October 1945

462 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1945. Highest significance: Yanco (Billinbah East), AU.

Key Facts for 28 October 1945

On 28 October 1945, 462 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
110 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 454 daily.
Yanco (Billinbah East) set a daily record precipitation of 57.4 mm (2.3 in) on 28 October 1945.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

462 stations

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

Weather records on 28 October 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
The Hermatige	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Paynesville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lughrata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Terowie (Curtforth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wingaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Springhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rock View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bendoc Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Molesworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Unley (Reed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sendamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woomargama Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gormandale East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fort William	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shepherds Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burrinjuck Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bonnie Doon Garage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mardan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Creswick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands (Glentannar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (Kalyra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alberton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bendigo Channel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Papanasam	India	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lottah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Whitemark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gooram Gong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Agnes River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Olinda (Springdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ruffy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tolmie (Langley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgegong (Kiora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dandongadale (Mountain View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

462 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 318, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 28 October 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	318
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 October 1945 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 454.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

406 broken records

Margins by which the 406 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 137.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1945

Top 20 records on 28 October 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1945	Yanco (Billinbah East), AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1945	Deal Island, AU	all-time rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1945	The Hermatige, AU	monthly rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1945	Paynesville, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1945	Thule, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1945	Lughrata, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1945	Cape Grim (Woolnorth), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1945	Nome AP, US	daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1945	Terowie (Curtforth), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1945	Wingaroo, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1945	Springhurst, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1945	Rock View, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1945	Bendoc Park, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1945	Poltava, UA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1945	Yea, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1945	Molesworth, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1945	Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang), AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1945	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1945	Swan Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1945	Unley (Reed), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	38 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1945. 1945 had 462 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	380
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1