Weather Records on 28 April 1946

418 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 1946. Highest significance: Pueblo City Rsvr, US.

Key Facts for 28 April 1946

On 28 April 1946, 418 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 148 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 413 daily.
Pueblo City Rsvr set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 28 April 1946.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

418 stations

418 station records on 28 April 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pueblo City Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Britannia Beach Furry Cr	Canada	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fogo	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Do Egito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glenmorgan	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boolaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Baku	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mole Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elandspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denman Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ethel Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bookaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Arcoona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paika	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jimba Jimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elandshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yunta (Winnininnie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ullawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cunyu Shearing Shed	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hay (Toogimbie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sahebganj	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ambala Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Latrobe (Coal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shawnigan Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belele	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ambala	India	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Two Buttes	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

418 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 125, Heaviest daily rainfall 196, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 28 April 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	125
Heaviest daily rainfall	196
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 April 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 413.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

325 broken records

Margins by which the 325 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 37.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 1946

Top 20 records on 28 April 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 1946	Pueblo City Rsvr, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1946	Britannia Beach Furry Cr, CA	monthly rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1946	Fogo, CA	monthly high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1946	Bjuraker, SE	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1946	Genoa, IT	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	89 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1946	Sao Jose Do Egito, BR	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1946	Le Bourget, FR	monthly rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1946	Alberni Beaver Creek, CA	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1946	Glenmorgan, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1946	Boolaloo, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1946	Tranebjerg, DK	daily high min	8.8 C (47.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	50 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1946	Baku, AZ	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1946	Mole Creek, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1946	Fichtelberg, DE	daily high min	7.7 C (45.9 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	48 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1946	Salur, IN	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1946	Belle Isle, CA	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	54 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1946	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high min	15.1 C (59.2 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	48 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1946	Parnu, EE	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	55 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1946	Livingston, US	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1946	Claremont Pomona Clg, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	37 years	24 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

1795 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1946. 1946 had 418 records.

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

Records on 04-28 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	1
1803	1
1814	2
1817	4
1840	1
1841	1
1843	1
1844	1
1853	1
1857	2
1861	1
1862	1
1866	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	5
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1882	2
1883	1
1885	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	4
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	2
1898	5
1899	2
1900	6
1901	7
1902	11
1903	3
1904	13
1905	6
1906	9
1907	19
1908	24
1909	43
1910	12
1911	29
1912	13
1913	69
1914	28
1915	46
1916	15
1917	41
1918	18
1919	63
1920	51
1921	89
1922	87
1923	126
1924	70
1925	114
1926	265
1927	132
1928	713
1929	136
1930	105
1931	291
1932	247
1933	327
1934	530
1935	430
1936	143
1937	698
1938	444
1939	356
1940	348
1941	268
1942	665
1943	442
1944	245
1945	371
1946	418
1947	547
1948	545
1949	580
1950	661
1951	617
1952	894
1953	482
1954	900
1955	583
1956	812
1957	614
1958	535
1959	647
1960	582
1961	222
1962	603
1963	568
1964	394
1965	707
1966	800
1967	947
1968	536
1969	432
1970	1,977
1971	570
1972	523
1973	915
1974	777
1975	795
1976	822
1977	533
1978	496
1979	783
1980	644
1981	967
1982	710
1983	1,156
1984	1,357
1985	959
1986	1,029
1987	1,822
1988	967
1989	1,089
1990	1,608
1991	913
1992	2,252
1993	1,191
1994	1,906
1995	726
1996	967
1997	1,784
1998	942
1999	632
2000	1,113
2001	1,015
2002	1,287
2003	958
2004	887
2005	1,056
2006	782
2007	1,340
2008	1,407
2009	979
2010	905
2011	1,161
2012	1,135
2013	721
2014	704
2015	468
2016	783
2017	829
2018	384
2019	662
2020	535
2021	482
2022	532
2023	834
2024	594
2025	650
2026	521

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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 5	256
5 to 10	37
10 to 15	12
15 to 20	8
20 to 25	11
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	1