Weather Records on 28 September 1947

647 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 September 1947. Highest significance: Pollachi, IN.

Key Facts for 28 September 1947

On 28 September 1947, 647 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
145 were record highs and 342 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 106 monthly and 541 daily.
Pollachi set a monthly record daily precipitation of 180.6 mm (7.1 in) on 28 September 1947.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 426 records.

Record Map

647 stations

647 station records on 28 September 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 September 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pollachi	India	Record daily precipitation	180.6 mm (7.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Moro	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sangareddi(Rev)	India	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Morokweng (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ayton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pardi	India	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Amraoti	India	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nanded	India	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Karimnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Badnera	India	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Umerkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chandur Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nossa Senhora Das Dores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Risod	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Monierkhal	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Napoklu	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mehkar	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Khandhla	India	Record daily precipitation	243.8 mm (9.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karanjia	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parkdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mangrulpir	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mosita	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wasco	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carlisle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Balapur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Washim	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hemlock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Avon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sharon Springs 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rimrock Tieton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

647 records

Records set or tied on 28 September 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 309, Heaviest daily rainfall 160.

Records on 28 September 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	309
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 September 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 106, daily 541.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

493 broken records

Margins by which the 493 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 126.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 September 1947

Top 20 records on 28 September 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 September 1947	Pollachi, IN	monthly rain	180.6 mm (7.1 in)	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	33 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 September 1947	Moro, US	monthly rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 September 1947	Sangareddi(Rev), IN	daily rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1947	Morokweng (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1947	Ayton, AU	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1947	Pardi, IN	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1947	Amraoti, IN	daily rain	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1947	Nanded, IN	daily rain	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1947	Karimnagar, IN	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1947	Badnera, IN	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1947	Umerkhed, IN	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1947	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	15.3 C (59.5 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	112 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1947	Chandur Bazar, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1947	Nossa Senhora Das Dores, BR	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1947	Risod, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1947	Alton, CA	monthly low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1947	Monierkhal, IN	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1947	Napoklu, IN	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1947	Mehkar, IN	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1947	Jalgaon, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	36 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1947. 1947 had 647 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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Data for records on 1947-09-28: 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	457
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2