Weather Records on 28 May 1948

333 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 1948. Highest significance: Beaver Lake, CA.

Key Facts for 28 May 1948

On 28 May 1948, 333 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 73 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 309 daily.
Beaver Lake set a monthly record daily precipitation of 58.7 mm (2.3 in) on 28 May 1948.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

333 stations

333 station records on 28 May 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 May 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Port Townsend	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sharpes Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Margaret Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bronte Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kachugaon	India	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parksville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Snowville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kumargram	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pearl River	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Berea College	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Balook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Geeveston Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenmaggie (the Laurels)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead 985	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rajakkamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkeriya	India	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tulita A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barkola	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rosebery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

333 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 185.

Records on 28 May 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 May 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 23, daily 309.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

286 broken records

Margins by which the 286 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 67.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 1948

Top 20 records on 28 May 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 1948	Beaver Lake, CA	monthly rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1948	Port Townsend, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1948	Saanich Dom Astro Obs, CA	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1948	Saltspring Island, CA	monthly rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1948	Zeehan Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1948	Geneva Exp STN, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1948	Queenstown (Copper Mine), AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1948	Anacortes, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1948	Canton, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1948	Olga 2 SE, US	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1948	Mc Minnville, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1948	Lake Cle Elum, US	monthly rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1948	Lake Kachess, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1948	Sharpes Siding, AU	monthly rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1948	Lake Margaret Dam, AU	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1948	Newberry, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1948	Everett, US	monthly rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1948	Pogranichnyj, RU	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1948	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1948	Coupeville 1 S, US	all-time rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	1 year	41 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1948. 1948 had 333 records.

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

Records on 05-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1797	1
1811	1
1824	1
1832	1
1836	5
1840	1
1841	1
1847	2
1848	1
1851	2
1857	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	4
1869	1
1876	1
1879	2
1880	2
1884	3
1885	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	2
1892	9
1893	2
1894	9
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	6
1902	12
1903	9
1904	6
1905	14
1906	31
1907	36
1908	26
1909	7
1910	18
1911	42
1912	19
1913	28
1914	58
1915	27
1916	24
1917	36
1918	43
1919	43
1920	33
1921	87
1922	80
1923	72
1924	109
1925	122
1926	143
1927	301
1928	150
1929	355
1930	131
1931	574
1932	171
1933	212
1934	537
1935	186
1936	337
1937	212
1938	285
1939	433
1940	217
1941	711
1942	279
1943	238
1944	330
1945	331
1946	413
1947	1,049
1948	333
1949	321
1950	276
1951	503
1952	314
1953	392
1954	382
1955	413
1956	456
1957	272
1958	792
1959	557
1960	431
1961	1,026
1962	859
1963	368
1964	394
1965	536
1966	284
1967	350
1968	610
1969	863
1970	310
1971	767
1972	575
1973	834
1974	585
1975	397
1976	914
1977	826
1978	802
1979	521
1980	808
1981	711
1982	1,204
1983	1,666
1984	1,357
1985	914
1986	591
1987	1,139
1988	806
1989	817
1990	1,024
1991	1,647
1992	1,610
1993	870
1994	981
1995	1,078
1996	1,438
1997	1,108
1998	1,043
1999	952
2000	1,229
2001	1,024
2002	612
2003	1,049
2004	875
2005	1,032
2006	1,566
2007	1,084
2008	902
2009	733
2010	937
2011	1,188
2012	1,237
2013	541
2014	781
2015	487
2016	625
2017	710
2018	1,348
2019	973
2020	875
2021	537
2022	476
2023	445
2024	907
2025	663
2026	1,053

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Data for records on 1948-05-28: 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 10	214
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	21
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	3