Weather Records on 28 October 1950

544 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1950. Highest significance: Vastervik, SE.

Key Facts for 28 October 1950

On 28 October 1950, 544 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
326 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 521 daily.
Vastervik set a daily record precipitation of 36.6 mm (1.4 in) on 28 October 1950.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

544 stations

544 station records on 28 October 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 October 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Modoc Orchard	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Drain	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Creek 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Valley of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cottage Grove 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Talent	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goorganga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anatone	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Champhai	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saibai Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orofino	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
China Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Highcroft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Andarai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Riddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Mattole	United States	Record daily precipitation	201.7 mm (7.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

544 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 138, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 188, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 155, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 28 October 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	138
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	188
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 28 October 1950 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 21, daily 521.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

409 broken records

Margins by which the 409 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1950

Top 20 records on 28 October 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1950	Vastervik, SE	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1950	Happy Camp Rs, US	monthly rain	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1950	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1950	Orleans, US	monthly rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1950	Yreka, US	monthly rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1950	Modoc Orchard, US	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1950	Grants Pass, US	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1950	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1950	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1950	Drain, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1950	Prospect 2 SW, US	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1950	Lake Creek 6 SE, US	all-time rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1950	Kellevie, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1950	Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1950	Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1950	Skara 1, SE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	65 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1950	Valley of Lagoons, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1950	Cottage Grove 2E, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1950	Talent, US	all-time rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1950	Olands Norra Udde, SE	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	44 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1950. 1950 had 544 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	367
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2