Weather Records on 28 May 1951

503 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 1951. Highest significance: Inverloch, AU.

Key Facts for 28 May 1951

On 28 May 1951, 503 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
193 were record highs and 118 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 474 daily.
Inverloch set a monthly record daily precipitation of 82.0 mm (3.2 in) on 28 May 1951.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

503 stations

503 station records on 28 May 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 May 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gogri	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wonthaggi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Agnes River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Birregurra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Louise	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nagamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sorel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pandharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Talavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nordegg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lost River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kunigal	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leongatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gleichen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nandurbar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Irishtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nilakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
White River Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Olds	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kjahta	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Louise	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sholavandan	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

503 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 127, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 174, Heaviest daily snowfall 18.

Records on 28 May 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	127
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 May 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 29, daily 474.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

399 broken records

Margins by which the 399 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 267.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 1951

Top 20 records on 28 May 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 1951	Inverloch, AU	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	71 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1951	Foster (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1951	Gogri, IN	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1951	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1951	Wonthaggi, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1951	Lacombe Cda, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1951	Tranebjerg, DK	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1951	Agnes River, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1951	Birregurra (Post Office), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1951	Lake Louise, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1951	Madalya, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1951	Mount Best (Upper Toora), AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1951	Forrest State Forest, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1951	Giffard, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1951	Halmstad, SE	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1951	Nagamangala, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1951	Budgeree East (Claremont), AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1951	San Remo, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1951	Sorel, CA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1951	Trentham (Post Office), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	42 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1951. 1951 had 503 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 1951-05-28: 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 50	388
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1