Weather Records on 28 July 1951

320 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 1951. Highest significance: Belvidere, US.

Key Facts for 28 July 1951

On 28 July 1951, 320 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
108 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 308 daily.
Belvidere set an all-time record daily precipitation of 168.1 mm (6.6 in) on 28 July 1951.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

320 stations

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

Weather records on 28 July 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Belvidere	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Okhimath	India	Record daily precipitation	198.4 mm (7.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lansford	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Allentown Gas Company	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tromso	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Skjomen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goulds Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Abohar	India	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Groton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dwarka	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Garhshankar	India	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winchendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Muktesar	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haiku 490	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jersey City	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kershaw 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Springdale	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodcliff Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hanumangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cullowhee	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waterdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kiolakaa 7	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zira	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beawar Nayanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jalpaiguri	India	Record daily precipitation	200.4 mm (7.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgefield	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Olean	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

320 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 166.

Records on 28 July 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	166
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 July 1951 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 308.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

256 broken records

Margins by which the 256 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 115.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 1951

Top 20 records on 28 July 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 1951	Belvidere, US	all-time rain	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1951	Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1951	Okhimath, IN	daily rain	198.4 mm (7.8 in)	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1951	Paterson, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1951	Kiev, UA	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1951	Lansford, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1951	Allentown Gas Company, US	monthly rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1951	Tromso, NO	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1951	Skjomen, NO	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1951	Goulds Rch, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1951	Phillipsburg, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1951	Somerville 4 NW, US	monthly rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1951	Ft Robinson, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1951	Warren 3 S, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1951	Driggs, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1951	Wheatfield, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1951	Booneville, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1951	Abohar, IN	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1951	Groton, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1951	Clarion 3 SW, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	55 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

1815 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1951. 1951 had 320 records.

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

Records on 07-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1832	2
1834	1
1838	1
1846	1
1848	1
1853	1
1857	1
1860	2
1866	2
1867	1
1872	3
1873	1
1874	1
1882	1
1883	3
1884	3
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	3
1891	8
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	6
1900	8
1901	14
1902	4
1903	16
1904	23
1905	10
1906	18
1907	39
1908	15
1909	19
1910	18
1911	61
1912	32
1913	54
1914	42
1915	36
1916	134
1917	84
1918	34
1919	53
1920	95
1921	92
1922	82
1923	193
1924	79
1925	361
1926	175
1927	129
1928	341
1929	215
1930	603
1931	464
1932	184
1933	390
1934	533
1935	354
1936	471
1937	315
1938	264
1939	339
1940	507
1941	525
1942	165
1943	429
1944	349
1945	399
1946	380
1947	630
1948	535
1949	496
1950	1,035
1951	320
1952	669
1953	251
1954	355
1955	537
1956	309
1957	298
1958	549
1959	417
1960	416
1961	357
1962	772
1963	484
1964	422
1965	422
1966	349
1967	458
1968	547
1969	737
1970	343
1971	1,161
1972	675
1973	500
1974	343
1975	537
1976	493
1977	724
1978	681
1979	692
1980	1,170
1981	1,315
1982	774
1983	1,389
1984	1,373
1985	627
1986	868
1987	1,202
1988	761
1989	936
1990	757
1991	768
1992	678
1993	1,026
1994	2,266
1995	1,251
1996	1,178
1997	1,024
1998	1,835
1999	985
2000	857
2001	938
2002	866
2003	932
2004	1,345
2005	1,387
2006	1,398
2007	998
2008	923
2009	964
2010	1,306
2011	1,143
2012	731
2013	1,428
2014	713
2015	911
2016	648
2017	476
2018	655
2019	469
2020	721
2021	831
2022	990
2023	765
2024	668
2025	845
2026	863

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Data for records on 1951-07-28: 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	223
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1