Weather Records on 28 July 1952

669 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 1952. Highest significance: Botany No.1 Dam, AU.

Key Facts for 28 July 1952

On 28 July 1952, 669 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
324 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 28 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 613 daily.
Botany No.1 Dam set a monthly record daily precipitation of 162.6 mm (6.4 in) on 28 July 1952.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

669 stations

669 station records on 28 July 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 July 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Jashpurnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wooramel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Peaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Minto Surrey Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sachor	India	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blackheath (Lawrence St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Tablelands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minchinbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saraipali	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda (Blackwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Raigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pithora	India	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bullardoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Norwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Landrum 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Janjgir	India	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pindron	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boologooro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Padampur	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jeogla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fremantle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mogumber	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uttamachipura	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tullahoma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woolgorong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pet Jorhat	India	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Portal	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nangetty	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

669 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 216, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 256.

Records on 28 July 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	216
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	256
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 July 1952 by timescale: all-time 28, monthly 28, daily 613.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

502 broken records

Margins by which the 502 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 1952

Top 20 records on 28 July 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 1952	Botany No.1 Dam, AU	monthly rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1952	Taralga Post Office, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1952	Jashpurnagar, IN	daily rain	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1952	West Terschelling, NL	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1952	Wooramel, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1952	Twin Peaks, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1952	Minto Surrey Street, AU	monthly rain	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1952	Lake Spaulding, US	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1952	Sachor, IN	daily rain	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1952	Halmstad, SE	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1952	Blackheath (Lawrence St), AU	all-time rain	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1952	Cordova AP, US	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1952	Kings Tablelands, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1952	Groningen-1, NL	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1952	Bluefield 2 NW, US	all-time high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1952	Valdez WSO, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1952	Minchinbury, AU	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1952	Wyong (Wyong Golf Club), AU	monthly rain	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1952	Lithgow (Cooerwull), AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1952	Saraipali, IN	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	38 years	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

1815 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1952. 1952 had 669 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1952-07-28: 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	457
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1