Weather Records on 28 October 1952

485 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1952. Highest significance: Mathinna (Fingal Road), AU.

Key Facts for 28 October 1952

On 28 October 1952, 485 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
83 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 446 daily.
Mathinna (Fingal Road) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 123.2 mm (4.9 in) on 28 October 1952.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

485 stations

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

Weather records on 28 October 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Clifford Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Numurkah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cobram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Piree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Steam Plains 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yarroweyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wanganella General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nathalia (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Uardry (Oolambeyan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yielima Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Gum Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Smythesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nariel Creek (Simpson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Berrigan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oaklands General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uroly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Balook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel Hill (Kundiewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Eurolie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Puckawidgee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dutson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Heyfield State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn River @ Shepparton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Argoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Picola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tolmie State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Narrandera Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goolgumbla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Hartwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sandigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Clive Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chatsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Hall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (Tubbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waranga Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga Agricultural Insti	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tootool (Bryntirion)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

485 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 341, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 28 October 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	341
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 28 October 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 39, daily 446.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

431 broken records

Margins by which the 431 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1952

Top 20 records on 28 October 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1952	Mathinna (Fingal Road), AU	monthly rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1952	Carrajung Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1952	Clifford Downs, AU	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1952	Numurkah Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1952	Rosedale, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1952	Cobargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1952	Cobram Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1952	Yambacoona, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1952	Geelong Sec, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1952	Piree, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1952	Steam Plains 2, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1952	Yarroweyah, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1952	Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1952	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1952	Wanganella General Store, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1952	Nathalia (Post Office), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1952	Stradbroke West (Inglenook), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1952	Uardry (Oolambeyan), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1952	Yielima Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1952	Carrathool (Gum Creek), AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	50 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1952. 1952 had 485 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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Data for records on 1952-10-28: 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	364
20 to 40	52
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	4