Weather Records on 28 May 1953

392 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 1953. Highest significance: Buhl, US.

Key Facts for 28 May 1953

On 28 May 1953, 392 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
142 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 369 daily.
Buhl set a monthly record daily precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 28 May 1953.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

392 stations

392 station records on 28 May 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 May 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Buhl	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gooding 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dupree	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kachugaon	India	Record daily precipitation	275.3 mm (10.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kulattur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roundup	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zinder	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tirumangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Natchitoches	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kumargram	India	Record daily precipitation	234.2 mm (9.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fellsmere 7 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barpukhuri	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haiwee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

392 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 114, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 28 May 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 28 May 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 369.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

306 broken records

Margins by which the 306 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 1953

Top 20 records on 28 May 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 1953	Buhl, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1953	Minot Exp STN, US	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1953	Dresden, US	all-time rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1953	Granville, US	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1953	Gooding 2 S, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1953	Foxholm 7 N, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1953	Black Lake, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1953	Norton 9SSE, US	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1953	Willow City, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1953	Dupree, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1953	Kachugaon, IN	monthly rain	275.3 mm (10.8 in)	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1953	Alma, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1953	Cove 1 E, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1953	Oberlin, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1953	Gravette, US	monthly high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	54 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1953	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	57 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1953	Kulattur, IN	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1953	Roundup, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1953	Elwood 8 S, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1953	Parshall, US	monthly rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1953. 1953 had 392 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 1953-05-28: 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	304
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1