Weather Records on 28 April 1954

900 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 1954. Highest significance: Hawker (Warcowie), AU.

Key Facts for 28 April 1954

On 28 April 1954, 900 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
166 were record highs and 355 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 878 daily.
Hawker (Warcowie) set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 28 April 1954.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

900 stations

900 station records on 28 April 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ottoshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Clarington Lock 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Daroca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anandpur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beauchamp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leaghur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Umberumberka Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ninette	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winifred	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Millstream	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vauxhall	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Run (River)	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Springdale	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Semans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mariposa	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mundiwindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Purankot	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Malta	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruchchirapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fredrikstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
High River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caron	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Dee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Telkwa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leader	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Canton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pyalong West (Cavan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stettler	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

900 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 201, Highest daily minimum 137, Lowest daily minimum 154, Heaviest daily rainfall 305, Heaviest daily snowfall 66, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 28 April 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	201
Highest daily minimum	137
Lowest daily minimum	154
Heaviest daily rainfall	305
Heaviest daily snowfall	66
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 28 April 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 878.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

775 broken records

Margins by which the 775 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 191.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 1954

Top 20 records on 28 April 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 1954	Hawker (Warcowie), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1954	Ottoshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1954	Melstone, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1954	Clarington Lock 14, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1954	Daroca, ES	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1954	Anandpur, IN	monthly rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1954	Hebgen Dam, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1954	Beauchamp, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1954	Foxholm 7 N, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1954	Leaghur, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1954	Watertown, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1954	Umberumberka Reservoir, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1954	Ninette, CA	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1954	Winifred, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1954	Millstream, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1954	Vauxhall, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1954	Avon, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1954	Mansfield 5 W, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1954	Salisbury, US	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1954	Poplar 2 E, US	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 years	39 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

1795 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1954. 1954 had 900 records.

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

Records on 04-28 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	1
1803	1
1814	2
1817	4
1840	1
1841	1
1843	1
1844	1
1853	1
1857	2
1861	1
1862	1
1866	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	5
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1882	2
1883	1
1885	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	4
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	2
1898	5
1899	2
1900	6
1901	7
1902	11
1903	3
1904	13
1905	6
1906	9
1907	19
1908	24
1909	43
1910	12
1911	29
1912	13
1913	69
1914	28
1915	46
1916	15
1917	41
1918	18
1919	63
1920	51
1921	89
1922	87
1923	126
1924	70
1925	114
1926	265
1927	132
1928	713
1929	136
1930	105
1931	291
1932	247
1933	327
1934	530
1935	430
1936	143
1937	698
1938	444
1939	356
1940	348
1941	268
1942	665
1943	442
1944	245
1945	371
1946	418
1947	547
1948	545
1949	580
1950	661
1951	617
1952	894
1953	482
1954	900
1955	583
1956	812
1957	614
1958	535
1959	647
1960	582
1961	222
1962	603
1963	568
1964	394
1965	707
1966	800
1967	947
1968	536
1969	432
1970	1,977
1971	570
1972	523
1973	915
1974	777
1975	795
1976	822
1977	533
1978	496
1979	783
1980	644
1981	967
1982	710
1983	1,156
1984	1,357
1985	959
1986	1,029
1987	1,822
1988	967
1989	1,089
1990	1,608
1991	913
1992	2,252
1993	1,191
1994	1,906
1995	726
1996	967
1997	1,784
1998	942
1999	632
2000	1,113
2001	1,015
2002	1,287
2003	958
2004	887
2005	1,056
2006	782
2007	1,340
2008	1,407
2009	979
2010	905
2011	1,161
2012	1,135
2013	721
2014	704
2015	468
2016	783
2017	829
2018	384
2019	662
2020	535
2021	482
2022	532
2023	834
2024	594
2025	650
2026	521

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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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	708
25 to 50	32
50 to 75	23
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	6
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1