Weather Records on 28 April 1955

583 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 1955. Highest significance: Ogies (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 28 April 1955

On 28 April 1955, 583 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 269 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 572 daily.
Ogies (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 48.5 mm (1.9 in) on 28 April 1955.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

583 stations

583 station records on 28 April 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ogies (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cythera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sheldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toulby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sursand	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Edjudina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kinnoul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Angellala Downs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quindalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mochudi	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calmar	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sankarankoil	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saltora	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	71.0 cm (28.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sibasa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shencottah	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Middlewater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Busselton Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boothulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Folsom	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fraser	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Don	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Finch Hatton Cook St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Drevja	Norway	Record snow depth	119.0 cm (46.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Natchitoches	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Border 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Crateus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hajo	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

583 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 191, Heaviest daily rainfall 214, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 28 April 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	191
Heaviest daily rainfall	214
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 28 April 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 572.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

473 broken records

Margins by which the 473 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 460.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 1955

Top 20 records on 28 April 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 1955	Ogies (Pol), ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1955	Norddal, NO	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1955	Tekamah, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1955	Cythera, AU	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1955	Sheldon, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1955	Alton, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1955	Onawa 3NW, US	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1955	Fish Lake, US	daily low min	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1955	Toulby, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1955	Agartala, IN	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1955	Somerset, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1955	Sursand, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1955	Artichoke Lake 1 E, US	monthly rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1955	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1955	Edjudina, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1955	Kinnoul, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1955	Angellala Downs Homestead, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1955	Sibley, US	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1955	Wadena 3 S, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1955	Cape Leeuwin, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	5 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

1795 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1955. 1955 had 583 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 100	467
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1