Weather Records on 28 September 1955

409 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 September 1955. Highest significance: Brisbane Botanical Gardens, AU.

Key Facts for 28 September 1955

On 28 September 1955, 409 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 397 daily.
Brisbane Botanical Gardens set a daily record precipitation of 68.3 mm (2.7 in) on 28 September 1955.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

409 stations

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

Weather records on 28 September 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brisbane Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Berkshire Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gum Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bhatkal	India	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley (Midkin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kindsi	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Three Lynx	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pikedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Teziutlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	380.0 mm (15.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rathdowney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coorparoo Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Peermade Residen	India	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Notinsila (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yengarie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greatfish-Point Vrt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bencuti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Interst Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pailani	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newell	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quinault Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Providence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lorray	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Manly Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Washington Court House	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwood Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rahuri	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Talegaon D-Dhera	India	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paud	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mehama	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sapphire (Argyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pavagada	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Junnar	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wilo (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ntsubane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Midland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Colton Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hattonvale Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sebeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

409 records

Records set or tied on 28 September 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 281, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 28 September 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	281
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 September 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 397.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

334 broken records

Margins by which the 334 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 September 1955

Top 20 records on 28 September 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 September 1955	Brisbane Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1955	Berkshire Valley, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1955	Gum Park, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1955	Bhatkal, IN	daily rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1955	Ashley (Midkin), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1955	Kindsi, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1955	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1955	Three Lynx, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1955	Pikedale, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1955	Tacambaro, MX	monthly low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1955	Teziutlan, MX	all-time rain	380.0 mm (15.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1955	Mt Perry the Pines, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1955	Rathdowney Post Office, AU	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1955	Coorparoo Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1955	Peermade Residen, IN	daily rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1955	Notinsila (Bos), ZA	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1955	Newport, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1955	Gayndah Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1955	Yengarie Railway Station, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	55 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 1955	Greatfish-Point Vrt, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	31 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1955. 1955 had 409 records.

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

Records on 09-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1826	1
1832	1
1849	2
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	3
1868	1
1869	2
1873	3
1874	3
1877	3
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	3
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	1
1888	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	6
1895	5
1896	3
1897	5
1898	4
1899	6
1900	9
1901	2
1902	5
1903	19
1904	17
1905	17
1906	37
1907	27
1908	23
1909	16
1910	39
1911	62
1912	32
1913	37
1914	28
1915	57
1916	61
1917	35
1918	55
1919	38
1920	23
1921	39
1922	34
1923	150
1924	139
1925	191
1926	305
1927	194
1928	205
1929	432
1930	116
1931	233
1932	195
1933	459
1934	237
1935	282
1936	502
1937	313
1938	311
1939	552
1940	419
1941	479
1942	1,187
1943	440
1944	367
1945	1,034
1946	347
1947	647
1948	617
1949	359
1950	233
1951	441
1952	366
1953	842
1954	512
1955	409
1956	590
1957	695
1958	509
1959	874
1960	226
1961	385
1962	705
1963	666
1964	723
1965	582
1966	477
1967	978
1968	262
1969	244
1970	932
1971	954
1972	671
1973	886
1974	583
1975	502
1976	900
1977	784
1978	513
1979	915
1980	750
1981	752
1982	1,001
1983	941
1984	1,326
1985	1,189
1986	1,264
1987	825
1988	623
1989	847
1990	414
1991	821
1992	643
1993	627
1994	836
1995	794
1996	1,069
1997	681
1998	1,541
1999	1,533
2000	652
2001	791
2002	743
2003	929
2004	852
2005	1,088
2006	704
2007	837
2008	536
2009	792
2010	1,139
2011	1,025
2012	624
2013	790
2014	878
2015	673
2016	520
2017	755
2018	527
2019	1,388
2020	531
2021	740
2022	727
2023	772
2024	1,364
2025	464
2026	531

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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 10	263
10 to 20	47
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1