Weather Records on 28 April 1956

812 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 1956. Highest significance: Millington 3 SE, US.

Key Facts for 28 April 1956

On 28 April 1956, 812 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
291 were record highs and 290 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 794 daily.
Millington 3 SE set a daily record precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 28 April 1956.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

812 stations

812 station records on 28 April 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Luz (Estacao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Leamington	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Arukutty	India	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Forest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rockford	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toliness Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rochelle 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vouziers	France	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Allegan 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belur	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waukegan	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mana 1026	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vivian	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaceburg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sarnia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lucan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lynch	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
White Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Williams Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Freeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
East Lansing Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wagner	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mazbat(Majbat)	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan de Los Llanos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Edgerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

812 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 126, Highest daily minimum 216, Lowest daily minimum 164, Heaviest daily rainfall 175, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 28 April 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	126
Highest daily minimum	216
Lowest daily minimum	164
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 28 April 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 794.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

631 broken records

Margins by which the 631 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 1956

Top 20 records on 28 April 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 1956	Millington 3 SE, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1956	Hamilton, CA	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1956	Ridgetown, CA	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1956	Luz (Estacao), BR	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1956	Guelph Oac, CA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1956	Leamington, CA	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1956	Arukutty, IN	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1956	Albion, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1956	Gregory, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1956	Forest, CA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1956	Eskridge, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1956	Alma, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1956	Fayette, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1956	Strathmore, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.9 cm (5.1 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1956	Pelee Island, CA	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1956	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1956	Rockford, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1956	Toliness Station, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1956	Brantford, CA	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	78 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1956	Rochelle 6 NW, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	41 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1956. 1956 had 812 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 20	564
20 to 40	43
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	3
140 to 160	1