Weather Records on 28 May 1956

456 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 1956. Highest significance: Badnagar, IN.

Key Facts for 28 May 1956

On 28 May 1956, 456 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 438 daily.
Badnagar set a monthly record daily precipitation of 71.1 mm (2.8 in) on 28 May 1956.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

456 stations

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

Weather records on 28 May 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Badnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Berinag	India	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Zanesville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kharagpur India Aab	India	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Karanjia	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta Dam 35	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Simdega	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Markland Dam 39	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Daltonganj	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Almora	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mott	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Halol	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rajnandgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bidar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kishanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deolapur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dhama	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zhizdra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hoult Lock 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bhimnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jagdalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kankakee 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stony River Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nagpur (Mayo Hospit	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Race (Aut)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chandgad	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Summerfield 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoopa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madhipura	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manoharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baloda Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clarington Lock 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sawantwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

456 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 348, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 28 May 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	348
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 28 May 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 438.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

409 broken records

Margins by which the 409 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 1956

Top 20 records on 28 May 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 1956	Badnagar, IN	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1956	Berinag, IN	monthly rain	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	30 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1956	Zanesville Wwtp, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1956	Kharagpur India Aab, IN	monthly rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1956	Redhill, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1956	Crawfordsville Pwr Plt, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1956	Whitestown, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1956	Mansfield 5 W, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1956	Marysville, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1956	Seymour 1 WSW, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1956	Rowlesburg 1, US	monthly rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1956	Karanjia, IN	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1956	Oneonta Dam 35, US	monthly rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1956	Simdega, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1956	Markland Dam 39, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1956	La Crosse River, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1956	Delaware 3 WSW, US	monthly rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1956	Daltonganj, IN	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1956	Fergus Falls, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1956	La Delle 7 NE, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	48 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

1794 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1956. 1956 had 456 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 1956-05-28: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	362
25 to 50	40
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1