Weather Records on 28 October 1956

353 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1956. Highest significance: Kremsmuenster, AT.

Key Facts for 28 October 1956

On 28 October 1956, 353 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
48 were record highs and 160 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 334 daily.
Kremsmuenster set a daily record precipitation of 36.6 mm (1.4 in) on 28 October 1956.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

353 stations

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

Weather records on 28 October 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wonderfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Delmas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vitoria de Santo Antao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruchengode	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Val (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leslie (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bysonder	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pilger	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kollegal	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shirala	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sankari	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mankayane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greylingstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton Meadows	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Britannia Beach Furry Cr	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Garibaldi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Silvan State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Riverview	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kodumudi	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

353 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 110, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 117, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 28 October 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	110
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	117
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 28 October 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 334.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

270 broken records

Margins by which the 270 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 129.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1956

Top 20 records on 28 October 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1956	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1956	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	monthly rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1956	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1956	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1956	Kempton (Oakmore), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1956	Metten, DE	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1956	Wonderfontein (Skl), ZA	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1956	Delmas (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1956	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1956	Vitoria de Santo Antao, BR	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1956	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1956	Wien, AT	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1956	Passau-Maierhof, DE	monthly rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	55 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1956	Tiruchengode, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1956	Val (Sar), ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1956	Murrungowar, AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1956	Leslie (Mun), ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1956	San German 4 W, PR	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1956	Bysonder, ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1956	Humboldt, CA	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	21 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

1802 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1956. 1956 had 353 records.

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

Records on 10-28 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1827	1
1842	1
1856	2
1861	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	4
1873	1
1876	1
1880	3
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	6
1889	2
1890	3
1891	1
1892	7
1893	4
1894	1
1895	3
1896	5
1897	4
1898	5
1899	8
1900	8
1901	15
1902	18
1903	11
1904	13
1905	8
1906	15
1907	15
1908	12
1909	18
1910	26
1911	16
1912	28
1913	153
1914	31
1915	66
1916	13
1917	31
1918	79
1919	87
1920	48
1921	32
1922	90
1923	74
1924	109
1925	598
1926	123
1927	504
1928	77
1929	224
1930	144
1931	205
1932	164
1933	240
1934	227
1935	406
1936	578
1937	697
1938	170
1939	279
1940	652
1941	324
1942	355
1943	310
1944	501
1945	462
1946	712
1947	462
1948	370
1949	341
1950	544
1951	195
1952	485
1953	341
1954	486
1955	462
1956	353
1957	812
1958	198
1959	430
1960	225
1961	437
1962	432
1963	492
1964	332
1965	402
1966	254
1967	404
1968	523
1969	651
1970	846
1971	1,666
1972	1,012
1973	444
1974	805
1975	282
1976	1,606
1977	616
1978	292
1979	387
1980	1,657
1981	922
1982	578
1983	427
1984	1,553
1985	754
1986	590
1987	973
1988	816
1989	1,083
1990	917
1991	2,462
1992	676
1993	576
1994	675
1995	1,049
1996	1,396
1997	1,767
1998	1,457
1999	1,092
2000	935
2001	1,089
2002	982
2003	1,403
2004	1,641
2005	949
2006	1,295
2007	906
2008	1,207
2009	984
2010	1,029
2011	655
2012	1,097
2013	1,007
2014	850
2015	753
2016	1,139
2017	755
2018	710
2019	1,437
2020	1,646
2021	605
2022	879
2023	1,381
2024	650
2025	462

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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	247
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1