Weather Records on 28 April 1959

647 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 1959. Highest significance: Van Wert 1 S, US.

Key Facts for 28 April 1959

On 28 April 1959, 647 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
104 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 619 daily.
Van Wert 1 S set a daily record precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 28 April 1959.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

647 stations

647 station records on 28 April 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Stave Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sooke Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Alouette Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Garibaldi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barooga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ioco Refinery	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fernie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Thadikarekonam	India	Record daily precipitation	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marradong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poona	India	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Court House	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Whiting	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buntzen Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Britannia Beach Furry Cr	Canada	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burquitlam Vancouver Golf Cour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maclure Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newaygo Hardy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Campbellford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zastron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

647 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 506, Heaviest daily snowfall 12.

Records on 28 April 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	506
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 April 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 619.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

592 broken records

Margins by which the 592 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 1959

Top 20 records on 28 April 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 1959	Van Wert 1 S, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1959	River Jordan, CA	monthly rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1959	Stave Falls, CA	monthly rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1959	New Westminster, CA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1959	Georgetown, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1959	Valparaiso Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1959	Revelstoke, CA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1959	Sooke Lake, CA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1959	Bear Creek, CA	monthly rain	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1959	Alouette Lake, CA	monthly rain	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1959	Trenton Ont Hydro, CA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1959	Alpena Co Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1959	Lindsay, CA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1959	Hobart 2 WNW, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1959	Paulding, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1959	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1959	Aurora Water, US	monthly rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1959	Garibaldi, CA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1959	Barooga, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1959	E Tawas, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	45 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1959. 1959 had 647 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	534
20 to 40	45
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1