Weather Records on 28 May 1959

557 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 1959. Highest significance: Khairagarh, IN.

Key Facts for 28 May 1959

On 28 May 1959, 557 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
158 were record highs and 85 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 510 daily.
Khairagarh set a monthly record daily precipitation of 30.2 mm (1.2 in) on 28 May 1959.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

557 stations

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

Weather records on 28 May 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Sadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Karauli	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nawa	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mustafabad Jasra	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hindaun	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ambah	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Agra	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Karera	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kulpahar	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mat	India	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fatehabad	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mau	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Khetri	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kadipur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jullundar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arbovale 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Teonthar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ghazipur	India	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shahganj	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Salimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Majhgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kaithal	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dasuya	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sapotra	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ballia	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sabalgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ajaigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hoshiarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Etawah	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Digri	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chhota Kosi	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nadhai	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sojat	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manjhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sultanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ambala	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Garotha	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moth	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Meja	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Khaga	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kharsawan	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shahpura	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sanganer	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bhikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chakradhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bah	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

557 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 312, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 28 May 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	312
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 May 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 47, daily 510.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

475 broken records

Margins by which the 475 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 1959

Top 20 records on 28 May 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 1959	Khairagarh, IN	monthly rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1959	Sadabad, IN	monthly rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1959	Karauli, IN	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1959	Nawa, IN	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1959	Mustafabad Jasra, IN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1959	Hindaun, IN	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1959	Murphy 4ESE, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1959	Ambah, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1959	Agra, IN	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1959	Karera, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1959	New Madrid, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1959	Kulpahar, IN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1959	Mat, IN	monthly rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1959	Fatehabad, IN	monthly rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1959	Mau, IN	monthly rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1959	Khetri, IN	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1959	Kadipur, IN	daily rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1959	Jullundar, IN	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1959	Lucknow, IN	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1959	Arbovale 2, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	47 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1959. 1959 had 557 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1959-05-28: 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 10	339
10 to 20	79
20 to 30	39
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1