Weather Records on 28 July 1959

417 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 1959. Highest significance: Dhoraji, IN.

Key Facts for 28 July 1959

On 28 July 1959, 417 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
118 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 412 daily.
Dhoraji set a daily record precipitation of 190.7 mm (7.5 in) on 28 July 1959.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

417 stations

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

Weather records on 28 July 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dhoraji	India	Record daily precipitation	190.7 mm (7.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bulloo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Turtleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
The Pas	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Porbandar	India	Record daily precipitation	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Glade	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wawaitin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tibri	India	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vulcan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nullagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lavers Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Silvan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Timboon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
US Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gellibrand River West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Calmar	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barramunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weeaproinah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Junagadh	India	Record daily precipitation	147.4 mm (5.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wills Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Reserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jewett Work Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bhilai	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bajag	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Caroleen	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Smithville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Farrell Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

417 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 206, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 28 July 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	206
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 July 1959 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 412.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

336 broken records

Margins by which the 336 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 125.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 1959

Top 20 records on 28 July 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 1959	Dhoraji, IN	daily rain	190.7 mm (7.5 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1959	Bulloo Downs, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1959	Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1959	Warrnambool Shire Office, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1959	Turtleford, CA	all-time rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1959	Peterborough, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1959	Charleston 1, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1959	The Pas, CA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1959	Porbandar, IN	daily rain	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1959	Enisejsk, RU	daily low max	15.2 C (59.4 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	67 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1959	Belle Glade, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1959	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	71 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1959	Wawaitin, CA	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1959	Tibri, IN	daily rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1959	Port Campbell Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	60 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1959	Vulcan, CA	monthly rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1959	Markovo, RU	daily high min	14.6 C (58.3 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	59 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1959	Brinkley, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	73 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1959	Nullagine, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1959	Lavers Hill, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	29 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

1815 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1959. 1959 had 417 records.

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

Records on 07-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1832	2
1834	1
1838	1
1846	1
1848	1
1853	1
1857	1
1860	2
1866	2
1867	1
1872	3
1873	1
1874	1
1882	1
1883	3
1884	3
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	3
1891	8
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	6
1900	8
1901	14
1902	4
1903	16
1904	23
1905	10
1906	18
1907	39
1908	15
1909	19
1910	18
1911	61
1912	32
1913	54
1914	42
1915	36
1916	134
1917	84
1918	34
1919	53
1920	95
1921	92
1922	82
1923	193
1924	79
1925	361
1926	175
1927	129
1928	341
1929	215
1930	603
1931	464
1932	184
1933	390
1934	533
1935	354
1936	471
1937	315
1938	264
1939	339
1940	507
1941	525
1942	165
1943	429
1944	349
1945	399
1946	380
1947	630
1948	535
1949	496
1950	1,035
1951	320
1952	669
1953	251
1954	355
1955	537
1956	309
1957	298
1958	549
1959	417
1960	416
1961	357
1962	772
1963	484
1964	422
1965	422
1966	349
1967	458
1968	547
1969	737
1970	343
1971	1,161
1972	675
1973	500
1974	343
1975	537
1976	493
1977	724
1978	681
1979	692
1980	1,170
1981	1,315
1982	774
1983	1,389
1984	1,373
1985	627
1986	868
1987	1,202
1988	761
1989	936
1990	757
1991	768
1992	678
1993	1,026
1994	2,266
1995	1,251
1996	1,178
1997	1,024
1998	1,835
1999	985
2000	857
2001	938
2002	866
2003	932
2004	1,345
2005	1,387
2006	1,398
2007	998
2008	923
2009	964
2010	1,306
2011	1,143
2012	731
2013	1,428
2014	713
2015	911
2016	648
2017	476
2018	655
2019	469
2020	721
2021	831
2022	990
2023	765
2024	668
2025	845
2026	863

Download the Data

Data for records on 1959-07-28: 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 20	316
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1