Weather Records on 28 October 1959

430 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1959. Highest significance: Kingscote, AU.

Key Facts for 28 October 1959

On 28 October 1959, 430 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 421 daily.
Kingscote set a daily record precipitation of 34.5 mm (1.4 in) on 28 October 1959.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

430 stations

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

Weather records on 28 October 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Brentwood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ootacamund Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kodanand	India	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kaliyal	India	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Naduvattam	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cygnet River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Palghat	India	Record daily precipitation	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Murrays Lagoon (Bayside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote (Karinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Lagoon (Hawks Nest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kulasekaram	India	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gumri	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Muzaffarnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Willsons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mossgiel (Boondara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Punta Gorda	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Gasworks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parasala	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Khajwa	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stephens Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sapphire (Argyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pattanamphitta	India	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nandigram	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sohana	India	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Meerut Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gunbower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mukundapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oxley (Walmer Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Thadikarekonam	India	Record daily precipitation	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pala	India	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Peermade Residen	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ona	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Balgownie West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gurgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mavelikara	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roorkee	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Konda	India	Record daily precipitation	141.8 mm (5.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vaikom	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alattur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rajampet	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

430 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 261, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 28 October 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	261
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 28 October 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 421.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

371 broken records

Margins by which the 371 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1959

Top 20 records on 28 October 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1959	Kingscote, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1959	Normanville, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1959	Brentwood Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1959	Warooka, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1959	Ootacamund Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1959	Yorketown, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1959	Kodanand, IN	daily rain	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1959	Kaliyal, IN	daily rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	78.1 mm (3.1 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1959	Naduvattam, IN	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1959	Cygnet River, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1959	Smith Bay (Smiths Bay), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1959	Palghat, IN	daily rain	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1959	Murrays Lagoon (Bayside), AU	monthly rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1959	Kingscote (Karinga), AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1959	Murray Lagoon (Hawks Nest), AU	monthly rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1959	Kulasekaram, IN	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1959	Gumri, AM	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1959	Muzaffarnagar, IN	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1959	Willsons River, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1959	Mossgiel (Boondara), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	37 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

1802 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1959. 1959 had 430 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	324
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1