Weather Records on 28 April 1960

582 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 1960. Highest significance: Manoora, AU.

Key Facts for 28 April 1960

On 28 April 1960, 582 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
25 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 574 daily.
Manoora set a monthly record daily precipitation of 40.9 mm (1.6 in) on 28 April 1960.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

582 stations

582 station records on 28 April 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bridport Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Voronez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mayneside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tropic	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jingi Jingi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Redbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Johanna Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Campo Grande (Augusto Severo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moonambel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orderville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ulverstone (Knights Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heathcote Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Teresina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cortez	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lima East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harrietville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weeaproinah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Northdown (Hamley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bastrop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Campina Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Randolph 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kindred (Invergordon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

582 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 446, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 28 April 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	446
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 28 April 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 574.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

542 broken records

Margins by which the 542 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 168.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 1960

Top 20 records on 28 April 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 1960	Manoora, AU	monthly rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	66 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1960	Dublin, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1960	Austin #2, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1960	Bridport Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1960	Voronez, RU	monthly rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1960	Pine Creek, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1960	Raleigh State UNIV, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1960	Jackson, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1960	Mayneside, AU	monthly rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1960	Maldon (Derby Hill), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1960	Strathbogie, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1960	Putbus, DE	daily low max	5.5 C (41.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	102 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1960	Tropic, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1960	Woods Point, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1960	Kinglake, AU	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1960	Auburn, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	64 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1960	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1960	Jingi Jingi, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1960	Redbank, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1960	Johanna Glen, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	36 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1960. 1960 had 582 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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Data for records on 1960-04-28: 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 25	520
25 to 50	13
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	2