Weather Records on 28 April 1962

603 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 1962. Highest significance: Columbia, US.

Key Facts for 28 April 1962

On 28 April 1962, 603 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
331 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 57 monthly and 546 daily.
Columbia set a daily record precipitation of 166.9 mm (6.6 in) on 28 April 1962.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

603 stations

603 station records on 28 April 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	166.9 mm (6.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cinclare	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Shubuta	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Harrai	India	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow Falls Park 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Athabasca	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Phalodi	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	125.0 cm (49.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paragould	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paratinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bumping Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milawa Brown Bros	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rayne 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grimsby	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Muscoda	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saranac Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

603 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 162, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 169, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 166, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 28 April 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	162
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	169
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	166
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 28 April 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 57, daily 546.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

463 broken records

Margins by which the 463 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 490.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 1962

Top 20 records on 28 April 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 1962	Columbia, US	daily rain	166.9 mm (6.6 in)	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1962	Cinclare, US	daily rain	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1962	Clinton Forestry HQ, US	monthly rain	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	62 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1962	Virginia City, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1962	Hattiesburg 5SW, US	daily rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1962	Bacchus Marsh, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1962	Shubuta, US	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1962	Dawson, CA	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1962	Waynesboro 2 W, US	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1962	Harrai, IN	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1962	Rainbow Falls Park 2 E, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1962	Manchester, US	monthly high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	77 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1962	Athabasca, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1962	Cap Chat, CA	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1962	Phalodi, IN	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1962	Roldal, NO	daily snow depth	125.0 cm (49.2 in)	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1962	Tower 2S, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	65 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1962	Celaya (Smn), MX	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1962	Paragould, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1962	Paratinga, BR	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1962. 1962 had 603 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 100	453
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1