Weather Records on 28 July 1966

349 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 1966. Highest significance: Ft Meade, US.

Key Facts for 28 July 1966

On 28 July 1966, 349 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
94 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 344 daily.
Ft Meade set a daily record precipitation of 51.6 mm (2.0 in) on 28 July 1966.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

349 stations

349 station records on 28 July 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 July 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Agra	India	Record daily precipitation	114.1 mm (4.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pulaski	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mormon Lake Rngr STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbank 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Songadh	India	Record daily precipitation	187.0 mm (7.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Narjan Mar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Matehuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bardoli	India	Record daily precipitation	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ogallala	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wood	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pimpelner	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sironcha	India	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jarcevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Badnera	India	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ogoron	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Telhara	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kemchug	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Olenja Rechka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eads	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Akot	India	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dhulia	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fumina South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Channagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paysandu	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Valod	India	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Drouin Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portales	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

349 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 192.

Records on 28 July 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	192
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 July 1966 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 344.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

269 broken records

Margins by which the 269 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 133.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 1966

Top 20 records on 28 July 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 1966	Ft Meade, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1966	Agra, IN	daily rain	114.1 mm (4.5 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1966	Mt Pulaski, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	71 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1966	Mormon Lake Rngr STN, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1966	Fairbank 1 S, US	all-time rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1966	Songadh, IN	daily rain	187.0 mm (7.4 in)	133.2 mm (5.2 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1966	Narjan Mar, RU	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1966	Matehuala (Smn), MX	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1966	Elmira, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1966	Garfield, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1966	Springview 2NW, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1966	Bardoli, IN	daily rain	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1966	Ogallala, US	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1966	Ericson 8 WNW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1966	Cheyenne Wells 2NE, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1966	Wood, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1966	Pimpelner, IN	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1966	Spencer 1 N, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1966	Rochester Gtr Intl, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1966	Sironcha, IN	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	34 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1966. 1966 had 349 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

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Data for records on 1966-07-28: 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	246
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1