Weather Records on 28 September 1966

477 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 September 1966. Highest significance: Walterhall, AU.

Key Facts for 28 September 1966

On 28 September 1966, 477 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
178 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 460 daily.
Walterhall set a daily record precipitation of 62.7 mm (2.5 in) on 28 September 1966.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

477 stations

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

Weather records on 28 September 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Walterhall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Porto Novo	India	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kabra Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Urandangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Susendal	Norway	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Papanasam	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Srimushnam	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Espoey	France	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kalpowar Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vanur	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Catus	France	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kandukur	India	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ubobo Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Booyal Central State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chengannur	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chingleput	India	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Natal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madurantakam	India	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paravur	India	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gracemere Russell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgelands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maibong	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nogales	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Covelong	India	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Magadi	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zinder	Niger	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gubbi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saidapet	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Many Peaks Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moonmera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stanwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kavali	India	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aunet	Norway	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Stanley Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Netherby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

477 records

Records set or tied on 28 September 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 120, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 231, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 28 September 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	120
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	231
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 28 September 1966 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 460.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

399 broken records

Margins by which the 399 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 230.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 September 1966

Top 20 records on 28 September 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 September 1966	Walterhall, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 September 1966	Porto Novo, IN	daily rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 September 1966	Kabra Railway STN, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	66 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1966	Urandangi, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1966	Westwood Store, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1966	Susendal, NO	daily snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1966	Amiandos, CY	monthly rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1966	Papanasam, IN	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1966	Srimushnam, IN	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1966	Askaniia Nova, UA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1966	Princeton, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1966	Espoey, FR	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1966	Kalpowar Forestry, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1966	Miriam Vale, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1966	Vanur, IN	monthly rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1966	Catus, FR	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1966	Kandukur, IN	daily rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1966	Ubobo Store, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1966	Booyal Central State School, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1966	Chengannur, IN	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	44 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

1794 to 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1966. 1966 had 477 records.

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

Records on 09-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1826	1
1832	1
1849	2
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	3
1868	1
1869	2
1873	3
1874	3
1877	3
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	3
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	1
1888	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	6
1895	5
1896	3
1897	5
1898	4
1899	6
1900	9
1901	2
1902	5
1903	19
1904	17
1905	17
1906	37
1907	27
1908	23
1909	16
1910	39
1911	62
1912	32
1913	37
1914	28
1915	57
1916	61
1917	35
1918	55
1919	38
1920	23
1921	39
1922	34
1923	150
1924	139
1925	191
1926	305
1927	194
1928	205
1929	432
1930	116
1931	233
1932	195
1933	459
1934	237
1935	282
1936	502
1937	313
1938	311
1939	552
1940	419
1941	479
1942	1,187
1943	440
1944	367
1945	1,034
1946	347
1947	647
1948	617
1949	359
1950	233
1951	441
1952	366
1953	842
1954	512
1955	409
1956	590
1957	695
1958	509
1959	874
1960	226
1961	385
1962	705
1963	666
1964	723
1965	582
1966	477
1967	978
1968	262
1969	244
1970	932
1971	954
1972	671
1973	886
1974	583
1975	502
1976	900
1977	784
1978	513
1979	915
1980	750
1981	752
1982	1,001
1983	941
1984	1,326
1985	1,189
1986	1,264
1987	825
1988	623
1989	847
1990	414
1991	821
1992	643
1993	627
1994	836
1995	794
1996	1,069
1997	681
1998	1,541
1999	1,533
2000	652
2001	791
2002	743
2003	929
2004	852
2005	1,088
2006	704
2007	837
2008	536
2009	792
2010	1,139
2011	1,025
2012	624
2013	790
2014	878
2015	673
2016	520
2017	755
2018	527
2019	1,388
2020	531
2021	740
2022	727
2023	772
2024	1,364
2025	464
2026	531

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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 50	387
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1