Weather Records on 28 May 1967

350 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 1967. Highest significance: Sotchi, RU.

Key Facts for 28 May 1967

On 28 May 1967, 350 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
69 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 340 daily.
Sotchi set a daily record precipitation of 51.5 mm (2.0 in) on 28 May 1967.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

350 stations

350 station records on 28 May 1967 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 May 1967: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tkvarcheli	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Reivilo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Djavary	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Welgeleven	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Verkhneuralsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Askham	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Middelkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aruppukottai	India	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Darnley Island School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gudermes	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nicholson (Yendalock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paynesville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nottingham Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkins	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rietfontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gagrskiy	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Erica	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Parkersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Allambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Powell River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Memphis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Plainview	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Sal	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nottingham Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leonora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia Creek (Bulgar Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

350 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 1967 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 209, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 28 May 1967 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	209
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 28 May 1967 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 340.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

298 broken records

Margins by which the 298 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 534.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 1967

Top 20 records on 28 May 1967 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 1967	Sotchi, RU	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	70 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1967	Tkvarcheli, GE	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1967	Reivilo, ZA	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1967	Djavary, GE	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1967	Welgeleven, ZA	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1967	Verkhneuralsk, RU	monthly rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1967	Askham, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1967	Seymour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1967	Middelkop, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1967	Lordsburg 4 SE, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	61 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1967	Port Hastings, CA	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	70 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1967	Huntington Lake, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	53.4 cm (21.0 in)	49 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1967	Aruppukottai, IN	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1967	Darnley Island School, AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1967	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	monthly high min	8.4 C (47.1 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	52 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1967	Gudermes, RU	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1967	Nicholson (Yendalock), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1967	Clydebank, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	54 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1967	Paynesville, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1967	Nottingham Island, CA	daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	4 years	32 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

1794 to 1967

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1967. 1967 had 350 records.

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

Records on 05-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1797	1
1811	1
1824	1
1832	1
1836	5
1840	1
1841	1
1847	2
1848	1
1851	2
1857	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	4
1869	1
1876	1
1879	2
1880	2
1884	3
1885	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	2
1892	9
1893	2
1894	9
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	6
1902	12
1903	9
1904	6
1905	14
1906	31
1907	36
1908	26
1909	7
1910	18
1911	42
1912	19
1913	28
1914	58
1915	27
1916	24
1917	36
1918	43
1919	43
1920	33
1921	87
1922	80
1923	72
1924	109
1925	122
1926	143
1927	301
1928	150
1929	355
1930	131
1931	574
1932	171
1933	212
1934	537
1935	186
1936	337
1937	212
1938	285
1939	433
1940	217
1941	711
1942	279
1943	238
1944	330
1945	331
1946	413
1947	1,049
1948	333
1949	321
1950	276
1951	503
1952	314
1953	392
1954	382
1955	413
1956	456
1957	272
1958	792
1959	557
1960	431
1961	1,026
1962	859
1963	368
1964	394
1965	536
1966	284
1967	350
1968	610
1969	863
1970	310
1971	767
1972	575
1973	834
1974	585
1975	397
1976	914
1977	826
1978	802
1979	521
1980	808
1981	711
1982	1,204
1983	1,666
1984	1,357
1985	914
1986	591
1987	1,139
1988	806
1989	817
1990	1,024
1991	1,647
1992	1,610
1993	870
1994	981
1995	1,078
1996	1,438
1997	1,108
1998	1,043
1999	952
2000	1,229
2001	1,024
2002	612
2003	1,049
2004	875
2005	1,032
2006	1,566
2007	1,084
2008	902
2009	733
2010	937
2011	1,188
2012	1,237
2013	541
2014	781
2015	487
2016	625
2017	710
2018	1,348
2019	973
2020	875
2021	537
2022	476
2023	445
2024	907
2025	663
2026	1,053

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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	295
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1