Weather Records on 28 May 1968

610 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 1968. Highest significance: Carlisle, US.

Key Facts for 28 May 1968

On 28 May 1968, 610 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
119 were record highs and 239 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 590 daily.
Carlisle set a daily record precipitation of 55.9 mm (2.2 in) on 28 May 1968.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

610 stations

610 station records on 28 May 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 May 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rockley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lloydminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
New Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Big Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sawar	India	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Porter Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
North River Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glenn Dale Bell STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carcoar (Errowanbang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cadia Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bali	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parkton 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shurabad	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McColl 3 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Billapaloola State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Daytona Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Granja	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuetzalan del Progreso	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Towson	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wattle Flat General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Raghopur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Doctortown 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

610 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 177, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 249, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 28 May 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	177
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	249
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 28 May 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 590.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

512 broken records

Margins by which the 512 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 1968

Top 20 records on 28 May 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 1968	Carlisle, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	97 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1968	York 3 SSW Pump STN, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1968	Fitzgerald, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1968	Carcoar, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1968	Rockley Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1968	Lloydminster, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1968	New Park, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1968	Big Meadows, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1968	Sawar, IN	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1968	Wilmington Porter Rsch, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1968	North River Dam, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1968	Aberdeen Phillips Fld, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1968	Woodstock, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1968	Winchester 7 SE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1968	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1968	Glenn Dale Bell STN, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1968	Woodstock 2 NE, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1968	Carcoar (Errowanbang), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1968	Newark Ag Farm, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1968	College Park, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	42 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1968. 1968 had 610 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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Data for records on 1968-05-28: 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	469
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2