Weather Records on 28 April 1969

432 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 1969. Highest significance: Acude Cruzeta, BR.

Key Facts for 28 April 1969

On 28 April 1969, 432 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
92 were record highs and 183 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 422 daily.
Acude Cruzeta set a daily record precipitation of 84.8 mm (3.3 in) on 28 April 1969.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

432 stations

432 station records on 28 April 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Acude Cruzeta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Temiscamingue	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ramban	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anantnag	India	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rio de Contas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yajlju	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Soledade (Ibiapinopolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia	Spain	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roebling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Gargalheiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aroostook	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Solon Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colstrip	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Meade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brady	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tavernier	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Molalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Huajuapan de Leon (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Malbaie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quartzsite	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Solon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gadgarra Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ste Rose du Degelis	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Castellon de la Plana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Prineville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gonzales 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Mattawin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Misantla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hanksville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tobermory	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brohovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

432 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 97, Heaviest daily rainfall 132, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 28 April 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	97
Heaviest daily rainfall	132
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 28 April 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 422.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

338 broken records

Margins by which the 338 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 1969

Top 20 records on 28 April 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 1969	Acude Cruzeta, BR	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1969	Barrage Temiscamingue, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	59 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1969	Bergland Dam, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	58 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1969	Ramban, IN	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1969	Anantnag, IN	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1969	Rio de Contas, BR	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1969	Middletown 4 W, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	90 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1969	Danbury, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1969	Yajlju, RU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1969	Milaca, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1969	Ashland Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	75 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1969	Soledade (Ibiapinopolis), BR	daily rain	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1969	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	54 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1969	Valencia, ES	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1969	McKenzie Rvr Rs, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	64 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1969	Roebling, US	monthly high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1969	Acude Gargalheiras, BR	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1969	Danbury, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1969	Aroostook, CA	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1969	Marshall, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	31 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

1795 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1969. 1969 had 432 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 20	313
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1