Weather Records on 28 May 1971

767 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 1971. Highest significance: Yambacoona, AU.

Key Facts for 28 May 1971

On 28 May 1971, 767 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
86 were record highs and 308 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 750 daily.
Yambacoona set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 28 May 1971.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

767 stations

767 station records on 28 May 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 May 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
D'Java	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Valle de Santiago	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wingaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coroata	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bom Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mtunzini	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ponte Alta 1	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Guadalajara (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caruthersville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rotan	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Williamson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Unley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dandongadale (Mountain View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Covelo	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Marks 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harrietville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Piacaguera (Efsj)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Antioch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

767 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 164, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 144, Heaviest daily rainfall 367, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 28 May 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	164
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	144
Heaviest daily rainfall	367
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 28 May 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 750.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

650 broken records

Margins by which the 650 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 1971

Top 20 records on 28 May 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 1971	Yambacoona, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1971	Bakke, NO	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1971	D'Java, GE	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1971	Valle de Santiago, MX	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1971	Second Valley (Poolamacca), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1971	Kur, RU	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1971	Greenville, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	69 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1971	Gudauri, GE	daily rain	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1971	Stavanger - Valand, NO	monthly rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1971	Smith Bay (Smiths Bay), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1971	Wingaroo, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1971	Clarendon, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1971	Ueckermunde, DE	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	49 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1971	Yea, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	78 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1971	Coroata, BR	daily rain	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1971	Sviland, NO	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	72 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1971	Clare, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1971	Bom Jardim, BR	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1971	Newport, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	64 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1971	El-Golea, DZ	daily low min	10.8 C (51.4 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	75 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

1794 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1971. 1971 had 767 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 1971-05-28: 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	621
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1