Weather Records on 28 May 1974

585 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 1974. Highest significance: Bendoc Park, AU.

Key Facts for 28 May 1974

On 28 May 1974, 585 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
240 were record highs and 163 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 557 daily.
Bendoc Park set a monthly record daily precipitation of 106.2 mm (4.2 in) on 28 May 1974.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

585 stations

585 station records on 28 May 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 May 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bendoc Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Buenavista	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Acude Ipaguassu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Erofej Pavlovic	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tupik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Espirito Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ibiapaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	41.0 C (105.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Amazar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gerringong (Mayflower Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paracuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Villahermosa (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Olho Dagua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carway	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Jon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Five Mile Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leoti	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elberta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pecos Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salvacao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Antonio Escobedo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Guadalajara (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yahualica de Gonzalez Gallo (	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hugoton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wapengo Lake Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

585 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 141, Lowest daily maximum 104, Highest daily minimum 99, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 153, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 28 May 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	141
Lowest daily maximum	104
Highest daily minimum	99
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 28 May 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 557.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

441 broken records

Margins by which the 441 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 559.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 1974

Top 20 records on 28 May 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 1974	Bendoc Park, AU	monthly rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	71 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1974	Grindstone Island, CA	monthly snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	7 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1974	Buenavista, MX	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1974	Acude Ipaguassu, BR	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1974	Mount Uniacke, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1974	Erofej Pavlovic, RU	monthly rain	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1974	Elk, US	monthly high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	75 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1974	Tupik, RU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1974	Springfield, CA	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1974	Glenwood, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1974	Espirito Santo, BR	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1974	Greenwood A, CA	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1974	Kentville Cda, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1974	Ibiapaba, BR	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1974	Deer Lake, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1974	Biskra, DZ	daily high max	41.0 C (105.8 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1974	Apatzingan (Smn), MX	daily high min	33.3 C (91.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1974	Amazar, RU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1974	Gerringong (Mayflower Village), AU	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1974	Deseret, US	monthly high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	63 years	38 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1974. 1974 had 585 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 1974-05-28: 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 100	434
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1