Weather Records on 28 April 1976

822 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 1976. Highest significance: Mt Hope, US.

Key Facts for 28 April 1976

On 28 April 1976, 822 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 472 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 798 daily.
Mt Hope set a daily record precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 28 April 1976.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

822 stations

822 station records on 28 April 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Trousdale 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kinsley 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Macksville 8 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Inman 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Preston 7 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsborg 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kuttabul Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gridley	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kassansay	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Didcot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barrydale (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Range	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carcross	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kurgan-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arctic Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Herington	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record snow depth	79.0 cm (31.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bucklin 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Supply 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Darrouzett	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aunet	Norway	Record snow depth	106.0 cm (41.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vevay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Conway Springs 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

822 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 67, Lowest daily maximum 235, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 237, Heaviest daily rainfall 202, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 28 April 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	67
Lowest daily maximum	235
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	237
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 28 April 1976 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 798.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

668 broken records

Margins by which the 668 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 460.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 1976

Top 20 records on 28 April 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 1976	Mt Hope, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	76 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1976	Coldwater, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1976	Pratt 3NW, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1976	Trousdale 1 NE, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1976	Buffalo 2 SSW, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1976	Kinsley 2E, US	monthly rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1976	Macksville 8 NNE, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1976	Ashland, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1976	McPherson, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1976	El Dorado, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1976	Inman 5SW, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1976	Preston 7 NW, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1976	Cottonwood Falls, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1976	Florence, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1976	Lindsborg 3E, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1976	Meade, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1976	Sedgwick, US	monthly rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1976	Richfield, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1976	Lima, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1976	Kuttabul Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	44 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

1795 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1976. 1976 had 822 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 100	655
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1