Weather Records on 28 April 1981

967 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 1981. Highest significance: Winnebago, US.

Key Facts for 28 April 1981

On 28 April 1981, 967 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
548 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 81 monthly and 885 daily.
Winnebago set a monthly record daily precipitation of 77.5 mm (3.1 in) on 28 April 1981.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

967 stations

967 station records on 28 April 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Deuselbach	Germany	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elma	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pompeia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Guaicara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Sao Luiz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Echapora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	128.2 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Taquarituba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Andarai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Avare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parapua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gulca	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Quatiara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Ano Bom Do Tiete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blankenrath	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Queiroz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Macucos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Princeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Chantebled	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bauru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Presidente Prudente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morro Do Pilar	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cafelandia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marilia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ribeirao Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paso de la Yesca	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pontal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rinopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen 20NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Piraju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Esmeril (Cpfl) B4-005	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rancharia (Mc Fadden)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

967 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 302, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 246, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 260, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 71.

Records on 28 April 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	302
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	246
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	260
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	71

Records on 28 April 1981 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 81, daily 885.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

724 broken records

Margins by which the 724 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 1981

Top 20 records on 28 April 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 1981	Winnebago, US	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1981	Clearwater, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1981	Deuselbach, DE	monthly snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1981	Elma, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1981	Pompeia, BR	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1981	Guaicara, BR	daily rain	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1981	Fazenda Sao Luiz, BR	daily rain	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1981	Echapora, BR	daily rain	128.2 mm (5.0 in)	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1981	Taquarituba, BR	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1981	Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1981	Andarai, BR	daily rain	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1981	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1981	Harrison 1 NNW, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1981	Avare, BR	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1981	Ebrach, DE	daily snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	81 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1981	Parapua, BR	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1981	Gulca, KG	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1981	Santa Paula, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1981	Northwood, US	monthly rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1981	Usina Quatiara, BR	monthly rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	41 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1981. 1981 had 967 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 25	645
25 to 50	49
50 to 75	15
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	3
175 to 200	1