Weather Records on 28 October 1981

922 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1981. Highest significance: Cortland, US.

Key Facts for 28 October 1981

On 28 October 1981, 922 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
188 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 894 daily.
Cortland set a daily record precipitation of 87.4 mm (3.4 in) on 28 October 1981.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

922 stations

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

Weather records on 28 October 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bolivar	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Brewerton Lock 23	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cayuga Lock #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kondoma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Freeville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lodi	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Olean	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Das Pedras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cihuatlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	277.9 mm (10.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Candor 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford Cntrl Fs	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kapalama 773	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hana AP 355	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Meleiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zavitaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pauoa Flats 784	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Koolau Dam 833	United States	Record daily precipitation	217.7 mm (8.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Garcia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ellenburg Depot	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuanu Rsch 4 783	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paakea 350	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Clemente Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
De Ruyter 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waiahi Upper 1052	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yajlju	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Troupsburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hat Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Hazel 2 NE Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingham 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ph Wainiha 1115	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Livermore	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newark	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

922 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 139, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 651, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 28 October 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	139
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	651
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 28 October 1981 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 26, daily 894.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

821 broken records

Margins by which the 821 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 115.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1981

Top 20 records on 28 October 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1981	Cortland, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	79 years	71 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1981	Toledo Blade, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	81 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1981	Bolivar, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1981	Allegany Sp, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1981	Brewerton Lock 23, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1981	Cayuga Lock #1, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1981	Montrose, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1981	Rochester, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1981	Kondoma, RU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1981	Freeville 1 NE, US	all-time rain	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1981	Greenville, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	80 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1981	Lodi, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1981	Olean, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1981	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	all-time rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1981	Rio Das Pedras, BR	daily rain	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1981	Susanville 2SW, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1981	Elizabethtown, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1981	Gloversville, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1981	Cihuatlan (Dge), MX	monthly rain	277.9 mm (10.9 in)	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1981	Candor 2SE, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	50 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

1802 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1981. 1981 had 922 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 10-28 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1827	1
1842	1
1856	2
1861	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	4
1873	1
1876	1
1880	3
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	6
1889	2
1890	3
1891	1
1892	7
1893	4
1894	1
1895	3
1896	5
1897	4
1898	5
1899	8
1900	8
1901	15
1902	18
1903	11
1904	13
1905	8
1906	15
1907	15
1908	12
1909	18
1910	26
1911	16
1912	28
1913	153
1914	31
1915	66
1916	13
1917	31
1918	79
1919	87
1920	48
1921	32
1922	90
1923	74
1924	109
1925	598
1926	123
1927	504
1928	77
1929	224
1930	144
1931	205
1932	164
1933	240
1934	227
1935	406
1936	578
1937	697
1938	170
1939	279
1940	652
1941	324
1942	355
1943	310
1944	501
1945	462
1946	712
1947	462
1948	370
1949	341
1950	544
1951	195
1952	485
1953	341
1954	486
1955	462
1956	353
1957	812
1958	198
1959	430
1960	225
1961	437
1962	432
1963	492
1964	332
1965	402
1966	254
1967	404
1968	523
1969	651
1970	846
1971	1,666
1972	1,012
1973	444
1974	805
1975	282
1976	1,606
1977	616
1978	292
1979	387
1980	1,657
1981	922
1982	578
1983	427
1984	1,553
1985	754
1986	590
1987	973
1988	816
1989	1,083
1990	917
1991	2,462
1992	676
1993	576
1994	675
1995	1,049
1996	1,396
1997	1,767
1998	1,457
1999	1,092
2000	935
2001	1,089
2002	982
2003	1,403
2004	1,641
2005	949
2006	1,295
2007	906
2008	1,207
2009	984
2010	1,029
2011	655
2012	1,097
2013	1,007
2014	850
2015	753
2016	1,139
2017	755
2018	710
2019	1,437
2020	1,646
2021	605
2022	879
2023	1,381
2024	650
2025	462

Download the Data

Data for records on 1981-10-28: 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	695
20 to 40	99
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	2