Weather Records on 28 May 1982

1,204 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 1982. Highest significance: Chaplin, CA.

Key Facts for 28 May 1982

On 28 May 1982, 1,204 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
409 were record highs and 264 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 76 monthly and 1,119 daily.
Chaplin set a daily record precipitation of 35.4 mm (1.4 in) on 28 May 1982.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

1,204 stations

1,204 station records on 28 May 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 May 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Pennant	Canada	Record daily snowfall	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Elbow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Klintonel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Whitewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lakeview 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Davidson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Edsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Forks 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Winifred	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Munsvattnet	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gravelbourg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lovberga_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Logan 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Harlem	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Elbow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Puottaure	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Val-Marie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Storberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Firth	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Caron	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Jaw A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ovre_Svartla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Logan 4 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Weyburn	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hedberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Norrby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tugaske	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sadiliden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dilke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Strasbourg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saittarova_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lustre 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Semans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bavertrask	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bispgarden 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Laxviken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shackleton Cda Epf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ramsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Flakatrask	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,204 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 92, Lowest daily maximum 184, Highest daily minimum 317, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 457, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 28 May 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	92
Lowest daily maximum	184
Highest daily minimum	317
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	457
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 28 May 1982 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 76, daily 1,119.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,020 broken records

Margins by which the 1,020 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 260.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 1982

Top 20 records on 28 May 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 1982	Chaplin, CA	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	97 years	72 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1982	Maple Creek, CA	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	71 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1982	Maple Creek, CA	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	90 years	71 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1982	Pennant, CA	all-time snowfall	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	8 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1982	Elbow, CA	all-time snowfall	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	22 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1982	Klintonel, CA	daily snowfall	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1982	Whitewater, US	all-time rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1982	Lakeview 3 NE, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1982	Pitea, SE	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1982	Davidson, CA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1982	Haparanda, SE	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	95 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1982	Edsele, SE	monthly rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1982	Forks 4 NNE, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1982	Winifred, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1982	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1982	Munsvattnet, SE	monthly rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1982	Gravelbourg, CA	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1982	Lovberga_D, SE	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1982	Ft Logan 4 ESE, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	83 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1982	Harlem, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	59 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1982. 1982 had 1,204 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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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 50	964
50 to 100	32
100 to 150	16
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	1