Weather Records on 28 October 1982

578 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1982. Highest significance: Dickinson Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 28 October 1982

On 28 October 1982, 578 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
172 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 547 daily.
Dickinson Exp STN set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 28 October 1982.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

578 stations

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

Weather records on 28 October 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Nazarezinho (Nazare)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sao Jose de Mipibu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Spreckelsville 400	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Baker	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Piloes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Killdeer 8 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Serra Negra Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose de Piranhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Medora	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Honokohua 493	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao de Sao Joaquim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mould Bay A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tioga 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Volborg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Epping	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kihei 311	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tagus	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dauphin A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pyramid	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Berthold	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kahlotus 5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eklutna Project	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt R	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bowbells	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Reeder 13 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Reeder	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ukumehame 301	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ibertioga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Knobs 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plaisance (Mauritiu	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Amidon	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Keahua 410	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Keithsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Connell 12 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minchumina	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Puunene 396	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santana Do Cariri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Olowalu 296.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paia 406	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Olympia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ankeny	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

578 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 134, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 241, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 28 October 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	134
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	241
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 28 October 1982 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 30, daily 547.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

487 broken records

Margins by which the 487 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 199.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1982

Top 20 records on 28 October 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1982	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1982	Nazarezinho (Nazare), BR	monthly rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	43 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1982	Foxholm 7 N, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1982	Sao Jose de Mipibu, BR	monthly rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1982	Dunn Ctr 1E, US	monthly rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1982	Spreckelsville 400, US	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1982	Forest Grove, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1982	Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1982	Baker, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1982	Acude Piloes, BR	monthly rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1982	Killdeer 8 NW, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1982	Serra Negra Do Norte, BR	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1982	Sao Jose de Piranhas, BR	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1982	Kenmare 1 WSW, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1982	Medora, US	monthly rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1982	Honokohua 493, US	monthly rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1982	Ribeirao de Sao Joaquim, BR	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1982	Mould Bay A, CA	monthly snowfall	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	3.7 cm (1.5 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1982	Birtle, CA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1982	Tioga 1E, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	51 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1982. 1982 had 578 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

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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	434
25 to 50	38
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2