Weather Records on 28 May 1985

914 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 1985. Highest significance: Canary Island, AU.

Key Facts for 28 May 1985

On 28 May 1985, 914 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
451 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 865 daily.
Canary Island set a daily record precipitation of 45.5 mm (1.8 in) on 28 May 1985.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

914 stations

914 station records on 28 May 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 May 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Canary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Eichstatt-Landershofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mys Terpenij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kr.Ansbach Weidenbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (South Gap Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Freystadt-Oberndorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshuld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Murrhardt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wernigerode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Sohl Elster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Selb/Oberfranken-Wildenau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gera-Leumnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingen/Donau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingen/Donau-Fristingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hagenbuchach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock (Kanyaka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (Arcoona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tisul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Schwandorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beach City Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gatum	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roxby Downs (Parakylia Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Genthin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral Ridge Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

914 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 160, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 291, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 382, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 28 May 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	160
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	291
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	382
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 28 May 1985 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 47, daily 865.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

789 broken records

Margins by which the 789 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 1985

Top 20 records on 28 May 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 1985	Canary Island, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	73 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1985	New Castle 1 N, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	71 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1985	Eichstatt-Landershofen, DE	monthly rain	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1985	Beaver Falls 1 NE, US	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1985	Mys Terpenij, RU	monthly rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 May 1985	Weissenburg, DE	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1985	Kr.Ansbach Weidenbach, DE	monthly rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1985	Chippewa Lake, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1985	Millport 4 NE, US	all-time rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1985	New Cumberland L/D, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1985	Wooster Exp STN, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1985	Woomera (South Gap Station), AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1985	Freystadt-Oberndorf, DE	all-time rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1985	Karlshuld, DE	monthly rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1985	Carrollton 3 NNE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1985	Murrhardt, DE	daily rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1985	Louisville, US	monthly rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1985	Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang, DE	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1985	Wernigerode, DE	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1985	Clarion 3 SW, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 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

1794 to 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1985. 1985 had 914 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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Data for records on 1985-05-28: 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 2026-10-17 (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 10	670
10 to 20	70
20 to 30	35
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2