Weather Records on 28 July 1986

868 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 1986. Highest significance: Cape Don, AU.

Key Facts for 28 July 1986

On 28 July 1986, 868 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
334 were record highs and 252 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 845 daily.
Cape Don set a daily record precipitation of 30.8 mm (1.2 in) on 28 July 1986.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

868 stations

868 station records on 28 July 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 July 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Don	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
North Pelican	United States	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Warruwi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Oenpelli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Westhope	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tugulym	Russia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dulacca Truck Stop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tupik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Koosharem	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Delta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arkville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warrinilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Coolon Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Balgownie West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rockdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Three Lynx	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Dumaresq St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna (Koonibba Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wandoan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Giligulgul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bengalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Royal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Drillham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Durant	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Galesville 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Injune Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Omsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cerro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Saba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Hot Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Danbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

868 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 182, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 152, Lowest daily minimum 173, Heaviest daily rainfall 282.

Records on 28 July 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	182
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	152
Lowest daily minimum	173
Heaviest daily rainfall	282
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 July 1986 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 18, daily 845.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

640 broken records

Margins by which the 640 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 1986

Top 20 records on 28 July 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 1986	Cape Don, AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1986	North Pelican, US	all-time rain	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	5 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1986	Warruwi, AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1986	Oenpelli, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1986	Westhope, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1986	Tugulym, RU	daily rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1986	Jonesboro, US	monthly rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1986	Dulacca Truck Stop, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1986	Tupik, RU	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1986	Cambooya Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1986	Taloga, US	daily high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1986	Koosharem, US	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	91 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1986	Delta, US	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	87 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1986	Arkville 2 W, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1986	Sherwood, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1986	Warrinilla, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	85 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1986	Taroom Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1986	Ohotsk, RU	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1986	Mount Coolon Hotel, AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1986	Newton Rigg, GB	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	39 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

1815 to 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1986. 1986 had 868 records.

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

Records on 07-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1832	2
1834	1
1838	1
1846	1
1848	1
1853	1
1857	1
1860	2
1866	2
1867	1
1872	3
1873	1
1874	1
1882	1
1883	3
1884	3
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	3
1891	8
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	6
1900	8
1901	14
1902	4
1903	16
1904	23
1905	10
1906	18
1907	39
1908	15
1909	19
1910	18
1911	61
1912	32
1913	54
1914	42
1915	36
1916	134
1917	84
1918	34
1919	53
1920	95
1921	92
1922	82
1923	193
1924	79
1925	361
1926	175
1927	129
1928	341
1929	215
1930	603
1931	464
1932	184
1933	390
1934	533
1935	354
1936	471
1937	315
1938	264
1939	339
1940	507
1941	525
1942	165
1943	429
1944	349
1945	399
1946	380
1947	630
1948	535
1949	496
1950	1,035
1951	320
1952	669
1953	251
1954	355
1955	537
1956	309
1957	298
1958	549
1959	417
1960	416
1961	357
1962	772
1963	484
1964	422
1965	422
1966	349
1967	458
1968	547
1969	737
1970	343
1971	1,161
1972	675
1973	500
1974	343
1975	537
1976	493
1977	724
1978	681
1979	692
1980	1,170
1981	1,315
1982	774
1983	1,389
1984	1,373
1985	627
1986	868
1987	1,202
1988	761
1989	936
1990	757
1991	768
1992	678
1993	1,026
1994	2,266
1995	1,251
1996	1,178
1997	1,024
1998	1,835
1999	985
2000	857
2001	938
2002	866
2003	932
2004	1,345
2005	1,387
2006	1,398
2007	998
2008	923
2009	964
2010	1,306
2011	1,143
2012	731
2013	1,428
2014	713
2015	911
2016	648
2017	476
2018	655
2019	469
2020	721
2021	831
2022	990
2023	765
2024	668
2025	845
2026	863

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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 2026-10-17 (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).