Weather Records on 28 January 1993

1,182 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 January 1993. Highest significance: Beechal, AU.

Key Facts for 28 January 1993

On 28 January 1993, 1,182 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
320 were record highs and 214 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 1,130 daily.
Beechal set a daily record precipitation of 91.6 mm (3.6 in) on 28 January 1993.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

1,182 stations

1,182 station records on 28 January 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 January 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Machilipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Beckum-Unterberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lemmer (Gemaal Buma)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bramsche	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wasserkuppe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt Roads	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kareedoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dugway	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dwingelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kuinre	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Leonard Creek Rch - Denio 33S	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Heino_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Melle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ijsselmuiden	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dedemsvaart	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Almelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Giethoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hellendoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nagele	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roodeschool	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uithuizen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vroomshoop	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Sooden-Allendorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alfhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Omu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ternaard	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dronten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nenastnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wagenaarskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lava Beds Nat Mon	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zeerijp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Twenthe-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Villalba 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Borkum-Suderstrasse	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woltersum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brighton (Dendy Park Bowling C	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gutersloh	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kollum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sisters	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Worland	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Larrimah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lincang	China	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dorpen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tlaltenango Sanchez Roman	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cheltenham Kingston Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Herford	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kushiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tomatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,182 records

Records set or tied on 28 January 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 144, Lowest daily maximum 160, Highest daily minimum 176, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 546, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 90.

Records on 28 January 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	144
Lowest daily maximum	160
Highest daily minimum	176
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	546
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	90

Records on 28 January 1993 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 50, daily 1,130.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,044 broken records

Margins by which the 1,044 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 540.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 January 1993

Top 20 records on 28 January 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 January 1993	Beechal, AU	daily rain	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	90 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 January 1993	Machilipatnam, IN	monthly rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	85 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 January 1993	Groningen-1, NL	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 January 1993	Lake Marmal, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	77 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 January 1993	Beckum-Unterberg, DE	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 January 1993	Lemmer (Gemaal Buma), NL	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1993	Denekamp, NL	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1993	Bramsche, DE	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1993	Wasserkuppe, DE	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1993	Roosevelt Roads, PR	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1993	Lingen, DE	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1993	Kareedoorn, ZA	daily rain	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	62 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1993	Dugway, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1993	Dwingelo, NL	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1993	Kuinre, NL	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1993	Leonard Creek Rch - Denio 33S, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1993	Heino_1, NL	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1993	Melle, DE	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1993	Riverton, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	5 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1993	Ijsselmuiden, NL	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	47 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

1796 to 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1993. 1993 had 1,182 records.

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

Records on 01-28 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1809	1
1830	2
1834	2
1840	1
1843	1
1846	3
1848	2
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	2
1858	1
1865	1
1867	2
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1888	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	10
1896	4
1897	6
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	3
1903	15
1904	13
1905	9
1906	19
1907	31
1908	22
1909	12
1910	48
1911	29
1912	18
1913	26
1914	87
1915	55
1916	247
1917	60
1918	104
1919	18
1920	94
1921	61
1922	45
1923	51
1924	126
1925	256
1926	82
1927	143
1928	177
1929	184
1930	133
1931	407
1932	187
1933	142
1934	262
1935	360
1936	603
1937	194
1938	272
1939	247
1940	522
1941	322
1942	558
1943	405
1944	873
1945	251
1946	104
1947	598
1948	1,024
1949	1,301
1950	485
1951	626
1952	287
1953	414
1954	781
1955	402
1956	665
1957	834
1958	647
1959	381
1960	320
1961	585
1962	521
1963	1,099
1964	148
1965	511
1966	1,096
1967	817
1968	1,016
1969	998
1970	948
1971	972
1972	806
1973	827
1974	1,408
1975	744
1976	972
1977	778
1978	646
1979	1,628
1980	763
1981	827
1982	459
1983	1,546
1984	771
1985	657
1986	1,295
1987	1,094
1988	728
1989	1,649
1990	1,180
1991	636
1992	1,382
1993	1,182
1994	1,586
1995	1,080
1996	830
1997	1,159
1998	847
1999	1,399
2000	1,550
2001	1,198
2002	2,473
2003	952
2004	931
2005	1,009
2006	1,222
2007	629
2008	1,011
2009	1,394
2010	717
2011	514
2012	431
2013	1,291
2014	871
2015	1,141
2016	754
2017	410
2018	648
2019	624
2020	548
2021	814
2022	375
2023	499
2024	1,799
2025	579
2026	541

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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).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	1,016
100 to 200	18
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1