Weather Records on 28 October 1996

1,396 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1996. Highest significance: Forest Grove, US.

Key Facts for 28 October 1996

On 28 October 1996, 1,396 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
672 were record highs and 284 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 1,354 daily.
Forest Grove set a monthly record daily snowfall of 11.2 cm (4.4 in) on 28 October 1996.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

1,396 stations

1,396 station records on 28 October 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 October 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Northport	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lancaster 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Dum Dum	India	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Harper 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Campanario	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buhta Providenja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Do Jetiba (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glorieta	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Temilpa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pinetop 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Medina 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Reserve Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cachoeira Suica (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Selmer	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brookport Dam 52	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goldfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boysen Dam	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glorieta	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mullin	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trangie Research Station AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fishtail	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prade Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	184.4 mm (7.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kanab	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tanabi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
McNary 2N	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haswell	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,396 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 191, Lowest daily maximum 169, Highest daily minimum 481, Lowest daily minimum 115, Heaviest daily rainfall 356, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 61.

Records on 28 October 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	191
Lowest daily maximum	169
Highest daily minimum	481
Lowest daily minimum	115
Heaviest daily rainfall	356
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	61

Records on 28 October 1996 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 42, daily 1,354.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,091 broken records

Margins by which the 1,091 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1996

Top 20 records on 28 October 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1996	Forest Grove, US	monthly snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	103 years	72 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1996	Maxwell 3 NW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	88 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1996	Northport, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1996	Lancaster 2 NW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1996	Alpine, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	67 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1996	Georgetown, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	61 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1996	Red Lodge, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	73 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1996	Calcutta/Dum Dum, IN	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1996	Vinita 2 N, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	77 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1996	Harper 3ENE, US	daily rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1996	Campanario, BR	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1996	Buhta Providenja, RU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1996	Blytheville, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1996	Santa Maria Do Jetiba (Dnos), BR	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1996	Mayaguez City, PR	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	86 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1996	Glorieta, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1996	Bolivar Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1996	Temilpa, MX	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1996	Pinetop 2E, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1996	Lake City, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1996. 1996 had 1,396 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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Data for records on 1996-10-28: 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 50	1,028
50 to 100	40
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	4
300 to 350	2