Weather Records on 28 October 1997

1,767 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1997. Highest significance: Tribune 1W, US.

Key Facts for 28 October 1997

On 28 October 1997, 1,767 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
268 were record highs and 1,117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 204 monthly and 1,561 daily.
Tribune 1W set a daily record snow depth of 50.8 cm (20.0 in) on 28 October 1997.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

1,767 stations

1,767 station records on 28 October 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 October 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tribune 1W	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Goodland	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Lamar	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Parker 6 E	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Harrisburg 12WNW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hoxie	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Winona	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Red Cloud	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Las Animas	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Stratton	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tallering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Alfoten II	Norway	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Vaernes	Norway	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Haswell	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oksendal	Norway	Record snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lenora Coop	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bruning	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Guide Rock	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Surnadal	Norway	Record snow depth	67.0 cm (26.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tafjord	Norway	Record snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Halsafjord II	Norway	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hegra II	Norway	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Leinstrand	Norway	Record snow depth	57.0 cm (22.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record snow depth	76.0 cm (29.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hitra	Norway	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eresfjord	Norway	Record snow depth	73.0 cm (28.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Buran	Norway	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Loksmyr	Norway	Record snow depth	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
John Martin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Andalsnes	Norway	Record snow depth	52.0 cm (20.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Orskog	Norway	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alvundfjord	Norway	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Angardsvatnet	Norway	Record snow depth	106.0 cm (41.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aunet	Norway	Record snow depth	64.0 cm (25.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Skjenaldfossen I Orkdal	Norway	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Skjaekerfossen	Norway	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oksningoy	Norway	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Colby 1SW	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eide Pa Nordmore	Norway	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Granja Cerrito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Verma	Norway	Record snow depth	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,767 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 169, Lowest daily maximum 544, Highest daily minimum 99, Lowest daily minimum 573, Heaviest daily rainfall 68, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 294.

Records on 28 October 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	169
Lowest daily maximum	544
Highest daily minimum	99
Lowest daily minimum	573
Heaviest daily rainfall	68
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	294

Records on 28 October 1997 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 204, daily 1,561.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,428 broken records

Margins by which the 1,428 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 710.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1997

Top 20 records on 28 October 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1997	Tribune 1W, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	96 years	78 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1997	Goodland, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1997	Lamar, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	79 years	72 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1997	Parker 6 E, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	53.4 cm (21.0 in)	74 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1997	Harrisburg 12WNW, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	80 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1997	Hoxie, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	80 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1997	Winona, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1997	Red Cloud, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	80 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1997	Las Animas, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1997	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1997	Namdalseid, NO	daily snow depth	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1997	Stratton, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1997	Tallering, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1997	Alfoten II, NO	daily snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1997	Vaernes, NO	daily snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1997	Haswell, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1997	Oksendal, NO	daily snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1997	Lenora Coop, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1997	Bruning, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1997	Guide Rock, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	60 years	57 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1997. 1997 had 1,767 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 1997-10-28: 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 100	1,280
100 to 200	77
200 to 300	38
300 to 400	17
400 to 500	7
500 to 600	7
600 to 700	1
700 to 800	1