Weather Records on 28 October 1999

1,092 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1999. Highest significance: Tenterfield (Federation Park), AU.

Key Facts for 28 October 1999

On 28 October 1999, 1,092 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
397 were record highs and 326 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 1,034 daily.
Tenterfield (Federation Park) set a daily record precipitation of 83.0 mm (3.3 in) on 28 October 1999.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

1,092 stations

1,092 station records on 28 October 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 October 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	278.0 mm (10.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Bundaberg Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.2 mm (6.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Aomori	Japan	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Yangan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kandanga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Amamoor Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Mole Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Quilcene 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Imbil Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Boona-Choppa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Peachester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fukaura	Japan	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kandanga Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glenroy Massie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mengzi	China	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coolesha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bargara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mole River (Trenayr)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quitupan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Joesjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Colodan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Imbil Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Frontera Amatenango	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Umfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Joseph	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wamuran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
The Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Veneza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huauchinango	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gonyelinka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Sugar Res STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.8 mm (4.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tannymorel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Serdan (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
The Cedars	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Biggenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quetzala	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Creek Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brigalow Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dungorm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,092 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 262, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 135, Lowest daily minimum 274, Heaviest daily rainfall 355, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 28 October 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	262
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	135
Lowest daily minimum	274
Heaviest daily rainfall	355
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 28 October 1999 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 58, daily 1,034.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

879 broken records

Margins by which the 879 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 117.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1999

Top 20 records on 28 October 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1999	Tenterfield (Federation Park), AU	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	106 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 October 1999	Hermitage, AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	85 years	75 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1999	Burnett Heads Niell St, AU	monthly rain	278.0 mm (10.9 in)	95.1 mm (3.7 in)	46 years	73 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1999	Bundaberg Aero, AU	monthly rain	166.2 mm (6.5 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	56 years	71 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1999	Aomori, JP	monthly rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	86.7 mm (3.4 in)	41 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1999	Yangan Post Office, AU	daily rain	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1999	Kandanga Post Office, AU	daily rain	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	46 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1999	Amamoor Forestry, AU	daily rain	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	117.2 mm (4.6 in)	46 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1999	Canning Downs, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	86 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1999	Landsborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	26 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1999	Manfred, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1999	Tenterfield (Mole Station), AU	daily rain	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1999	Quilcene 2 SW, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	74 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1999	Imbil Post Office, AU	daily rain	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1999	Boona-Choppa, AU	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	107.8 mm (4.2 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1999	Fairymead Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1999	Killarney Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	86 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1999	Peachester, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1999	Fukaura, JP	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1999	Kandanga Upper, AU	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	26 years	52 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1999. 1999 had 1,092 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 1999-10-28: 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 20	807
20 to 40	48
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	4