Weather Records on 28 April 2000

1,113 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 2000. Highest significance: Makaweli 965, US.

Key Facts for 28 April 2000

On 28 April 2000, 1,113 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
868 were record highs and 115 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 163 monthly and 949 daily.
Makaweli 965 set a daily record low maximum temperature of 23.3 C (73.9 F) on 28 April 2000.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

1,113 stations

1,113 station records on 28 April 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Makaweli 965	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Quiotepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
El Coco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mombetsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tenango de Doria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maquixco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Otumba	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Glade	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Blas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caltepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cuatotolapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grangeville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rupert 3 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Searchlight	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vernal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jalapa del Valle	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Obrestad Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gossweinstein	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tapanatepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Naolinco de Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Njukzha	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Catarina Juquila (Cfe)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,113 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 443, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 425, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 126, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 28 April 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	443
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	425
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 28 April 2000 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 163, daily 949.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

890 broken records

Margins by which the 890 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 191.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 2000

Top 20 records on 28 April 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 2000	Makaweli 965, US	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	82 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2000	Plauen, DE	monthly high min	15.3 C (59.5 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	102 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2000	Quiotepec, MX	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2000	El Coco, MX	monthly rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	3 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2000	Mombetsu, JP	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2000	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	monthly high min	16.2 C (61.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	86 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2000	Marion, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	101 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2000	Greifswald, DE	daily high min	13.6 C (56.5 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	87 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2000	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily high min	11.3 C (52.3 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	102 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2000	Waren, DE	monthly high min	16.0 C (60.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	86 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2000	Regensburg, DE	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	114 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2000	Tenango de Doria, MX	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2000	Garden Valley, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	90 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2000	Halle, DE	daily high min	14.5 C (58.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	87 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2000	Putbus, DE	daily high max	22.5 C (72.5 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2000	Wien, AT	daily high min	14.7 C (58.5 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	137 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2000	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	174 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2000	Maquixco, MX	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2000	Otumba, MX	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2000	Saentis, CH	daily high min	1.5 C (34.7 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 years	41 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

1795 to 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2000. 2000 had 1,113 records.

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

Records on 04-28 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	1
1803	1
1814	2
1817	4
1840	1
1841	1
1843	1
1844	1
1853	1
1857	2
1861	1
1862	1
1866	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	5
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1882	2
1883	1
1885	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	4
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	2
1898	5
1899	2
1900	6
1901	7
1902	11
1903	3
1904	13
1905	6
1906	9
1907	19
1908	24
1909	43
1910	12
1911	29
1912	13
1913	69
1914	28
1915	46
1916	15
1917	41
1918	18
1919	63
1920	51
1921	89
1922	87
1923	126
1924	70
1925	114
1926	265
1927	132
1928	713
1929	136
1930	105
1931	291
1932	247
1933	327
1934	530
1935	430
1936	143
1937	698
1938	444
1939	356
1940	348
1941	268
1942	665
1943	442
1944	245
1945	371
1946	418
1947	547
1948	545
1949	580
1950	661
1951	617
1952	894
1953	482
1954	900
1955	583
1956	812
1957	614
1958	535
1959	647
1960	582
1961	222
1962	603
1963	568
1964	394
1965	707
1966	800
1967	947
1968	536
1969	432
1970	1,977
1971	570
1972	523
1973	915
1974	777
1975	795
1976	822
1977	533
1978	496
1979	783
1980	644
1981	967
1982	710
1983	1,156
1984	1,357
1985	959
1986	1,029
1987	1,822
1988	967
1989	1,089
1990	1,608
1991	913
1992	2,252
1993	1,191
1994	1,906
1995	726
1996	967
1997	1,784
1998	942
1999	632
2000	1,113
2001	1,015
2002	1,287
2003	958
2004	887
2005	1,056
2006	782
2007	1,340
2008	1,407
2009	979
2010	905
2011	1,161
2012	1,135
2013	721
2014	704
2015	468
2016	783
2017	829
2018	384
2019	662
2020	535
2021	482
2022	532
2023	834
2024	594
2025	650
2026	521

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Data for records on 2000-04-28: 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 2026-10-15 (15 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 25	878
25 to 50	8
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1