Weather Records on 28 October 2000

935 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 2000. Highest significance: Glenlee, AU.

Key Facts for 28 October 2000

On 28 October 2000, 935 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
512 were record highs and 116 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 922 daily.
Glenlee set a daily record precipitation of 37.8 mm (1.5 in) on 28 October 2000.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

935 stations

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

Weather records on 28 October 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glenlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Wauneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Newkirk	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Purificacion (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Science Garden	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ocate 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jackman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lough Navar Forest	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kentfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chichijima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Regnier	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-43.6 C (-46.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yuendumu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cuatro Cienegas (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ballyshannon (Cathleens Fall)	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Juncal Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ardtalnaig	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ogallala	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ticuman	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Benmore: Younger Botanic Garde	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bute: Rothesay	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gisela	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wickenburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Odell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clovis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Zapote	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

935 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 177, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 335, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 300, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 28 October 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	177
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	335
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	300
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 28 October 2000 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 922.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

726 broken records

Margins by which the 726 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 2000

Top 20 records on 28 October 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 2000	Glenlee, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	99 years	79 of 100 (Major)
28 October 2000	Wauneta, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	71 years	71 of 100 (Major)
28 October 2000	Rush 1N, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 October 2000	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	71 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 October 2000	Bird City 10S, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 October 2000	Newkirk, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 October 2000	Gothenburg, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	103 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2000	Silverton, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	82 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2000	Goodland, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2000	Jerome, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2000	Prescott, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	89 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2000	Villa Purificacion (Dge), MX	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2000	Lake Spaulding, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2000	Palisade, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2000	Lamar 3 SSE, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2000	Roy, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2000	Science Garden, PH	daily rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2000	Mtn Park, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2000	Ocate 2 NW, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2000	Elgin, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	103 years	44 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 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2000. 2000 had 935 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	1,140
2017	755
2018	710
2019	1,435
2020	1,646
2021	605
2022	879
2023	1,381
2024	650
2025	462

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Data for records on 2000-10-28: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	721
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1