Weather Records on 28 April 2001

1,015 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 2001. Highest significance: Tambo Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 28 April 2001

On 28 April 2001, 1,015 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
552 were record highs and 260 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 73 monthly and 942 daily.
Tambo Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 60.8 mm (2.4 in) on 28 April 2001.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

1,015 stations

1,015 station records on 28 April 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
San Salvador El Seco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Puntilla	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oktyabr	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Valga	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elista	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Changde	China	Record daily precipitation	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jaskul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Misantla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kadoka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Temixco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quemado	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Becanchen	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Timber Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rita Tlahuapan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gem Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spicer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kershaw 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Laughlin 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Colgate	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Garfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nicholson (Yendalock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roy 8 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buenavista	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Njandoma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Verhoture	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tremonton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cody	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pjarnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salto de Agua (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hacienda la Y	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paraiso	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sisal	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glazov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,015 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 239, Lowest daily maximum 169, Highest daily minimum 313, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 199, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 28 April 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	239
Lowest daily maximum	169
Highest daily minimum	313
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	199
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 28 April 2001 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 73, daily 942.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

772 broken records

Margins by which the 772 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 960.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 2001

Top 20 records on 28 April 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 2001	Tambo Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	109 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2001	San Salvador El Seco, MX	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2001	Puntilla, US	daily low max	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	12.8 C (23.0 F)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2001	Oktyabr, BY	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2001	Valga, LV	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2001	Presa Madero, MX	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2001	Elista, RU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2001	Changde, CN	daily rain	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2001	Columbus 3 NE, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2001	Fitzgerald, US	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	102 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2001	Genoa 2 W, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	106 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2001	Powers Lake 1N, US	monthly high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	73 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2001	Watertown Rgnl AP, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2001	Velikie Luki, RU	daily high min	11.6 C (52.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	118 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2001	Jaskul, RU	monthly rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2001	Misantla, MX	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	75 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2001	Kadoka, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	86 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2001	Ensay, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2001	Temixco, MX	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2001	Piaxtla, MX	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	52 years	39 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2001. 2001 had 1,015 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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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 2026-10-16 (16 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 200	771
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1