Weather Records on 28 April 2002

1,287 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 2002. Highest significance: Wausaukee, US.

Key Facts for 28 April 2002

On 28 April 2002, 1,287 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
584 were record highs and 156 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 106 monthly and 1,175 daily.
Wausaukee set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 28 April 2002.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

1,287 stations

1,287 station records on 28 April 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wausaukee	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Merrill	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Terra Alta #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Laona 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Laona 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston - Yeager AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beverly Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Locks & Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Millville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 3SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shepherdsville 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rice Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paris 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grayson Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crivitz High Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnyj Chikoj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stambaugh 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dailey 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wausaukee	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,287 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 349, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 235, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 389, Heaviest daily snowfall 95, Deepest snow cover 63.

Records on 28 April 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	349
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	235
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	389
Heaviest daily snowfall	95
Deepest snow cover	63

Records on 28 April 2002 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 106, daily 1,175.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,006 broken records

Margins by which the 1,006 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 2002

Top 20 records on 28 April 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 2002	Wausaukee, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	100 years	73 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2002	Portsmouth-Sciotoville, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2002	Falmouth, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2002	Maysville Wwtp, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2002	Merrill, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	95 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2002	Rantoul, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	108 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2002	Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	95 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2002	Terra Alta #1, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2002	Jacksonville 2E, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	89 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2002	Macomb, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	89 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2002	Nashville 2 NNE, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2002	Leitchfield 2 N, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	100 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2002	Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2002	Ripley, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2002	Laona 6 SW, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2002	Laona 6 SW, US	all-time snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2002	Columbus, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2002	Charleston - Yeager AP, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2002	Shelbyville Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	108 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2002	Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	51 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2002. 2002 had 1,287 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	922
50 to 100	53
100 to 150	18
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	1