Weather Records on 28 May 2005

1,032 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 2005. Highest significance: Ft Bayard 4W, US.

Key Facts for 28 May 2005

On 28 May 2005, 1,032 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
687 were record highs and 174 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 241 monthly and 787 daily.
Ft Bayard 4W set a monthly record daily precipitation of 45.0 mm (1.8 in) on 28 May 2005.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

1,032 stations

1,032 station records on 28 May 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 May 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kuqa	China	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pedernal 9 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jartai	China	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Peon Blanco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Redington	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Porsa II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
El Oregano	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maquixco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tepelmeme de Morelos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.9 C (91.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chuxiong	China	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rostock-Warnemunde	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Koln-Bonn	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oxthoc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belmullet	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Neumunster	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nienburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Biedenkopf	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Schleswig	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Helmstedt	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Herford	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Unterluss	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Monclova	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Venustiano Carranza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brownfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hameln	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Schmucke	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Siegen (Klaranlage)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Levelland	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,032 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 451, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 236, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 171.

Records on 28 May 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	451
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	236
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	171
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 May 2005 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 241, daily 787.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

844 broken records

Margins by which the 844 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 2005

Top 20 records on 28 May 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 2005	Ft Bayard 4W, US	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 May 2005	Kuqa, CN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2005	Pedernal 9 E, US	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2005	Jartai, CN	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2005	Peon Blanco, MX	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2005	Greifswald, DE	monthly high max	32.1 C (89.8 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	98 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2005	Redington, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2005	Weissenburg, DE	monthly high max	32.1 C (89.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	112 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2005	Porsa II, NO	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2005	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	19.2 C (66.6 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	105 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2005	El Oregano, MX	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2005	San Pedro, MX	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2005	Vancouver 4 NNE, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	107 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2005	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	monthly high max	33.5 C (92.3 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2005	Maquixco, MX	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2005	Karlsruhe, DE	daily high max	33.1 C (91.6 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	112 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2005	Fichtelberg, DE	daily high max	24.9 C (76.8 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	112 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2005	Regensburg, DE	daily high max	32.0 C (89.6 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	112 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2005	Tepelmeme de Morelos, MX	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2005	Chemnitz, DE	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	112 years	42 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

1794 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2005. 2005 had 1,032 records.

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

Records on 05-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1797	1
1811	1
1824	1
1832	1
1836	5
1840	1
1841	1
1847	2
1848	1
1851	2
1857	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	4
1869	1
1876	1
1879	2
1880	2
1884	3
1885	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	2
1892	9
1893	2
1894	9
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	6
1902	12
1903	9
1904	6
1905	14
1906	31
1907	36
1908	26
1909	7
1910	18
1911	42
1912	19
1913	28
1914	58
1915	27
1916	24
1917	36
1918	43
1919	43
1920	33
1921	87
1922	80
1923	72
1924	109
1925	122
1926	143
1927	301
1928	150
1929	355
1930	131
1931	574
1932	171
1933	212
1934	537
1935	186
1936	337
1937	212
1938	285
1939	433
1940	217
1941	711
1942	279
1943	238
1944	330
1945	331
1946	413
1947	1,049
1948	333
1949	321
1950	276
1951	503
1952	314
1953	392
1954	382
1955	413
1956	456
1957	272
1958	792
1959	557
1960	431
1961	1,026
1962	859
1963	368
1964	394
1965	536
1966	284
1967	350
1968	610
1969	863
1970	310
1971	767
1972	575
1973	834
1974	585
1975	397
1976	914
1977	826
1978	802
1979	521
1980	808
1981	711
1982	1,204
1983	1,666
1984	1,357
1985	914
1986	591
1987	1,139
1988	806
1989	817
1990	1,024
1991	1,647
1992	1,610
1993	870
1994	981
1995	1,078
1996	1,438
1997	1,108
1998	1,043
1999	952
2000	1,229
2001	1,024
2002	612
2003	1,049
2004	875
2005	1,032
2006	1,566
2007	1,084
2008	902
2009	733
2010	937
2011	1,188
2012	1,237
2013	541
2014	781
2015	487
2016	625
2017	710
2018	1,348
2019	973
2020	875
2021	537
2022	476
2023	445
2024	907
2025	663
2026	1,053

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Data for records on 2005-05-28: 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	828
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1