Weather Records on 28 April 2008

1,407 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 2008. Highest significance: Tengchong, CN.

Key Facts for 28 April 2008

On 28 April 2008, 1,407 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
310 were record highs and 729 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 63 monthly and 1,341 daily.
Tengchong set a daily record precipitation of 43.7 mm (1.7 in) on 28 April 2008.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

1,407 stations

1,407 station records on 28 April 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tengchong	China	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Santa Rita	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pelican Rapids	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe Usila	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Paraiso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtepeji	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	40.4 C (104.7 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Jacatepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
S Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
El Tejar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
El Copital	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Polotitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lop Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Falls Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsfield Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cashton	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Galesville 2WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winslow AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Red Springs 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,407 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 137, Lowest daily maximum 365, Highest daily minimum 173, Lowest daily minimum 364, Heaviest daily rainfall 314, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 42.

Records on 28 April 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	137
Lowest daily maximum	365
Highest daily minimum	173
Lowest daily minimum	364
Heaviest daily rainfall	314
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	42

Records on 28 April 2008 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 63, daily 1,341.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,131 broken records

Margins by which the 1,131 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 2008

Top 20 records on 28 April 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 2008	Tengchong, CN	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2008	Santa Rita, MX	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2008	Versailles, US	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	10.6 C (19.1 F)	100 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2008	Pelican Rapids, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2008	San Felipe Usila, MX	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2008	Paraiso, PR	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2008	Ixtepeji, MX	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2008	Gyzylarbat, TM	monthly high max	40.4 C (104.7 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	110 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2008	Santa Maria Jacatepec, MX	daily rain	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2008	S Mtn, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2008	Blair, US	daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	83 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2008	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low max	16.0 C (60.8 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	138 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2008	Haugan 1 W, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	95 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2008	Goshen, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2008	Hatfield, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	99 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2008	Tyler Pounds Fld, US	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	104 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2008	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2008	Wheaton, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2008	El Tejar, MX	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2008	Brownwood 2NE, US	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	100 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

1795 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2008. 2008 had 1,407 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 2026-10-17 (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 50	1,098
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1