Weather Records on 28 April 2009

979 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 2009. Highest significance: Armagh, GB.

Key Facts for 28 April 2009

On 28 April 2009, 979 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
560 were record highs and 182 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 94 monthly and 883 daily.
Armagh set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 28 April 2009.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

979 stations

979 station records on 28 April 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Houston Barker	United States	Record daily precipitation	272.3 mm (10.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Cypress	United States	Record daily precipitation	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Clodine	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bad-Sohl Elster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mexia	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tomball	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Katy City	United States	Record daily precipitation	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Selb/Oberfranken-Lauterbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hat Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alcomunga	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bud 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont Rsch Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blytheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Acajete	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Ledge 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Turlock #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bucyrus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Houston-Westbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Houston N Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Jetport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sanya	China	Record low maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beedeville 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Rocher 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

979 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 323, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 237, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 206, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 28 April 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	323
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	237
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	206
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 28 April 2009 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 94, daily 883.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

736 broken records

Margins by which the 736 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 2009

Top 20 records on 28 April 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 2009	Armagh, GB	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	126 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 April 2009	Houston Barker, US	all-time rain	272.3 mm (10.7 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2009	Cypress, US	monthly rain	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	43 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2009	Plauen, DE	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	114 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2009	Clodine, US	daily rain	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2009	Bad-Sohl Elster, DE	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2009	Newport, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	95 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2009	Coonalpyn, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2009	Clearwater Dam, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2009	Waverly, US	monthly high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	113 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2009	Mexia, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2009	Buckhannon, US	monthly high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	109 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2009	Rushville, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2009	Choteau, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2009	Tomball, US	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2009	Rosalia 1NW, US	monthly rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2009	Owosso Wwtp, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2009	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	monthly high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	94 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2009	Katy City, US	monthly rain	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2009	Selb/Oberfranken-Lauterbach, DE	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	48 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 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2009. 2009 had 979 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 25	692
25 to 50	35
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1