Weather Records on 28 April 2013

721 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 2013. Highest significance: Lebanon, US.

Key Facts for 28 April 2013

On 28 April 2013, 721 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
303 were record highs and 210 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 675 daily.
Lebanon set a daily record precipitation of 67.3 mm (2.6 in) on 28 April 2013.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

721 stations

721 station records on 28 April 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yoakum	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavus	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wudu	China	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bethpage 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Noumea Nf	New Caledonia [France]	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barren Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goliad	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jaen (Instituto)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kuparuk	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wadesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Old Hickory Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Speaks 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Seychelles Internat	Seychelles	Record daily precipitation	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Springs 5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Payne	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dandong	China	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cheatham L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Floresville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

721 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 123, Lowest daily maximum 145, Highest daily minimum 180, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 174, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 28 April 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	123
Lowest daily maximum	145
Highest daily minimum	180
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 28 April 2013 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 46, daily 675.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

608 broken records

Margins by which the 608 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 2013

Top 20 records on 28 April 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 2013	Lebanon, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	91 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2013	Yoakum, US	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2013	Gustavus, US	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	90 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2013	Wudu, CN	monthly rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2013	Franklin Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2013	Knoxville AP, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2013	Scottsville, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2013	Murfreesboro 5 N, US	monthly rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	92 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2013	Bethpage 1 S, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2013	Dover 1 W, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2013	Noumea Nf, NC	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2013	Barren Rvr Lake, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2013	Goliad, US	daily rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2013	Annex Creek, US	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	95 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2013	Jaen (Instituto), ES	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2013	Franklin, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2013	Richmond, US	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2013	Kuparuk, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2013	Wadesboro, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2013	Fullerton 1 ESE, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 years	46 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 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2013. 2013 had 721 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 100	593
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1