Weather Records on 28 April 2018

384 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 2018. Highest significance: Hua Hin, TH.

Key Facts for 28 April 2018

On 28 April 2018, 384 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
250 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 357 daily.
Hua Hin set a daily record precipitation of 79.0 mm (3.1 in) on 28 April 2018.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

384 stations

384 station records on 28 April 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hua Hin	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Inza	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bourges	France	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Robinson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pacelma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Prachuap Khiri Khan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huesca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perrine 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Knin	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chumphon	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chon Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kanchanaburi	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chanthaburi	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Qionghai	China	Record daily precipitation	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vjatskie Poljany	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hua Hin	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chanthaburi	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Falls Ph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Marais	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Penza	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Falls Ph	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port-Gentil	Gabon	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tegucigalpa	Honduras	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Prachin Buri	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ibapah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.4 C (99.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chaoyang	China	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Luqa	Malta	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Novi Sad	Serbia	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nakhon Ratchasima	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Adak AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Suphan Buri	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Adin Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kahului AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mercedes	Uruguay	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ouesso	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Linxi	China	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zavizan	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Patiala	India	Record high minimum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Palinuro	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lop Buri	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Prachuap Khiri Khan	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Guernsey: Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Darby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wolverine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Parana Aero	Argentina	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lastovo	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

384 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 123, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 127, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 68, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 28 April 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	123
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	127
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	68
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 28 April 2018 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 357.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

290 broken records

Margins by which the 290 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 2018

Top 20 records on 28 April 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 2018	Hua Hin, TH	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2018	Inza, RU	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2018	Bourges, FR	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2018	Robinson, US	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	113 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2018	Buenos Aires Observ, AR	daily high max	32.3 C (90.1 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2018	Pacelma, RU	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2018	Prachuap Khiri Khan, TH	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2018	Huesca, ES	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2018	Great Falls 16St, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2018	Rothamsted, GB	daily low max	6.5 C (43.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	99 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2018	Perrine 4W, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2018	Knin, HR	monthly high max	29.6 C (85.3 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	66 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2018	Chumphon, TH	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2018	Chon Buri, TH	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2018	Monmouth, US	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	68 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2018	Kanchanaburi, TH	daily low max	27.1 C (80.8 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 2018	Chanthaburi, TH	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 2018	Qionghai, CN	monthly rain	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 2018	Vjatskie Poljany, RU	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 2018	Litchfield Park, US	monthly high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2018. 2018 had 384 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	280
25 to 50	7
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1