Weather Records on 28 April 2023

834 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 2023. Highest significance: Gaston Shoals, US.

Key Facts for 28 April 2023

On 28 April 2023, 834 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
477 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 100 monthly and 734 daily.
Gaston Shoals set a monthly record daily precipitation of 135.1 mm (5.3 in) on 28 April 2023.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

834 stations

834 station records on 28 April 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gaston Shoals	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Schwabisch Hall-Bibersfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Louisa	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Chornomorske	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ninety Nine Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Laurens	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchberg/Jagst-Herboldshausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Big Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Anda	China	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woolwine 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sapelo Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Daroca	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	32.7 C (90.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Riddle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Seaside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pickens	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ruppertsecken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ulupalakua Rch 250	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Reimlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingen/Donau-Fristingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Concord 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Copper Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
High Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Afton	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Halenanaho 1006	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Soria	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pedlar Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baggs	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Burgos-Villafria	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zonguldak	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bern	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buckingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meadows of Dan 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pali Golf Course 788.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Mill 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eugene-Mahlon Sweet Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville Albemarle AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

834 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 262, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 215, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 253, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 28 April 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	262
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	215
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	253
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 28 April 2023 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 100, daily 734.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

704 broken records

Margins by which the 704 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 2023

Top 20 records on 28 April 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 2023	Gaston Shoals, US	monthly rain	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	87 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 April 2023	Schwabisch Hall-Bibersfeld, DE	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	72 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2023	Lexington, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	97 years	72 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2023	Louisa, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	94 years	72 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2023	Chornomorske, UA	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2023	Titusville, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	92 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2023	Rocky Mt, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	94 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2023	Mt Airy 2 W, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	93 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2023	Clemson UNIV, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	93 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2023	Waynesboro 2 S, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	102 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2023	Ninety Nine Is, US	monthly rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2023	Laurens, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	93 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2023	Ohringen, DE	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	98 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2023	Kirchberg/Jagst-Herboldshausen, DE	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2023	Shelby 2 NW, US	monthly rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2023	Big Is, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2023	New Castle, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2023	Anda, CN	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2023	Statesville 2 NNE, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2023	Lockhart, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	54 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2023. 2023 had 834 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	682
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	3