Weather Records on 28 July 1950

1,035 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 1950. Highest significance: Willapa Harbor, US.

Key Facts for 28 July 1950

On 28 July 1950, 1,035 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 1,010 daily.
Willapa Harbor set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 28 July 1950.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

1,035 stations

1,035 station records on 28 July 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 July 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Amphitheatre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Gasworks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Summerland Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Maleny Tamarind St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dewas Ar.	India	Record daily precipitation	242.1 mm (9.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Imbil Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Umbercollie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Bungara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kelowna	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bruff Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gin Gin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Garrawilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Expedition Pass Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dhar	India	Record daily precipitation	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jhabua	India	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll (the Ranch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Longerenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sonkatch	India	Record daily precipitation	280.7 mm (11.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Big Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Halliford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Miva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weribone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hassan Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ratlam	India	Record daily precipitation	334.5 mm (13.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis (Pine Cliff)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Elgin (Glenbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sardarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mandhata	India	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Normanstone Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wakool (Calimo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bendigo Channel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,035 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 118, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 848.

Records on 28 July 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	118
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	848
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 July 1950 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 22, daily 1,010.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

946 broken records

Margins by which the 946 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 145.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 1950

Top 20 records on 28 July 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 1950	Willapa Harbor, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1950	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1950	Amphitheatre, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1950	Fairymead Sugar Mill, AU	monthly rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1950	Glen Innes Gasworks, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1950	Mt Airy 2 W, US	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1950	Burnett Heads Niell St, AU	monthly rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1950	Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1950	Bonshaw (Campbell St), AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1950	Summerland Cda, CA	monthly rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1950	Maleny Tamarind St, AU	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1950	Dewas Ar., IN	daily rain	242.1 mm (9.5 in)	145.6 mm (5.7 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1950	Imbil Forestry, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1950	Umbercollie, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1950	Rowena (Bungara), AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1950	Kelowna, CA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1950	Bruff Hill, AU	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1950	Glen Innes Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1950	Goondiwindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1950	Surat, AU	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 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

1815 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1950. 1950 had 1,035 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1832	2
1834	1
1838	1
1846	1
1848	1
1853	1
1857	1
1860	2
1866	2
1867	1
1872	3
1873	1
1874	1
1882	1
1883	3
1884	3
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	3
1891	8
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	6
1900	8
1901	14
1902	4
1903	16
1904	23
1905	10
1906	18
1907	39
1908	15
1909	19
1910	18
1911	61
1912	32
1913	54
1914	42
1915	36
1916	134
1917	84
1918	34
1919	53
1920	95
1921	92
1922	82
1923	193
1924	79
1925	361
1926	175
1927	129
1928	341
1929	215
1930	603
1931	464
1932	184
1933	390
1934	533
1935	354
1936	471
1937	315
1938	264
1939	339
1940	507
1941	525
1942	165
1943	429
1944	349
1945	399
1946	380
1947	630
1948	535
1949	496
1950	1,035
1951	320
1952	669
1953	251
1954	355
1955	537
1956	309
1957	298
1958	549
1959	417
1960	416
1961	357
1962	772
1963	484
1964	422
1965	422
1966	349
1967	458
1968	547
1969	737
1970	343
1971	1,161
1972	675
1973	500
1974	343
1975	537
1976	493
1977	724
1978	681
1979	692
1980	1,170
1981	1,315
1982	774
1983	1,389
1984	1,373
1985	627
1986	868
1987	1,202
1988	761
1989	936
1990	757
1991	768
1992	678
1993	1,026
1994	2,266
1995	1,251
1996	1,178
1997	1,024
1998	1,835
1999	985
2000	857
2001	938
2002	866
2003	932
2004	1,345
2005	1,387
2006	1,398
2007	998
2008	923
2009	964
2010	1,306
2011	1,143
2012	731
2013	1,428
2014	713
2015	911
2016	648
2017	476
2018	655
2019	469
2020	721
2021	831
2022	990
2023	765
2024	668
2025	845
2026	863

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Data for records on 1950-07-28: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	763
20 to 40	146
40 to 60	23
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	6
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1