Weather Records on 28 April 1994

1,906 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 1994. Highest significance: Moran, US.

Key Facts for 28 April 1994

On 28 April 1994, 1,906 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
589 were record highs and 624 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 150 monthly and 1,754 daily.
Moran set a monthly record daily precipitation of 157.5 mm (6.2 in) on 28 April 1994.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

1,906 stations

1,906 station records on 28 April 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moran	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Iola 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Howard	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Ewing	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
De Smet	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Webster	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Canton	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Russell Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Uch-Aral	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ewing	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bryant	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bonner Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Richfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Steelville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Madison Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Aleksandrovskij Zav	Russia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Vozvishen Sovkhoz	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Lambert Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville Siu Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sullivan	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vichy Rolla Natl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Arnold	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Velyka Oleksandrivk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Edina	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Polo	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,906 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 185, Lowest daily maximum 427, Highest daily minimum 404, Lowest daily minimum 197, Heaviest daily rainfall 340, Heaviest daily snowfall 207, Deepest snow cover 146.

Records on 28 April 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	185
Lowest daily maximum	427
Highest daily minimum	404
Lowest daily minimum	197
Heaviest daily rainfall	340
Heaviest daily snowfall	207
Deepest snow cover	146

Records on 28 April 1994 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 150, daily 1,754.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,568 broken records

Margins by which the 1,568 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 241.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 1994

Top 20 records on 28 April 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 1994	Moran, US	monthly rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	90 years	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 April 1994	Iola 1 W, US	monthly rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	86 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 April 1994	Carrollton, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	97 years	79 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1994	Collegeville St John's, US	daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1994	Milan 1NW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1994	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1994	Yates Ctr, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1994	Chanute Martin Johnson AP, US	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1994	Lexington 3E, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	88 years	73 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1994	Alexandria, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	100 years	73 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1994	Howard, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	100 years	73 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1994	Ewing, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	98 years	72 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1994	De Smet, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	94 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1994	Webster, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	96 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1994	Canton, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	97 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1994	Appleton City, US	monthly rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	90 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1994	Russell Springs, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	83 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1994	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	94 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1994	Uch-Aral, KZ	all-time rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1994	Ewing, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)

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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1994. 1994 had 1,906 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	1,345
50 to 100	135
100 to 150	59
150 to 200	21
200 to 250	8