Weather Records on 28 April 1998

942 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 1998. Highest significance: Jabalpur, IN.

Key Facts for 28 April 1998

On 28 April 1998, 942 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
359 were record highs and 311 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 70 monthly and 867 daily.
Jabalpur set a daily record precipitation of 39.1 mm (1.5 in) on 28 April 1998.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

942 stations

942 station records on 28 April 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jabalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ilhota-Jusante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wasola 5N	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Major Gercino	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Trombudo Central	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Passo Caru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	140.8 mm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Paim Filho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lomba Alta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Xadrez	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	152.7 mm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tianshui	China	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Erebango	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Bonito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.3 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chaoyang	China	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ituporanga (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.3 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Boa Esperanca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Datong	China	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Do Rio Antinhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.5 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coxilha Rica	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carazinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	138.5 mm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brusque (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 3.5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Flotningen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Painel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barragem Oeste	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plassen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Reserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Bremen	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vila Canoas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	106.1 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Passo Marombas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dimbokro	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Augustine 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Okeene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Desengano	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Divisa de Anitapolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saucier Exp Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

942 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 165, Lowest daily maximum 195, Highest daily minimum 194, Lowest daily minimum 116, Heaviest daily rainfall 266, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 28 April 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	165
Lowest daily maximum	195
Highest daily minimum	194
Lowest daily minimum	116
Heaviest daily rainfall	266
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 28 April 1998 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 70, daily 867.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

755 broken records

Margins by which the 755 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 134.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 1998

Top 20 records on 28 April 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 1998	Jabalpur, IN	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1998	Hammond, US	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	84 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1998	Kurnool, IN	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1998	Seward AP, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 April 1998	Ilhota-Jusante, BR	daily rain	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1998	Wasola 5N, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1998	Major Gercino, BR	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1998	Trombudo Central, BR	daily rain	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1998	Passo Caru, BR	monthly rain	140.8 mm (5.5 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1998	Paim Filho, BR	daily rain	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1998	Lomba Alta, BR	daily rain	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1998	Colonia Xadrez, BR	daily rain	152.7 mm (6.0 in)	134.3 mm (5.3 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1998	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	87 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1998	Huntingdon Wtp, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1998	Tianshui, CN	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1998	Erebango, BR	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1998	Corning, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1998	Rio Bonito, BR	daily rain	87.3 mm (3.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1998	Chaoyang, CN	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1998	Grant City, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	96 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

1795 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1998. 1998 had 942 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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Data for records on 1998-04-28: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	677
20 to 40	43
40 to 60	22
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1