Weather Records on 28 April 2003

958 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 2003. Highest significance: Braidwood (Wallace Street), AU.

Key Facts for 28 April 2003

On 28 April 2003, 958 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
364 were record highs and 234 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 921 daily.
Braidwood (Wallace Street) set a daily record precipitation of 62.0 mm (2.4 in) on 28 April 2003.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

958 stations

958 station records on 28 April 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Glen Morrison (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek (the Old School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.6 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Strathfield Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rossared	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Attunga (Tarana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Attunga (Minderoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Enkhuizen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Rosevale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Murwillumbah (Bray Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rookwood (Hawthorne Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manly Vale (Manly Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Watsons Creek (Tilmunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Log Cabin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Concord Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pogegevskaya	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Neranghi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lezay	France	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Treborane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manilla (Strathfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Byron Bay (Cape Byron Lighthou	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Colbinabbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coahuayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Borzja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Akhty	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Manilla (Carmarthen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El-Ton	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Derra Derra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yass (Derringullen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orenburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley (the Prairies)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbadah (Rocky Glen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kelvin (Carellan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

958 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 199, Lowest daily maximum 98, Highest daily minimum 165, Lowest daily minimum 136, Heaviest daily rainfall 350, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 28 April 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	199
Lowest daily maximum	98
Highest daily minimum	165
Lowest daily minimum	136
Heaviest daily rainfall	350
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 28 April 2003 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 34, daily 921.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

788 broken records

Margins by which the 788 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 2003

Top 20 records on 28 April 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 2003	Braidwood (Wallace Street), AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	109 years	72 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2003	Glen Morrison (Millbank), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2003	Tweed Heads Golf Club, AU	daily rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2003	Majors Creek (the Old School), AU	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	98 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2003	Grand Coteau, US	monthly high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	87 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2003	Swan Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2003	Bendemeer (Caroline St), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	97 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2003	Vestervig, DK	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2003	Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa, AU	daily rain	106.6 mm (4.2 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	80 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2003	Oxenford (Oberon Way), AU	daily rain	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2003	Strathfield Golf Club, AU	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2003	Rossared, SE	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2003	Attunga (Tarana), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2003	Attunga (Minderoo), AU	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2003	Enkhuizen, NL	monthly rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2003	Barraba (Rosevale), AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2003	Murwillumbah (Bray Park), AU	daily rain	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2003	Rookwood (Hawthorne Ave), AU	daily rain	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2003	Barraba Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2003	Manly Vale (Manly Dam), AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	47 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 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2003. 2003 had 958 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 20	724
20 to 40	52
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1