Weather Records on 28 April 2005

1,056 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 2005. Highest significance: Richmond, US.

Key Facts for 28 April 2005

On 28 April 2005, 1,056 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
497 were record highs and 252 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 65 monthly and 991 daily.
Richmond set a monthly record daily precipitation of 59.7 mm (2.4 in) on 28 April 2005.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

1,056 stations

1,056 station records on 28 April 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Paisley	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Green Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mt Hebron Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Laketown	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Medicine Bow	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Brunswick NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hailun	China	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterino-Nikolskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Buncom 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Bow	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
La Concha	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Keno	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Verhnij_Baskuncak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Bow	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bangor Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Preston	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Double Four Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saratoga	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshoni	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flying Fish Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Archer	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sybille Rsch Unit	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arhara	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Topanga Patrol Fc-6	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Keahua 410	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malad City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Julian Cdf	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Barge	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,056 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 315, Lowest daily maximum 101, Highest daily minimum 182, Lowest daily minimum 151, Heaviest daily rainfall 220, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 28 April 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	315
Lowest daily maximum	101
Highest daily minimum	182
Lowest daily minimum	151
Heaviest daily rainfall	220
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 28 April 2005 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 65, daily 991.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

807 broken records

Margins by which the 807 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 661.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 2005

Top 20 records on 28 April 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 2005	Richmond, US	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2005	Paisley, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2005	Green Rvr, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	100 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2005	Mt Hebron Rs, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2005	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2005	Laketown, US	monthly rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	103 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2005	Medicine Bow, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2005	Brunswick NAS, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2005	Hailun, CN	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2005	Milan, IT	monthly high min	20.2 C (68.4 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	98 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2005	Ekaterino-Nikolskoe, RU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2005	Buncom 1 NNE, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2005	Medicine Bow, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2005	Kenai AP, US	monthly high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2005	Cordova AP, US	monthly high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	91 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2005	Centennial 1NE, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2005	Seward AP, US	monthly high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	89 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2005	Nhill, AU	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2005	La Concha, MX	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2005	Keno, US	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	68 years	46 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 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2005. 2005 had 1,056 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 100	790
100 to 200	12
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1