Weather Records on 28 April 2020

535 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 2020. Highest significance: Fort Beaufort, ZA.

Key Facts for 28 April 2020

On 28 April 2020, 535 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
377 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 508 daily.
Fort Beaufort set a daily record precipitation of 53.1 mm (2.1 in) on 28 April 2020.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

535 stations

535 station records on 28 April 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Jagdalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kenosha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mukteshwar Kumaon	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Holzkirchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Laucala Bay	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toamasina	Madagascar	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Idyllwild Fire Dept	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nice	France	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nausori	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad Caverns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Mtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Montezuma 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karaganda	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Van Horn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Midland Odessa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jinzhou	China	Record high maximum temperature	30.9 C (87.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Matei Airfield	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	138.5 mm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maradi	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	44.5 C (112.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bilma	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	46.6 C (115.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vanavara	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Falls Creek (Rocky Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kokshetay	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sultan Ismail Petra	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stillhouse Hollow Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Benambra (Evandale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Johannesburg Intl	South Africa	Record low maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
W Thompson Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Massabesic Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hefei	China	Record low minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Attenkam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Akkol	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Falls Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Surry Mtn Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton 4S Mesonet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bengbu	China	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

535 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 198, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 179, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 81, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 28 April 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	198
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	179
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	81
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 28 April 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 508.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

405 broken records

Margins by which the 405 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 118.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 2020

Top 20 records on 28 April 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 2020	Fort Beaufort, ZA	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	133 years	78 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2020	Jagdalpur, IN	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	66 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2020	Kenosha Wwtp, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2020	Mukteshwar Kumaon, IN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	111 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2020	Holzkirchen, DE	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2020	Laucala Bay, FJ	daily rain	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	118.2 mm (4.7 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2020	Roseburg Rgnl AP, US	monthly high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	82 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2020	Hoxie, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	120 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2020	Elephant Butte Dam, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	105 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2020	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	105 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2020	Toamasina, MG	daily rain	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2020	Castle Rock, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	109 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2020	Hobart Muni AP, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	110 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2020	Buena Vista 2S, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	113 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2020	Castle Rock, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	111 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2020	Tucumcari 4 NE, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	110 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2020	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	115 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2020	Duchesne, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	93 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2020	Idyllwild Fire Dept, US	monthly high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	59 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2020	Daytona Beach, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	94 years	40 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2020. 2020 had 535 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	391
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1