Weather Records on 28 May 2021

537 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 2021. Highest significance: Purnea, IN.

Key Facts for 28 May 2021

On 28 May 2021, 537 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
128 were record highs and 292 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 522 daily.
Purnea set a monthly record daily precipitation of 213.1 mm (8.4 in) on 28 May 2021.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

537 stations

537 station records on 28 May 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 May 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Purnea	India	Record daily precipitation	213.1 mm (8.4 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Malda	India	Record daily precipitation	309.1 mm (12.2 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Glennallen Kcam	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Darjeeling	India	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sattahip	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksburg Benedum AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Daltonganj	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vitoria/Foronda	Spain	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eurardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amery	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palm 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Sariang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Webster	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mullewa	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Marais	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 8 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minocqua	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pulaski	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Exp Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hanscom Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

537 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 208, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 113, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 28 May 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	208
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	113
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 28 May 2021 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 522.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

444 broken records

Margins by which the 444 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 610.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 2021

Top 20 records on 28 May 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 2021	Purnea, IN	monthly rain	213.1 mm (8.4 in)	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	103 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 May 2021	Malda, IN	all-time rain	309.1 mm (12.2 in)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	67 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 May 2021	Glennallen Kcam, US	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 May 2021	Varanasi, IN	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 May 2021	Darjeeling, IN	monthly rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	120 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2021	Gorakhpur, IN	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	104 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2021	Sattahip, TH	daily rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2021	Bolivar 1 NE, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2021	E Stroudsburg, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	108 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2021	Clarksburg Benedum AP, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2021	Daltonganj, IN	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	117 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2021	Vitoria/Foronda, ES	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2021	Coldwater St School, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	106 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2021	Eurardy, AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2021	Forman 5 SSE, US	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	122 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2021	Lawrence, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	106 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2021	E Tawas, US	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	114 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2021	Munising, US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2021	Tower 2S, US	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	123 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2021	Amery, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	94 years	42 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

1794 to 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2021. 2021 had 537 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1797	1
1811	1
1824	1
1832	1
1836	5
1840	1
1841	1
1847	2
1848	1
1851	2
1857	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	4
1869	1
1876	1
1879	2
1880	2
1884	3
1885	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	2
1892	9
1893	2
1894	9
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	6
1902	12
1903	9
1904	6
1905	14
1906	31
1907	36
1908	26
1909	7
1910	18
1911	42
1912	19
1913	28
1914	58
1915	27
1916	24
1917	36
1918	43
1919	43
1920	33
1921	87
1922	80
1923	72
1924	109
1925	122
1926	143
1927	301
1928	150
1929	355
1930	131
1931	574
1932	171
1933	212
1934	537
1935	186
1936	337
1937	212
1938	285
1939	433
1940	217
1941	711
1942	279
1943	238
1944	330
1945	331
1946	413
1947	1,049
1948	333
1949	321
1950	276
1951	503
1952	314
1953	392
1954	382
1955	413
1956	456
1957	272
1958	792
1959	557
1960	431
1961	1,026
1962	859
1963	368
1964	394
1965	536
1966	284
1967	350
1968	610
1969	863
1970	310
1971	767
1972	575
1973	834
1974	585
1975	397
1976	914
1977	826
1978	802
1979	521
1980	808
1981	711
1982	1,204
1983	1,666
1984	1,357
1985	914
1986	591
1987	1,139
1988	806
1989	817
1990	1,024
1991	1,647
1992	1,610
1993	870
1994	981
1995	1,078
1996	1,438
1997	1,108
1998	1,043
1999	952
2000	1,229
2001	1,024
2002	612
2003	1,049
2004	875
2005	1,032
2006	1,566
2007	1,084
2008	902
2009	733
2010	937
2011	1,188
2012	1,237
2013	541
2014	781
2015	487
2016	625
2017	710
2018	1,348
2019	973
2020	875
2021	537
2022	476
2023	445
2024	907
2025	663
2026	1,053

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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	441
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1