Weather Records on 28 April 2026

521 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 2026. Highest significance: Seymour 1 WSW, US.

Key Facts for 28 April 2026

On 28 April 2026, 521 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
265 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 59 monthly and 460 daily.
Seymour 1 WSW set a daily record precipitation of 96.0 mm (3.8 in) on 28 April 2026.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

521 stations

521 station records on 28 April 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Martinsville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jerseyville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorville 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Abbott	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tlaxcala de Xicontecatl (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wellston Tippy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft McKavett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Olive 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wolf Ridge Elc	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
N Vernon 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brimson 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Durand	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
S Kona 2 2.32	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St James Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mainnerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shache	China	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Floodwood 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Philo	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois Srn In Forage Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford City 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Antonio Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart 9 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

521 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 215, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 172, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 28 April 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	215
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 28 April 2026 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 59, daily 460.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

409 broken records

Margins by which the 409 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 2026

Top 20 records on 28 April 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 2026	Seymour 1 WSW, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	124 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 April 2026	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	103 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 April 2026	Anderson 1 N, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	113 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 April 2026	Martinsville 2 SW, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	101 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2026	Jerseyville 2 SW, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2026	Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm, US	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2026	Williams 3 SW, US	daily rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2026	Elliston, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	108 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2026	Two Harbors, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	108 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2026	Xenia 6 SSE, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2026	Taylorville 2SE, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2026	Washington 1 W, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2026	Abbott, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2026	Morrisonville, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2026	Columbus, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2026	New Carlisle, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	89 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2026	Corsicana, US	monthly high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	101 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2026	Tlaxcala de Xicontecatl (Dge), MX	daily high min	20.8 C (69.4 F)	8.0 C (14.4 F)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2026	Wellston Tippy Dam, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	96 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 2026	Ft McKavett, US	monthly high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	146 years	50 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2026. 2026 had 521 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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	374
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2