Weather Records on 28 July 2026

863 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 2026. Highest significance: Kitamiesashi, JP.

Key Facts for 28 July 2026

On 28 July 2026, 863 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
683 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 25 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 816 daily.
Kitamiesashi set an all-time record daily precipitation of 290.0 mm (11.4 in) on 28 July 2026.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

863 stations

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

Weather records on 28 July 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kitamiesashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	290.0 mm (11.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Shimonoseki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	183.5 mm (7.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kure Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record daily precipitation	287.0 mm (11.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Rezekne	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Saltillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cimarron	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Miyazaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	394.0 mm (15.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rucava	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kobe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sakai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	103.5 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kyoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	271.0 mm (10.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fukuyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Shippensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Suttsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Iida	Japan	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rumoi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Iwamizawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Union Grove Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Suwa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wakayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hiroo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Flamingo Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Deaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Petrozawodsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wakkanai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Miyazaki	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saguache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pecos Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
W Allis	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high maximum temperature	37.1 C (98.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Obihiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	251.5 mm (9.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rapa	French Polynesia	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yokkaichi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	101.5 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sainshand	Mongolia	Record high minimum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

863 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 226, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 457, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 127.

Records on 28 July 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	226
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	457
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	127
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 July 2026 by timescale: all-time 25, monthly 22, daily 816.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

610 broken records

Margins by which the 610 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 234.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 2026

Top 20 records on 28 July 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 2026	Kitamiesashi, JP	all-time rain	290.0 mm (11.4 in)	147.5 mm (5.8 in)	0 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 July 2026	Hammonton 1 NE, US	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	128 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 July 2026	Shimonoseki, JP	daily rain	183.5 mm (7.2 in)	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 July 2026	Kure Reg Met HQ, JP	daily rain	287.0 mm (11.3 in)	224.0 mm (8.8 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 July 2026	Broken Bow 2 W, US	monthly rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	121 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 July 2026	Rezekne, LV	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 July 2026	Saltillo, MX	daily high min	26.4 C (79.5 F)	6.9 C (12.4 F)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 July 2026	Lewiston, US	all-time rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 July 2026	Cimarron, US	all-time high max	45.0 C (113.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2026	Miyazaki, JP	daily rain	394.0 mm (15.5 in)	165.5 mm (6.5 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2026	Rucava, LV	daily rain	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2026	Kobe, JP	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	57 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2026	Sakai, JP	daily rain	103.5 mm (4.1 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2026	Kyoto, JP	daily rain	271.0 mm (10.7 in)	234.9 mm (9.2 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2026	Fukuyama, JP	daily rain	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2026	Shippensburg, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2026	Suttsu, JP	daily rain	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	122.6 mm (4.8 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2026	Iida, JP	daily rain	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2026	Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	120 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2026	Rumoi, JP	daily rain	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	9 years	49 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

1815 to 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2026. 2026 had 863 records.

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

Records on 07-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1832	2
1834	1
1838	1
1846	1
1848	1
1853	1
1857	1
1860	2
1866	2
1867	1
1872	3
1873	1
1874	1
1882	1
1883	3
1884	3
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	3
1891	8
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	6
1900	8
1901	14
1902	4
1903	16
1904	23
1905	10
1906	18
1907	39
1908	15
1909	19
1910	18
1911	61
1912	32
1913	54
1914	42
1915	36
1916	134
1917	84
1918	34
1919	53
1920	95
1921	92
1922	82
1923	193
1924	79
1925	361
1926	175
1927	129
1928	341
1929	215
1930	603
1931	464
1932	184
1933	390
1934	533
1935	354
1936	471
1937	315
1938	264
1939	339
1940	507
1941	525
1942	165
1943	429
1944	349
1945	399
1946	380
1947	630
1948	535
1949	496
1950	1,035
1951	320
1952	669
1953	251
1954	355
1955	537
1956	309
1957	298
1958	549
1959	417
1960	416
1961	357
1962	772
1963	484
1964	422
1965	422
1966	349
1967	458
1968	547
1969	737
1970	343
1971	1,161
1972	675
1973	500
1974	343
1975	537
1976	493
1977	724
1978	681
1979	692
1980	1,170
1981	1,315
1982	774
1983	1,389
1984	1,373
1985	627
1986	868
1987	1,202
1988	761
1989	936
1990	757
1991	768
1992	678
1993	1,026
1994	2,266
1995	1,251
1996	1,178
1997	1,024
1998	1,835
1999	985
2000	857
2001	938
2002	866
2003	932
2004	1,345
2005	1,387
2006	1,398
2007	998
2008	923
2009	964
2010	1,306
2011	1,143
2012	731
2013	1,428
2014	713
2015	911
2016	648
2017	476
2018	655
2019	469
2020	721
2021	831
2022	990
2023	765
2024	668
2025	845
2026	863

Download the Data

Data for records on 2026-07-28: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 50	590
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2