Weather Records on 28 August 1917

49 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 1917. Highest significance: Emu Park Hill St, AU.

Key Facts for 28 August 1917

On 28 August 1917, 49 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 49 daily.
Emu Park Hill St set a daily record precipitation of 31.8 mm (1.3 in) on 28 August 1917.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

49 stations

49 station records on 28 August 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cottam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Thornborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

49 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 37.

Records on 28 August 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	37
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 49.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

44 broken records

Margins by which the 44 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 1917

Top 20 records on 28 August 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 1917	Emu Park Hill St, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1917	Bustard Head Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1917	Gladstone Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1917	Nebo, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1917	Alpha Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1917	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1917	Clermont Sirius St, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1917	Aramac Post Office, AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1917	Bowen Post Office, AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1917	Toowoomba, AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1917	Caboolture Post Office, AU	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1917	Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1917	Herberton White St, AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	18 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1917	Gympie, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1917	Maryborough, AU	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1917	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily rain	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	47 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1917	Marlborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1917	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	41 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1917	St Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	27 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1917	Muttaburra, AU	daily rain	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	31 years	17 of 100 (Routine)

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

1800 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1917. 1917 had 49 records.

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

Records on 08-28 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1807	4
1811	1
1814	2
1817	1
1835	1
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1854	1
1856	1
1858	1
1863	1
1864	4
1865	3
1870	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1880	3
1881	4
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	2
1893	3
1894	2
1895	4
1896	9
1897	3
1901	12
1902	2
1903	16
1904	13
1905	23
1906	12
1907	2
1908	10
1909	20
1910	5
1911	34
1912	44
1913	17
1914	40
1915	43
1916	141
1917	49
1918	43
1919	39
1920	80
1921	47
1922	60
1923	79
1924	207
1925	165
1926	241
1927	239
1928	252
1929	162
1930	152
1931	306
1932	383
1933	376
1934	346
1935	545
1936	531
1937	545
1938	325
1939	296
1940	368
1941	485
1942	461
1943	366
1944	592
1945	368
1946	495
1947	288
1948	1,133
1949	442
1950	492
1951	694
1952	447
1953	762
1954	499
1955	413
1956	327
1957	545
1958	288
1959	552
1960	470
1961	371
1962	469
1963	464
1964	556
1965	635
1966	338
1967	701
1968	864
1969	1,089
1970	617
1971	695
1972	651
1973	1,211
1974	816
1975	507
1976	505
1977	757
1978	774
1979	838
1980	424
1981	1,120
1982	1,009
1983	748
1984	886
1985	528
1986	1,995
1987	1,260
1988	953
1989	911
1990	983
1991	968
1992	1,814
1993	1,061
1994	688
1995	954
1996	1,109
1997	1,082
1998	1,415
1999	905
2000	1,028
2001	1,042
2002	903
2003	792
2004	966
2005	731
2006	1,244
2007	788
2008	889
2009	928
2010	914
2011	1,748
2012	682
2013	693
2014	590
2015	660
2016	812
2017	1,060
2018	1,110
2019	943
2020	1,008
2021	459
2022	388
2023	899
2024	862
2025	871
2026	873

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 28 August 1917
Margin	Records
0 to 10	28
10 to 20	8
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1