Weather Records on 28 August 1920

80 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 1920. Highest significance: Cardwell Marine Pde, AU.

Key Facts for 28 August 1920

On 28 August 1920, 80 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
18 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 76 daily.
Cardwell Marine Pde set a monthly record daily precipitation of 83.6 mm (3.3 in) on 28 August 1920.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

80 stations

80 station records on 28 August 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Townsville Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Augathella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

80 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 43.

Records on 28 August 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	43
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 76.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

68 broken records

Margins by which the 68 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 25.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 1920

Top 20 records on 28 August 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 1920	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	monthly rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1920	Kiev, UA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1920	Cottbus, DE	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1920	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1920	Landsort, SE	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1920	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	55 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1920	Pentland Post Office, AU	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1920	Charleville Post Office, AU	monthly rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1920	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	19 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1920	Wien, AT	daily low max	13.0 C (55.4 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	43 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1920	Aramac Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1920	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1920	Sydney, CA	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	44 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1920	Muttaburra, AU	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1920	Blackall Township, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1920	Vastervik, SE	daily rain	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	54 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1920	Cumberland Station, AU	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1920	Townsville Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1920	Tambo Post Office, AU	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1920	Swift Current, CA	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	20 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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1920. 1920 had 80 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	42
5 to 10	9
10 to 15	7
15 to 20	4
20 to 25	5
25 to 30	1