Weather Records on 28 August 1923

79 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 1923. Highest significance: Pontotoc, US.

Key Facts for 28 August 1923

On 28 August 1923, 79 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 75 daily.
Pontotoc set a daily record precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 28 August 1923.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

79 stations

79 station records on 28 August 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Angel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Benton Ridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

79 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 38.

Records on 28 August 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	38
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 1923 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 75.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

62 broken records

Margins by which the 62 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 39.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 1923

Top 20 records on 28 August 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 1923	Pontotoc, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1923	Harrisville, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1923	Lakefield, CA	monthly low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	39 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1923	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	26.8 C (80.2 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	44 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1923	Farmland 5 NNW, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1923	Grayling, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1923	Tullahoma, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1923	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	43 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1923	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1923	Selinsgrove 2 S, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1923	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	44 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1923	Halifax, CA	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	43 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1923	Dixon Wwtp, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1923	Santa Cruz, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	28 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1923	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily low max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	27 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1923	Jamestown, ZA	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	0 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1923	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	25 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1923	Calhoun 2 N, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1923	State UNIV, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1923	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	32 years	16 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1923. 1923 had 79 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	44
5 to 10	6
10 to 15	4
15 to 20	5
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	1
35 to 40	1