Weather Records on 28 August 1924

207 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 1924. Highest significance: Donors Hill Station, AU.

Key Facts for 28 August 1924

On 28 August 1924, 207 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
115 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 194 daily.
Donors Hill Station set a daily record precipitation of 28.4 mm (1.1 in) on 28 August 1924.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

207 stations

207 station records on 28 August 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Puckawidgee Back	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dobikin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Menindee (Weinteriga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ramornie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rolleston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Willsons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wollongbar (Central Park Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bon Accord	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Marshallville 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

207 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 88, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 67.

Records on 28 August 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	88
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	67
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 194.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

168 broken records

Margins by which the 168 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 30.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 1924

Top 20 records on 28 August 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 1924	Donors Hill Station, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1924	Manilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1924	Drake (Village Resource Centre, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1924	Puckawidgee Back, AU	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1924	Tulbagh (Pol), ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1924	Burketown Post Office, AU	monthly low max	17.9 C (64.2 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1924	Cumbalum (Fairview), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1924	Dobikin, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1924	Emmaville Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1924	Elatma, RU	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	17 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1924	Alice Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1924	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	46 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1924	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	monthly low max	11.4 C (52.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1924	Emmaville (Strathbogie), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1924	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	monthly low max	7.0 C (44.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	22 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1924	Holly Springs 2 N, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	15 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1924	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1924	Menindee (Weinteriga), AU	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1924	Killarney Post Office, AU	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1924	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	31 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1924. 1924 had 207 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	129
5 to 10	18
10 to 15	8
15 to 20	7
20 to 25	3
25 to 30	2
30 to 35	1