Weather Records on 7 August 1928

188 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1928. Highest significance: George Airport, ZA.

Key Facts for 7 August 1928

On 7 August 1928, 188 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
48 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 183 daily.
George Airport set a daily record precipitation of 29.7 mm (1.2 in) on 7 August 1928.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

188 stations

188 station records on 7 August 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fallston	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canowindra (Canowindra Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svirica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

188 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 65.

Records on 7 August 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	65
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1928 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 183.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

158 broken records

Margins by which the 158 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 42.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1928

Top 20 records on 7 August 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1928	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1928	Enisejsk, RU	all-time rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1928	Kansas City, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1928	Knysna (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1928	Buffelsnek (Bos), ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1928	Atchison, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1928	Concord, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	58 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1928	Chapel Hill 2 W, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1928	Perm, RU	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1928	Chestnut Hill, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1928	Lake Cochituate, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1928	Amherst, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1928	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	62 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1928	Port Arthur, CA	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	50 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1928	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	54 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1928	Middletown 4 W, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	43 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1928	Hypoluxo, US	monthly rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1928	Concord, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	22 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1928	Plymouth, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	34 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1928	Isidinge (Bos), ZA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	25 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

1808 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1928. 1928 had 188 records.

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

Records on 08-07 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1812	1
1815	1
1816	1
1817	1
1833	2
1844	1
1845	1
1848	1
1857	3
1858	1
1859	2
1861	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1870	2
1875	1
1876	5
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1889	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	6
1901	3
1902	5
1903	17
1904	8
1905	8
1906	9
1907	10
1908	13
1909	11
1910	1
1911	36
1912	31
1913	39
1914	24
1915	40
1916	50
1917	21
1918	108
1919	36
1920	36
1921	55
1922	61
1923	101
1924	128
1925	81
1926	115
1927	109
1928	188
1929	181
1930	486
1931	357
1932	249
1933	310
1934	608
1935	507
1936	286
1937	446
1938	568
1939	561
1940	271
1941	305
1942	340
1943	601
1944	332
1945	882
1946	500
1947	461
1948	756
1949	587
1950	541
1951	562
1952	556
1953	378
1954	589
1955	536
1956	321
1957	868
1958	571
1959	356
1960	344
1961	356
1962	718
1963	522
1964	446
1965	552
1966	400
1967	701
1968	600
1969	523
1970	652
1971	969
1972	1,172
1973	568
1974	746
1975	1,177
1976	1,168
1977	617
1978	1,210
1979	559
1980	871
1981	855
1982	727
1983	1,207
1984	840
1985	1,088
1986	544
1987	1,146
1988	897
1989	1,472
1990	1,625
1991	1,217
1992	1,236
1993	1,040
1994	1,262
1995	1,521
1996	1,107
1997	1,460
1998	1,183
1999	950
2000	871
2001	1,386
2002	907
2003	1,244
2004	1,400
2005	882
2006	923
2007	1,309
2008	918
2009	1,121
2010	1,098
2011	1,282
2012	688
2013	665
2014	501
2015	1,027
2016	505
2017	954
2018	636
2019	609
2020	605
2021	397
2022	880
2023	1,221
2024	835
2025	733
2026	1,047

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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 10	134
10 to 20	16
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1