Weather Records on 11 August 1928

174 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 August 1928. Highest significance: Lynchburg - Coop, US.

Key Facts for 11 August 1928

On 11 August 1928, 174 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 160 daily.
Lynchburg - Coop set an all-time record daily precipitation of 191.0 mm (7.5 in) on 11 August 1928.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

174 stations

174 station records on 11 August 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 August 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	202.9 mm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Settle	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.7 mm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parkers Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baku	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Callaville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Runnymede Spottsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

174 records

Records set or tied on 11 August 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 60.

Records on 11 August 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	60
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 August 1928 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 7, daily 160.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

134 broken records

Margins by which the 134 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 113.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 August 1928

Top 20 records on 11 August 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 August 1928	Lynchburg - Coop, US	all-time rain	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 August 1928	Macon, US	all-time rain	202.9 mm (8.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 August 1928	Settle, US	all-time rain	203.7 mm (8.0 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	19 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 August 1928	Washington, US	daily rain	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1928	Santuck, US	daily rain	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	113.7 mm (4.5 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1928	Columbia, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1928	Newberry, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1928	Greenwood, US	monthly rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1928	Atyrau, KZ	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1928	Washington 2 ESE, US	monthly rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1928	Rocky Mt, US	all-time rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1928	Little Mtn, US	monthly rain	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1928	Mt Airy 2 W, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1928	Salisbury, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1928	Danville 2 SE, US	all-time rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1928	Charlotte Wb City, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1928	Marion, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1928	Blackville 3 W, US	all-time rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1928	Camden 3 W, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1928	Hawkinsville, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	30 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

1793 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1928. 1928 had 174 records.

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

Records on 08-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1811	1
1815	2
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	6
1865	1
1866	6
1869	4
1871	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1897	3
1898	2
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	13
1903	12
1904	19
1905	9
1906	6
1907	8
1908	10
1909	41
1910	9
1911	24
1912	46
1913	43
1914	26
1915	27
1916	64
1917	217
1918	29
1919	18
1920	54
1921	201
1922	98
1923	80
1924	149
1925	219
1926	140
1927	190
1928	174
1929	354
1930	471
1931	453
1932	281
1933	416
1934	620
1935	499
1936	541
1937	356
1938	315
1939	389
1940	359
1941	807
1942	390
1943	345
1944	936
1945	401
1946	419
1947	709
1948	306
1949	471
1950	320
1951	296
1952	417
1953	283
1954	536
1955	319
1956	457
1957	305
1958	494
1959	337
1960	461
1961	429
1962	662
1963	493
1964	677
1965	793
1966	1,037
1967	1,071
1968	619
1969	533
1970	526
1971	711
1972	823
1973	451
1974	596
1975	753
1976	529
1977	845
1978	433
1979	797
1980	929
1981	645
1982	1,232
1983	1,095
1984	822
1985	804
1986	563
1987	885
1988	1,119
1989	983
1990	760
1991	822
1992	928
1993	840
1994	1,173
1995	1,324
1996	1,147
1997	1,512
1998	1,232
1999	1,152
2000	924
2001	811
2002	1,152
2003	1,601
2004	1,478
2005	1,031
2006	896
2007	1,428
2008	945
2009	836
2010	2,289
2011	1,106
2012	953
2013	470
2014	556
2015	696
2016	1,340
2017	619
2018	861
2019	758
2020	688
2021	834
2022	661
2023	757
2024	643
2025	722
2026	765

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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 20	111
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2