Weather Records on 15 August 1928

271 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 August 1928. Highest significance: Macon, US.

Key Facts for 15 August 1928

On 15 August 1928, 271 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
163 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 255 daily.
Macon set a daily record precipitation of 86.1 mm (3.4 in) on 15 August 1928.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

271 stations

271 station records on 15 August 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 August 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville Pearson St	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tallahassee	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Lock 4	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Maly Uzen'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vouziers	France	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

271 records

Records set or tied on 15 August 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 61.

Records on 15 August 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	61
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 August 1928 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 13, daily 255.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

207 broken records

Margins by which the 207 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 August 1928

Top 20 records on 15 August 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 August 1928	Macon, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1928	Weissenburg, DE	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1928	Asheville Pearson St, US	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1928	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1928	Talbotton, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1928	Fullerton 1 ESE, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1928	Arnsberg, DE	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1928	Windsor Kings College, CA	all-time high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1928	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1928	Charlotte Wb City, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1928	Bartow 1SE, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1928	Asheville, US	monthly rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1928	Hawkinsville, US	monthly rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1928	Milledgeville, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1928	Clayton 1 SSW, US	monthly rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1928	Highlands, US	monthly rain	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1928	Lenoir, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	6 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1928	Bainbridge, US	monthly rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1928	Morganton, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1928	Tallahassee, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	34 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 271 records.

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

Records on 08-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1802	1
1805	1
1812	1
1821	1
1838	2
1839	1
1841	1
1844	1
1845	3
1852	1
1854	1
1856	1
1858	1
1861	3
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1895	1
1896	9
1897	3
1898	1
1899	2
1900	6
1901	5
1902	10
1903	5
1904	17
1905	26
1906	8
1907	14
1908	15
1909	30
1910	16
1911	26
1912	34
1913	42
1914	11
1915	26
1916	223
1917	32
1918	23
1919	22
1920	59
1921	55
1922	86
1923	116
1924	220
1925	91
1926	115
1927	223
1928	271
1929	586
1930	274
1931	351
1932	368
1933	268
1934	992
1935	414
1936	867
1937	574
1938	681
1939	450
1940	372
1941	289
1942	377
1943	426
1944	610
1945	433
1946	285
1947	559
1948	366
1949	559
1950	317
1951	597
1952	596
1953	449
1954	481
1955	539
1956	390
1957	355
1958	1,092
1959	515
1960	417
1961	704
1962	1,052
1963	972
1964	1,185
1965	535
1966	340
1967	687
1968	1,002
1969	583
1970	382
1971	899
1972	613
1973	499
1974	512
1975	490
1976	1,345
1977	550
1978	841
1979	1,788
1980	745
1981	588
1982	479
1983	955
1984	622
1985	915
1986	1,283
1987	1,098
1988	1,479
1989	495
1990	758
1991	778
1992	1,638
1993	831
1994	1,073
1995	1,298
1996	929
1997	927
1998	861
1999	956
2000	932
2001	1,254
2002	1,307
2003	1,248
2004	1,424
2005	1,067
2006	923
2007	1,317
2008	964
2009	1,038
2010	1,622
2011	770
2012	654
2013	711
2014	583
2015	759
2016	707
2017	532
2018	328
2019	435
2020	1,327
2021	900
2022	692
2023	1,414
2024	729
2025	772
2026	975

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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	183
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1