Weather Records on 22 August 1928

134 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 1928. Highest significance: Ljungby, SE.

Key Facts for 22 August 1928

On 22 August 1928, 134 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 132 daily.
Ljungby set a daily record precipitation of 60.0 mm (2.4 in) on 22 August 1928.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

134 stations

134 station records on 22 August 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 August 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertville River	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Parkers Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harpers Ferry River	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Adel	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

134 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 66.

Records on 22 August 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	66
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 132.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

103 broken records

Margins by which the 103 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 52.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 1928

Top 20 records on 22 August 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 1928	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1928	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1928	Heerde, NL	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1928	Fairmont, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1928	Vaexjoe, SE	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1928	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1928	Frederick Police Brks, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1928	Brinkley, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1928	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1928	Belvidere, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1928	Albert Lea 3SE, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1928	Lambertville River, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1928	Lancaster 4 WSW, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1928	Ulricehamn, SE	daily rain	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1928	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1928	Timovskoe, RU	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	37 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1928	Parkers Landing, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1928	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily high min	18.6 C (65.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	44 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1928	Springer, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1928	Harpers Ferry River, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	21 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

1802 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1928. 1928 had 134 records.

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

Records on 08-22 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1812	1
1816	1
1835	1
1839	2
1843	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	4
1872	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	3
1878	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	3
1894	7
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	3
1904	8
1905	7
1906	24
1907	7
1908	29
1909	5
1910	19
1911	20
1912	39
1913	30
1914	18
1915	31
1916	75
1917	47
1918	85
1919	18
1920	60
1921	64
1922	44
1923	279
1924	148
1925	219
1926	144
1927	154
1928	134
1929	240
1930	276
1931	388
1932	222
1933	367
1934	234
1935	337
1936	954
1937	421
1938	501
1939	517
1940	503
1941	249
1942	500
1943	517
1944	526
1945	475
1946	410
1947	1,034
1948	297
1949	570
1950	460
1951	452
1952	372
1953	348
1954	466
1955	553
1956	785
1957	371
1958	511
1959	547
1960	612
1961	562
1962	329
1963	419
1964	686
1965	423
1966	830
1967	404
1968	1,091
1969	727
1970	368
1971	1,021
1972	436
1973	611
1974	628
1975	597
1976	722
1977	655
1978	529
1979	547
1980	640
1981	795
1982	912
1983	1,366
1984	739
1985	793
1986	1,073
1987	801
1988	1,133
1989	753
1990	808
1991	808
1992	994
1993	845
1994	803
1995	1,002
1996	942
1997	1,381
1998	1,016
1999	756
2000	867
2001	940
2002	1,385
2003	1,550
2004	1,029
2005	887
2006	832
2007	1,801
2008	869
2009	1,347
2010	1,397
2011	1,255
2012	831
2013	450
2014	911
2015	529
2016	730
2017	537
2018	752
2019	558
2020	1,041
2021	683
2022	781
2023	1,525
2024	803
2025	1,359
2026	992

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 22 August 1928
Margin	Records
0 to 10	71
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1