Weather Records on 28 August 1928

252 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 1928. Highest significance: Bologna, IT.

Key Facts for 28 August 1928

On 28 August 1928, 252 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
204 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 250 daily.
Bologna set a daily record high minimum temperature of 25.0 C (77.0 F) on 28 August 1928.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

252 stations

252 station records on 28 August 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calumet	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Watford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton #1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Adel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

252 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 30.

Records on 28 August 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	30
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 250.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

178 broken records

Margins by which the 178 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 30.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 1928

Top 20 records on 28 August 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 1928	Bologna, IT	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	106 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1928	Tobolsk, RU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1928	Estherville 4E, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1928	Calumet, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1928	Tunis, TN	daily high min	28.0 C (82.4 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1928	Port Lincoln, AU	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1928	Britt 3E, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1928	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	59 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1928	Montreal McGill, CA	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	50 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1928	Biskra, DZ	daily high min	31.0 C (87.8 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	46 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1928	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily high min	28.0 C (82.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1928	Havre Wb City, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1928	Toronto, CA	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	47 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1928	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	47 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1928	Robe Comparison, AU	daily high max	19.3 C (66.7 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	38 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1928	Quebec, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1928	Tashkent, UZ	daily low max	24.2 C (75.6 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	17 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1928	Przhevalsk, KG	daily rain	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1928	Vysnij Volocek, RU	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1928	Buffelsnek (Bos), ZA	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	36 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1928. 1928 had 252 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	157
5 to 10	10
10 to 15	4
15 to 20	4
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	2
30 to 35	1