Weather Records on 30 August 1928

327 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 August 1928. Highest significance: Dixon Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 30 August 1928

On 30 August 1928, 327 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
186 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 327 daily.
Dixon Wwtp set a daily record precipitation of 46.5 mm (1.8 in) on 30 August 1928.
Across 169 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

327 stations

327 station records on 30 August 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 August 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Irvington	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bagdad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 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 minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bucyrus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

327 records

Records set or tied on 30 August 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 88.

Records on 30 August 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	88
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 August 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 327.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

247 broken records

Margins by which the 247 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 August 1928

Top 20 records on 30 August 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 August 1928	Dixon Wwtp, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1928	Irvington, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1928	Tallinn, EE	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	57 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1928	Blagovescensk, RU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1928	Sycamore, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1928	Olands Norra Udde, SE	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	43 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1928	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	5 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1928	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	57 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1928	Pocahontas 1, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1928	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	38 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1928	Teterow, DE	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1928	Baton Rouge, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	23 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1928	Rugby, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1928	Stuttgart, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1928	Charlottetown, CA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	55 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1928	Washington, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	50 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1928	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1928	Las Vegas 2 NW, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	17 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1928	Pakri, EE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	39 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1928	S Bend AP, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	23 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

1806 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1928. 1928 had 327 records.

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

Records on 08-30 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1807	4
1813	1
1814	2
1827	1
1829	1
1835	1
1838	1
1839	1
1845	4
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1877	2
1878	1
1880	4
1881	2
1882	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	7
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	5
1891	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	2
1900	6
1901	8
1902	12
1903	19
1904	13
1905	23
1906	29
1907	8
1908	10
1909	37
1910	15
1911	41
1912	60
1913	22
1914	23
1915	47
1916	17
1917	50
1918	45
1919	17
1920	78
1921	100
1922	65
1923	61
1924	283
1925	167
1926	173
1927	109
1928	327
1929	208
1930	245
1931	192
1932	1,102
1933	274
1934	519
1935	476
1936	191
1937	418
1938	233
1939	401
1940	346
1941	422
1942	385
1943	487
1944	491
1945	455
1946	545
1947	599
1948	519
1949	240
1950	481
1951	1,091
1952	316
1953	1,124
1954	516
1955	417
1956	479
1957	321
1958	363
1959	546
1960	356
1961	573
1962	387
1963	442
1964	422
1965	1,118
1966	500
1967	536
1968	729
1969	522
1970	423
1971	443
1972	579
1973	646
1974	838
1975	664
1976	679
1977	665
1978	825
1979	517
1980	572
1981	684
1982	770
1983	696
1984	1,127
1985	629
1986	1,768
1987	638
1988	881
1989	791
1990	983
1991	938
1992	1,697
1993	1,200
1994	601
1995	940
1996	1,385
1997	960
1998	1,278
1999	864
2000	1,189
2001	750
2002	801
2003	1,226
2004	1,087
2005	1,500
2006	989
2007	1,300
2008	678
2009	1,251
2010	1,552
2011	994
2012	1,087
2013	644
2014	558
2015	1,074
2016	552
2017	924
2018	616
2019	755
2020	671
2021	429
2022	1,077
2023	651
2024	912
2025	324
2026	733

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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	223
10 to 20	11
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1