Weather Records on 28 August 1932

383 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 1932. Highest significance: Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.), DE.

Key Facts for 28 August 1932

On 28 August 1932, 383 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
150 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 371 daily.
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.) set a daily record precipitation of 42.5 mm (1.7 in) on 28 August 1932.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

383 stations

383 station records on 28 August 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kuzhithurai	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Raichur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mavelikara	India	Record daily precipitation	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ron	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sindgi	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bilgi	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mudhol	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hubli	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Badami	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ambalapuza	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chengannur	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tasgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pusesauli	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Karad	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvalla	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Koregaon	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Adanakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bagewadi	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nedumangad	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nagarcoil	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saundatti	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mannargudi	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bagalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jath	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shirala	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pandharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Perumbalur	India	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Muddebihal	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sulur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bijapur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Challakire	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Athani	India	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Navalgund	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shrigonda	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Madha	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holenarsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sangola	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jamkhandi	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karjat	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Worthington	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

383 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 197.

Records on 28 August 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	197
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 1932 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 371.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

311 broken records

Margins by which the 311 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 1932

Top 20 records on 28 August 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 1932	Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.), DE	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1932	Kuzhithurai, IN	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1932	Raichur, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1932	Mavelikara, IN	monthly rain	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1932	Ron, IN	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1932	Ft Collins, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1932	Sioux Ctr 2 SE, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1932	Sindgi, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1932	Bilgi, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1932	Mudhol, IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1932	Hubli, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1932	De Funiak Springs 1 E, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1932	Badami, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1932	Ambalapuza, IN	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1932	Chengannur, IN	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1932	Tasgaon, IN	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1932	Pusesauli, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1932	Islampur, IN	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1932	Karad, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1932	Thiruvalla, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)

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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1932. 1932 had 383 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 28 August 1932
Margin	Records
0 to 20	248
20 to 40	42
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3