Weather Records on 28 August 1933

376 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 1933. Highest significance: Alicedale, ZA.

Key Facts for 28 August 1933

On 28 August 1933, 376 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
77 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 361 daily.
Alicedale set a daily record precipitation of 35.1 mm (1.4 in) on 28 August 1933.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

376 stations

376 station records on 28 August 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pearston (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnarajpet	India	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Great Brak River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tohana	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kotra	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Montagu (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Steytlerville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jind	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uppiliyapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Budhlada	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McGregor (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middelwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monierkhal	India	Record daily precipitation	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gulah(Gula)	India	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durbanville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tin Tin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sagunbari	India	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gujjran	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jodhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Annavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haigler	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

376 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 215.

Records on 28 August 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 361.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

299 broken records

Margins by which the 299 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 123.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 1933

Top 20 records on 28 August 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 1933	Alicedale, ZA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1933	Walsingham 1, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1933	Heidelberg Cape (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1933	De Vlei "de Kruis", ZA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1933	Knysna (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1933	Pearston (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1933	Bakensrug, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1933	Alexandria (Pol), ZA	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1933	Krishnarajpet, IN	monthly rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1933	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1933	Bloukrans (Bos), ZA	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1933	Millwood (Bos), ZA	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1933	Kimball 2NE, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1933	Great Brak River, ZA	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1933	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1933	Jansenville, ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1933	Tohana, IN	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1933	Kotra, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1933	Swellendam (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1933	Montagu (Pol), ZA	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	46 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1933. 1933 had 376 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 20	248
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1