Weather Records on 28 August 1934

346 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 1934. Highest significance: Vicksburg, US.

Key Facts for 28 August 1934

On 28 August 1934, 346 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 183 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 326 daily.
Vicksburg set a daily record precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 28 August 1934.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

346 stations

346 station records on 28 August 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vicksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dullabcherra	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
E Tawas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amguri	India	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tittagudi	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sri Ranbirsingh	India	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cheljabinsk-Balandi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Panruti	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sriperumbudur	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sullurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grantville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Athipettu	India	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minocqua	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Larned	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

346 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 100, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 96, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 28 August 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	100
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	96
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 1934 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 326.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

265 broken records

Margins by which the 265 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 1934

Top 20 records on 28 August 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 1934	Vicksburg, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1934	Yemassee 1 N, US	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1934	Jennings, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1934	Lockport 2SE, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1934	Conway, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1934	Newnan 7 WNW, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1934	Fredericton Unb, CA	monthly low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	55 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1934	Dullabcherra, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1934	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high max	24.6 C (76.3 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	54 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1934	E Tawas, US	monthly low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1934	Amguri, IN	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1934	Tittagudi, IN	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1934	Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US	monthly low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	37 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1934	Chatham, CA	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1934	Haileybury, CA	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1934	Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US	monthly low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1934	Sri Ranbirsingh, IN	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1934	Cheljabinsk-Balandi, RU	all-time rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	6 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1934	Toronto, CA	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	48 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1934	Bathurst, CA	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	50 years	24 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1934. 1934 had 346 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 10	237
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1