Weather Records on 28 August 1941

485 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 1941. Highest significance: Boolardy, AU.

Key Facts for 28 August 1941

On 28 August 1941, 485 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
63 were record highs and 169 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 465 daily.
Boolardy set a monthly record daily precipitation of 65.8 mm (2.6 in) on 28 August 1941.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

485 stations

485 station records on 28 August 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Boolardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mount Magnet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wandagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ningaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yoweragabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Koorikin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Narryer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nanutarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Challa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mia Mia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Malcolm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Braeside 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Meckering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buxar	India	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marungapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ariyalur	India	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boodanoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sendamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowgada	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Meka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kookynie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dindigul	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marsrakh	India	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ghazipur	India	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parsa	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Turaiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bassawan	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muthupet	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hiriyur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valapady	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ageon	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rasipuram	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alangudi	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Doorawarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Katra	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Srimushnam	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wittenoom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Darauli	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aravakurichi	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kulithalai	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Haraiya	India	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zamana	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Basti	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

485 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 108, Heaviest daily rainfall 253.

Records on 28 August 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	108
Heaviest daily rainfall	253
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 465.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

401 broken records

Margins by which the 401 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 1941

Top 20 records on 28 August 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 1941	Boolardy, AU	monthly rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1941	Mount Magnet, AU	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1941	Wandagee, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1941	Ningaloo, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1941	Yoweragabbie, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1941	Koorikin, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1941	Mount Narryer, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1941	Nanutarra, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1941	Manfred, AU	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1941	Challa, AU	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1941	Mia Mia, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1941	Malcolm, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1941	Braeside 1, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1941	Meckering, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1941	Buxar, IN	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1941	Marungapuri, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1941	Marlow 1 WSW, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1941	Ariyalur, IN	daily rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1941	Hernando, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1941	Boodanoo, AU	monthly rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	22 years	39 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1941. 1941 had 485 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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Data for records on 1941-08-28: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 1941
Margin	Records
0 to 20	357
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1