Weather Records on 28 August 1942

461 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 1942. Highest significance: Laen, AU.

Key Facts for 28 August 1942

On 28 August 1942, 461 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
153 were record highs and 115 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 454 daily.
Laen set a daily record precipitation of 30.7 mm (1.2 in) on 28 August 1942.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

461 stations

461 station records on 28 August 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Laen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bidar	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kothapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tanuku	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton (Yanyarrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Garhshankar	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alamur(Alamar)	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bari	India	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iglas	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hubbard	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote (Karinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jalalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dapoli	India	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barsi	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Akluj	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Colusa Brg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Amalapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Risod	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chandor	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saoner	India	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Udaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bluffton Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bah	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Weiser	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kuturi	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jallukar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

461 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 193.

Records on 28 August 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	193
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 454.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

367 broken records

Margins by which the 367 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 1942

Top 20 records on 28 August 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 1942	Laen, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1942	Bidar, IN	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1942	Faulkton, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1942	Kothapeta, IN	daily rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1942	Tanuku, IN	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1942	Carrieton (Yanyarrie), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1942	Garhshankar, IN	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1942	Alamur(Alamar), IN	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1942	Bari, IN	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1942	Iglas, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1942	Cedarville, US	monthly low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	43 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1942	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1942	Vastervik, SE	daily high max	27.5 C (81.5 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	50 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1942	Franklin, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1942	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1942	Hubbard, CA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1942	Hillsboro 3 N, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1942	Kingscote (Karinga), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1942	Jalalabad, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1942	Parnu, EE	daily high min	18.5 C (65.3 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	50 years	30 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1942. 1942 had 461 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 1942-08-28: 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	342
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1