Weather Records on 28 August 1944

592 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 1944. Highest significance: Robertsganj, IN.

Key Facts for 28 August 1944

On 28 August 1944, 592 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
115 were record highs and 286 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 559 daily.
Robertsganj set a daily record precipitation of 189.5 mm (7.5 in) on 28 August 1944.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

592 stations

592 station records on 28 August 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Robertsganj	India	Record daily precipitation	189.5 mm (7.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pratapgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arrah Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Patti	India	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mirzapur	India	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Udaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gondwara(Kohra)	India	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Meja	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charkhari	India	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tiptur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Handia	India	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mellenbye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chunar	India	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caroleen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uvalde	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chingleput	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Podili(Podile)	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dehri	India	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paramathi	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Srimadhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Machhlisnahr	India	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dungargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Soraon	India	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Griffin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cleburne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dausa	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
El Cajon 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hartwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

592 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 65, Lowest daily maximum 213, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 191.

Records on 28 August 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	65
Lowest daily maximum	213
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 33, daily 559.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

471 broken records

Margins by which the 471 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 124.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 1944

Top 20 records on 28 August 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 1944	Robertsganj, IN	daily rain	189.5 mm (7.5 in)	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1944	Pratapgarh, IN	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1944	Brookhaven City, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1944	Arrah Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1944	Patti, IN	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1944	Mirzapur, IN	daily rain	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1944	Udaipur, IN	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	2 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1944	Athens, US	monthly low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	58 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1944	Cave Run Lake, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1944	Gondwara(Kohra), IN	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1944	Meja, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1944	Charkhari, IN	daily rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1944	Bikin, RU	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1944	Tiptur, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1944	Bay Saint Louis, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1944	Lampasas, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1944	Handia, IN	daily rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1944	Varanasi, IN	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1944	Mellenbye, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1944	Chunar, IN	daily rain	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	25 years	34 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1944. 1944 had 592 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 1944-08-28: 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	429
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1