Weather Records on 28 August 1945

368 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 1945. Highest significance: Sealy, US.

Key Facts for 28 August 1945

On 28 August 1945, 368 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
165 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 357 daily.
Sealy set an all-time record daily precipitation of 279.4 mm (11.0 in) on 28 August 1945.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

368 stations

368 station records on 28 August 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sealy	United States	Record daily precipitation	279.4 mm (11.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	270.3 mm (10.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	403.1 mm (15.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	211.3 mm (8.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chamarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tirupati	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arni	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deoria	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kalahasti	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bon Wier	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yemmiganur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Koilkuntla	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kairana	India	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hempstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arabella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uxbridge	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Tarella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenariff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Langawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Girilambone (Booroomugga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Byrock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Warrana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baradine (Caledonia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

368 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 93, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 139.

Records on 28 August 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	93
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	139
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 1945 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 9, daily 357.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

289 broken records

Margins by which the 289 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 118.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 1945

Top 20 records on 28 August 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 1945	Sealy, US	all-time rain	279.4 mm (11.0 in)	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	23 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1945	Sugar Land, US	monthly rain	270.3 mm (10.6 in)	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	30 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1945	Anahuac, US	all-time rain	403.1 mm (15.9 in)	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	2 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1945	Pierce 1 E, US	monthly rain	211.3 mm (8.3 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1945	Ust Tzilma, RU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1945	Alvin, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1945	Brenham, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1945	Chamarajnagar, IN	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1945	Tirupati, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1945	Cameron, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1945	Liberty, US	daily rain	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	118.3 mm (4.7 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1945	Brockport, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1945	Arni, IN	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1945	Paragonah, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	11 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1945	College STN 6 SW, US	monthly low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1945	Georgetown Post Office, AU	monthly high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1945	Deoria, IN	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1945	Kalahasti, IN	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1945	Bon Wier, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1945	Huntsville, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	19 years	29 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1945. 1945 had 368 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	266
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2