Weather Records on 28 August 1950

492 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 1950. Highest significance: Hamilton, CA.

Key Facts for 28 August 1950

On 28 August 1950, 492 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 472 daily.
Hamilton set a monthly record daily precipitation of 77.2 mm (3.0 in) on 28 August 1950.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

492 stations

492 station records on 28 August 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Progress	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich Township	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Buldana	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lambton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fatehgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bhind	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Supply 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jalna	India	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemfontein Airpor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Disraeli	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Katdoornput 29	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Donegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Magarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Doornplaat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Supaul	India	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Matatiele	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Contai	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malkapur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Balanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Papkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgoorlie Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sorel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beauceville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nazareth House Farm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mehkar	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruttani	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sandila	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waterford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fenelon Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gohad	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chikhli	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Malsiras	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elandshoek, Boston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Capel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nannup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Razole(Rajole)	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vita (Khanapur)	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

492 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 337.

Records on 28 August 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	337
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 472.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

428 broken records

Margins by which the 428 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 1950

Top 20 records on 28 August 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 1950	Hamilton, CA	monthly rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	78 years	74 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1950	Groningen-1, NL	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1950	Progress, ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1950	Goderich Township, CA	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1950	Karlsruhe, DE	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1950	Buldana, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1950	Lambton, CA	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1950	Fatehgarh, IN	monthly rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1950	Heerde, NL	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1950	Salem, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1950	Bhind, IN	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1950	Barkly West (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1950	Supply 1 E, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1950	Jalna, IN	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1950	Bloemfontein Airpor, ZA	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1950	Greensburg, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1950	Disraeli, CA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1950	Katdoornput 29, ZA	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1950	Donegaon, IN	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1950	Magarwara, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	41 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1950. 1950 had 492 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 28 August 1950
Margin	Records
0 to 20	373
20 to 40	39
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1