Weather Records on 28 August 1953

762 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 1953. Highest significance: Nagaur (Nagore ), IN.

Key Facts for 28 August 1953

On 28 August 1953, 762 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
382 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 731 daily.
Nagaur (Nagore ) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 242.1 mm (9.5 in) on 28 August 1953.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

762 stations

762 station records on 28 August 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nagaur (Nagore )	India	Record daily precipitation	242.1 mm (9.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cambridge Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Afton Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gilbert River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Glendower Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kidston Gold Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rockford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chudleigh Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Didwana	India	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uluberia	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brighton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dimapur	India	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kelvin (Kahana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ricardo	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zara Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zillmere Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tadepalligudem	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dunbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carpentaria Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Merlin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lorray	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boolcarrol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lachmangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fellsmere 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Totara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tiree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Annanvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kangaroo Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morden Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valley of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

762 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 272, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 298.

Records on 28 August 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	272
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	298
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 30, daily 731.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

597 broken records

Margins by which the 597 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 1953

Top 20 records on 28 August 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 1953	Nagaur (Nagore ), IN	all-time rain	242.1 mm (9.5 in)	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	0 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1953	Cambridge Downs Station, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1953	Afton Downs Station, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1953	Gilbert River Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	79 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1953	Glendower Station, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1953	Joseph, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1953	Adelaide (Pol), ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1953	Kidston Gold Mine, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1953	Rockford, ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1953	Chudleigh Park Station, AU	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1953	Didwana, IN	daily rain	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1953	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	79 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1953	Spring Creek Station, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1953	Falfurrias, US	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1953	Ingham Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1953	Yallaroi, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1953	Croydon Township, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1953	Uluberia, IN	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1953	Brighton Downs, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1953	Dimapur, IN	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	8 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1953. 1953 had 762 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 1953-08-28: 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	543
20 to 40	45
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2