Weather Records on 28 August 1954

499 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 1954. Highest significance: McCloud, US.

Key Facts for 28 August 1954

On 28 August 1954, 499 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
338 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 472 daily.
McCloud set a monthly record daily precipitation of 53.8 mm (2.1 in) on 28 August 1954.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

499 stations

499 station records on 28 August 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Aryankavu	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kattumannarkoil	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Mattole	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Novo	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yadki	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pattikonda	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hailakundi India	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mahbubnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Neidavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Korsakov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wagoner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Annavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cloverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

499 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 214, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 124, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 96.

Records on 28 August 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	214
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	124
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	96
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 1954 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 472.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

331 broken records

Margins by which the 331 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 1954

Top 20 records on 28 August 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 1954	McCloud, US	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1954	Ft Bragg 5 N, US	monthly rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1954	Aryankavu, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1954	Atyrau, KZ	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1954	San Diego de la Union, MX	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1954	Santa Rosa, US	monthly rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1954	Buffelsnek (Bos), ZA	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1954	Healdsburg, US	monthly rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1954	Kattumannarkoil, IN	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1954	Upper Lake 2 N, US	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1954	Upper Mattole, US	monthly rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1954	Porto Novo, IN	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1954	Buffelsklip, ZA	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1954	Santa Fe, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1954	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily low min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	65 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1954	Yadki, IN	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1954	Cuddalore, IN	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	1 year	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1954	Orland, US	monthly rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1954	East Park Rsvr, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1954	Cheraw, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	53 years	32 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1954. 1954 had 499 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	295
10 to 20	21
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1