Weather Records on 28 August 1955

413 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 1955. Highest significance: Allansford, AU.

Key Facts for 28 August 1955

On 28 August 1955, 413 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
246 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 407 daily.
Allansford set a daily record precipitation of 38.6 mm (1.5 in) on 28 August 1955.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

413 stations

413 station records on 28 August 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Allansford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Budapest	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bhimavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Edgewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mandurah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jaggiayapet	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chindwara	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Narsapur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karnaprayag	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Red Rvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Edmundston	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton #1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maquoketa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dhandhuka	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Northwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stanton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Park River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Selonah	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jankia	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

413 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 153, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 93, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 101.

Records on 28 August 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	153
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	93
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 407.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

299 broken records

Margins by which the 299 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 1955

Top 20 records on 28 August 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 1955	Allansford, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1955	Budapest, HU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1955	Muenster, DE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1955	Bhimavaram, IN	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1955	Leroy 5 WSW, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1955	Lilydale, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1955	Edgewater, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1955	Tranebjerg, DK	daily high min	17.9 C (64.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	67 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1955	Sterling, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1955	Balaghat, IN	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1955	Holbrook, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	55 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1955	Canton, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1955	St Andrews, CA	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	66 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1955	Oelrichs, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1955	Vanersborg, SE	daily high max	27.0 C (80.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1955	Cresco 1 NE, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	60 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1955	Mandurah Park, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1955	Jaggiayapet, IN	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1955	Chindwara, IN	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1955	Guerrero (Smn), MX	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	28 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1955. 1955 had 413 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 1955-08-28: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 28 August 1955
Margin	Records
0 to 10	262
10 to 20	21
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1