Weather Records on 28 August 1959

552 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 1959. Highest significance: Randwick Bowling Club, AU.

Key Facts for 28 August 1959

On 28 August 1959, 552 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
339 were record highs and 73 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 542 daily.
Randwick Bowling Club set a daily record precipitation of 55.9 mm (2.2 in) on 28 August 1959.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

552 stations

552 station records on 28 August 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
South Johnstone Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mourilyan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Axe	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Narsipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wollstonecraft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carmi 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Millaa Millaa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Scotia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mandsaur	India	Record daily precipitation	112.7 mm (4.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Riverview Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Walburg	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

552 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 93, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 246, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 140.

Records on 28 August 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	93
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	246
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	140
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 1959 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 542.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

399 broken records

Margins by which the 399 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 1959

Top 20 records on 28 August 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 1959	Randwick Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	69 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1959	Digby, CA	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1959	Sydney Botanic Gardens, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	69 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1959	Blagovescensk, RU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1959	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1959	South Johnstone Exp STN, AU	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1959	Botany No.1 Dam, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1959	Crown St. Reservoir, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1959	Watertown Wwtp, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1959	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	85 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1959	Mourilyan Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1959	Bad Axe, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1959	Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1959	Narsipatnam, IN	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1959	Wollstonecraft, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1959	Brockville, CA	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1959	St. Petersburg, RU	monthly low max	8.7 C (47.7 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1959	Carmi 6 NW, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1959	Munising, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1959	Hampton, US	all-time high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	29 years	35 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1959. 1959 had 552 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	349
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1