Weather Records on 28 August 1975

507 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 1975. Highest significance: Green Bay, US.

Key Facts for 28 August 1975

On 28 August 1975, 507 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
94 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 496 daily.
Green Bay set a monthly record daily precipitation of 97.3 mm (3.8 in) on 28 August 1975.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

507 stations

507 station records on 28 August 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Buntzen Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carlyle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nubeena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Thies	Senegal	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Naselle 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Renison Bell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quinault Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clowhom Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Campsie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wind River	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Teziutlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Najahan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clallam Bay 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Murrindindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cayo Arenas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Spruce	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vivian	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bonfim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sion	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coddington 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tobermory	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Judbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cosamaloapan de Carpio (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kewaunee	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

507 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 282.

Records on 28 August 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	282
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 1975 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 496.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

426 broken records

Margins by which the 426 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 1975

Top 20 records on 28 August 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 1975	Green Bay, US	monthly rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1975	Rokeby (the Mall), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1975	Manitowoc, US	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1975	Milan 1NW, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1975	Oshkosh, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1975	Batesburg, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1975	Lindisfarne, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1975	Medina, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1975	Buntzen Lake, CA	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1975	Winterset 4N, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	79 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1975	Lymington (Fattys Lane), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1975	Lacombe Cda, CA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1975	Carlyle, CA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1975	Lunawanna, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1975	Nubeena, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1975	Belgrade (Observatory), RS	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1975	Guthrie Ctr, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1975	Thies, SN	daily rain	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1975	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1975	Naselle 2 ENE, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	42 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1975. 1975 had 507 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 1975-08-28: 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	342
10 to 20	46
20 to 30	22
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1