Weather Records on 28 August 1978

774 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 1978. Highest significance: Bierbank, AU.

Key Facts for 28 August 1978

On 28 August 1978, 774 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 299 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 724 daily.
Bierbank set a monthly record daily precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 28 August 1978.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

774 stations

774 station records on 28 August 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Evart	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Deerfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Doornkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
St Jerome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Piqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Noblesville River	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Big Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Hill Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Riverslea Tm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ilyinskiy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tygerfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Premier Mine-Cullinan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Keithsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester Airport 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bernalillo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sidell 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Muncie	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Laporte	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oaklandon Geist Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kalapa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lac Victoria	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paradis 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glentana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arnett 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Knightstown 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Wayne Disposal Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

774 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 92, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 207, Heaviest daily rainfall 342.

Records on 28 August 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	92
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	207
Heaviest daily rainfall	342
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 1978 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 48, daily 724.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

644 broken records

Margins by which the 644 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 122.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 1978

Top 20 records on 28 August 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 1978	Bierbank, AU	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	69 years	78 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1978	Evart, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1978	Deerfield 1 S, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1978	Elatma, RU	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1978	Doornkuil, ZA	monthly rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1978	Whitestown, US	monthly rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1978	St Jerome, CA	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1978	Piqua, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1978	Noblesville River, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1978	Aberdeen Phillips Fld, US	daily rain	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1978	Big Spring, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1978	Barcaldine Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1978	Richmond, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	86 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1978	Greenville Wtp, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1978	Versailles, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1978	Cairo 3N, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1978	Crawfordsville Pwr Plt, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1978	Marion 2 N, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1978	Pine Hill Railway Station, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1978	Riverslea Tm, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	45 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 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1978. 1978 had 774 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 1978-08-28: 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 20	590
20 to 40	44
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1