Weather Records on 28 August 1980

424 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 1980. Highest significance: Beatrix, ZA.

Key Facts for 28 August 1980

On 28 August 1980, 424 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
140 were record highs and 181 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 405 daily.
Beatrix set a daily record precipitation of 38.0 mm (1.5 in) on 28 August 1980.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

424 stations

424 station records on 28 August 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beatrix	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Markovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bygdea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Goncalo Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Edmonton City Centre A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Muzi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glazov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hatteras	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Adams Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hosston	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hedberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saanichton Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Berezovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Korf	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kjusjur	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kaslo	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Calvillo (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Palpan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mud Mtn Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hawarden Bridge	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pompano Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carmo Do Paranaiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Samtredia	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ra-Iz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrov Gaj	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Akers_Styckebruk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm-Bromma	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lovanger	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bardufoss	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnoshelye	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Robertsfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Myrheden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

424 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 103.

Records on 28 August 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	103
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 1980 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 405.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

313 broken records

Margins by which the 313 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 35.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 1980

Top 20 records on 28 August 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 1980	Beatrix, ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1980	Vancouver 4 NNE, US	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	78 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1980	Holmogadd A, SE	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1980	Indio Fire STN, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	73 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1980	Markovo, RU	daily high max	24.5 C (76.1 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	77 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1980	Bygdea, SE	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1980	Ostrov Sosnovez, RU	daily low min	0.5 C (32.9 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	80 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1980	Sotchi, RU	daily low min	12.0 C (53.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	80 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1980	Hamburg, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	84 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1980	Sao Goncalo Dos Campos, BR	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1980	Ashland #2, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	86 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1980	Edmonton City Centre A, CA	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1980	Muzi, RU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1980	Glazov, RU	monthly rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1980	Aurora, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	78 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1980	Arlington, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	80 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1980	Hatteras, US	daily low min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	75 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1980	Mt Adams Rs, US	monthly low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	54 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1980	Wilbur, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	70 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1980	Hosston, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	31 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 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1980. 1980 had 424 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 1980-08-28: 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 5	265
5 to 10	17
10 to 15	16
15 to 20	10
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	3