Weather Records on 28 August 1981

1,120 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 1981. Highest significance: Ormley, AU.

Key Facts for 28 August 1981

On 28 August 1981, 1,120 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
417 were record highs and 251 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 57 monthly and 1,057 daily.
Ormley set a monthly record daily precipitation of 76.8 mm (3.0 in) on 28 August 1981.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

1,120 stations

1,120 station records on 28 August 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Oatlands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Levendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Fort Direction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Runnymede (Whitemarsh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson Camp Ave Exp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bothwell (Cluny)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
La Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ganjuskino	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tower Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (Warringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Apsley (Parki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Armeria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (the Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Campania (the Pines)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Experiment Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brakboschpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Brookbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
El-Ton	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Umlaas Waterworks	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orford South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gran Quivira Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Lowlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Urda	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Umba	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,120 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 212, Lowest daily maximum 178, Highest daily minimum 205, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 451, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 28 August 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	212
Lowest daily maximum	178
Highest daily minimum	205
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	451
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 1981 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 57, daily 1,057.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

902 broken records

Margins by which the 902 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 145.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 1981

Top 20 records on 28 August 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 1981	Ormley, AU	monthly rain	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 August 1981	Hobart Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	71 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1981	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1981	Oatlands Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1981	San Diego Curupatzeo, MX	all-time rain	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1981	York Plains (Handroyd), AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1981	Levendale, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1981	Fort Direction, AU	monthly rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1981	Sandford (Maydena), AU	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1981	Philipstown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	95 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1981	Rokeby (the Mall), AU	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1981	Southport, AU	monthly rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1981	Sorell (Whitlea), AU	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1981	Cranbrook (Cranbrook House), AU	daily rain	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1981	Runnymede (Whitemarsh), AU	monthly rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	11 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1981	Nugent, AU	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1981	Wattle Hill, AU	monthly rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1981	Tucson Camp Ave Exp, US	all-time high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	88 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1981	Bothwell (Cluny), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1981	La Union, MX	monthly rain	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 years	55 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1981. 1981 had 1,120 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	870
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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	822
20 to 40	60
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1