Weather Records on 28 July 1984

1,373 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 1984. Highest significance: Springwood Bowling Club, AU.

Key Facts for 28 July 1984

On 28 July 1984, 1,373 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
161 were record highs and 624 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 1,327 daily.
Springwood Bowling Club set a daily record precipitation of 99.8 mm (3.9 in) on 28 July 1984.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

1,373 stations

1,373 station records on 28 July 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 July 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Lindenow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Borenore Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
O'Connell (Stratford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kangiara (Laverstock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Zion Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Woodhouselee (Leeston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Parkes (Macarthur Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Green Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Rugby (Carovale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Taralga (Grathawai)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Goulburn (Pomeroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Chatsbury (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cape Hermes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dapto Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bumbaldry (Gold 'N' Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wombat (Tumbleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Kanownda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sunny Corner (Snow Line)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Maroota ( Roberts Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson (Caalong Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Kazantip (Lh)	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Abercrombie (Abercrombie Bridg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek (the Old School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gelantipy East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (High Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
High Range (Wanganderry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bemm River (Sydenham Inlet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cronulla South Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kurrajong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dapto West (Stane Dykes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Valley (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Keira Scout Camp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.6 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Weabonga (Monomeeth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Agricultural Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Edgartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Biala (Alvison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Harden (Dunolly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
El Alamo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,373 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 418, Highest daily minimum 118, Lowest daily minimum 206, Heaviest daily rainfall 588.

Records on 28 July 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	418
Highest daily minimum	118
Lowest daily minimum	206
Heaviest daily rainfall	588
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 July 1984 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 44, daily 1,327.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,141 broken records

Margins by which the 1,141 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 1984

Top 20 records on 28 July 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 1984	Springwood Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	90 years	77 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1984	Richfield, US	monthly rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	75 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1984	Lindenow, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	83 years	72 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1984	Borenore Store, AU	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1984	Bindi, AU	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1984	O'Connell (Stratford), AU	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1984	Kangiara (Laverstock), AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	67 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1984	Zion Np, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1984	Woodhouselee (Leeston), AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	97 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1984	Parkes (Macarthur Street), AU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1984	Green Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1984	Rugby (Carovale), AU	monthly rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1984	Taralga (Grathawai), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	85 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1984	Goulburn (Pomeroy), AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1984	Chatsbury (Maryland), AU	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	85 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1984	Cape Hermes, ZA	daily rain	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1984	Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black, AU	daily rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1984	Dapto Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1984	Bumbaldry (Gold 'N' Grove), AU	monthly rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1984	Buchan, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	61 of 100 (Major)

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

1815 to 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1984. 1984 had 1,373 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1832	2
1834	1
1838	1
1846	1
1848	1
1853	1
1857	1
1860	2
1866	2
1867	1
1872	3
1873	1
1874	1
1882	1
1883	3
1884	3
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	3
1891	8
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	6
1900	8
1901	14
1902	4
1903	16
1904	23
1905	10
1906	18
1907	39
1908	15
1909	19
1910	18
1911	61
1912	32
1913	54
1914	42
1915	36
1916	134
1917	84
1918	34
1919	53
1920	95
1921	92
1922	82
1923	193
1924	79
1925	361
1926	175
1927	129
1928	341
1929	215
1930	603
1931	464
1932	184
1933	390
1934	533
1935	354
1936	471
1937	315
1938	264
1939	339
1940	507
1941	525
1942	165
1943	429
1944	349
1945	399
1946	380
1947	630
1948	535
1949	496
1950	1,035
1951	320
1952	669
1953	251
1954	355
1955	537
1956	309
1957	298
1958	549
1959	417
1960	416
1961	357
1962	772
1963	484
1964	422
1965	422
1966	349
1967	458
1968	547
1969	737
1970	343
1971	1,161
1972	675
1973	500
1974	343
1975	537
1976	493
1977	724
1978	681
1979	692
1980	1,170
1981	1,315
1982	774
1983	1,389
1984	1,373
1985	627
1986	868
1987	1,202
1988	761
1989	936
1990	757
1991	768
1992	678
1993	1,026
1994	2,266
1995	1,251
1996	1,178
1997	1,024
1998	1,835
1999	985
2000	857
2001	938
2002	866
2003	932
2004	1,345
2005	1,387
2006	1,398
2007	998
2008	923
2009	964
2010	1,306
2011	1,143
2012	731
2013	1,428
2014	713
2015	911
2016	648
2017	476
2018	655
2019	469
2020	721
2021	831
2022	990
2023	765
2024	668
2025	845
2026	863

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Data for records on 1984-07-28: 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	975
20 to 40	120
40 to 60	32
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1