Weather Records on 28 August 1985

528 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 1985. Highest significance: Redwood Falls Muni AP, US.

Key Facts for 28 August 1985

On 28 August 1985, 528 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
155 were record highs and 240 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 507 daily.
Redwood Falls Muni AP set a daily record precipitation of 67.8 mm (2.7 in) on 28 August 1985.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

528 stations

528 station records on 28 August 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nanning	China	Record daily precipitation	193.1 mm (7.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zacatecas (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
The Warriups	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Garrigala	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burbank Valley Pump Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yangjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Qinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	313.2 mm (12.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pomeroy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Combolcha	Ethiopia	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walpole North Old	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jaransk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago Chivela	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wewahitchka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Point Arena	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Gertrudis	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karoi	Zimbabwe	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Miahuatlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Canal Pt USDA	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Angeles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Excame	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lukachukai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Culver City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vesta	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nanning	China	Record low maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yangjiang	China	Record low maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Jocoque	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fleming	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pompano Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winter Haven	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Miami Beach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel El Alto	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Francisco Gonzalez Villarreal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Andalusia 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kauffman 4 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hialeah	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

528 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 145, Heaviest daily rainfall 133.

Records on 28 August 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	145
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 1985 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 507.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

381 broken records

Margins by which the 381 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 1985

Top 20 records on 28 August 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 1985	Redwood Falls Muni AP, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1985	Nanning, CN	monthly rain	193.1 mm (7.6 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1985	Zacatecas (Smn), MX	monthly low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1985	Jerome, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1985	The Warriups, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1985	Barkestad, NO	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1985	Forks 4 NNE, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1985	Shenkursk, RU	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1985	Garrigala, TM	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1985	Burbank Valley Pump Plt, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1985	Yangjiang, CN	daily rain	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	96.6 mm (3.8 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1985	Huajintlan, MX	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1985	Qinzhou, CN	all-time rain	313.2 mm (12.3 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1985	Moultrie 2 ESE, US	monthly rain	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	57 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1985	Pomeroy, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	86 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1985	Combolcha, ET	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1985	Jefferson 2 E, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	82 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1985	Walpole North Old, AU	all-time rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1985	Jaransk, RU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 August 1985	Hattiesburg 5SW, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	79 years	34 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1985. 1985 had 528 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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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 2026-10-16 (16 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).