Weather Records on 28 August 1990

983 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 1990. Highest significance: Erenhot, CN.

Key Facts for 28 August 1990

On 28 August 1990, 983 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
670 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 967 daily.
Erenhot set an all-time record daily precipitation of 74.9 mm (2.9 in) on 28 August 1990.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

983 stations

983 station records on 28 August 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Erenhot	China	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Tres Marias	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Colgante	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sebewaing	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Cristobal	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Iepe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vostochnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kudymkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Novais	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Estacao Experimental	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guaimbe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda N.S.Aparecida	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Queiroz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Obregon	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huamuxtitlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hugoton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Avanhandava (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Colonia Do Piagui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Florida Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw #3	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Nova Niagara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cuernavaca (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

983 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 324, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 346, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 234.

Records on 28 August 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	324
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	346
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	234
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 1990 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 14, daily 967.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

723 broken records

Margins by which the 723 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 34.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 1990

Top 20 records on 28 August 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 1990	Erenhot, CN	all-time rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1990	Fazenda Tres Marias, BR	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1990	Rushville, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1990	Standish 4NE, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1990	Puente Colgante, MX	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1990	Sebewaing, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1990	Alvin, US	monthly high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	77 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1990	Americus, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	87 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1990	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily high min	14.2 C (57.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	109 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1990	San Cristobal, MX	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1990	New Hampton, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	92 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1990	Marion, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1990	Valparaiso, BR	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1990	Iepe, BR	daily rain	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1990	Vostochnaja, RU	monthly rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1990	Kudymkar, RU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1990	Hillsboro, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1990	Tribune 1W, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	90 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1990	Novais, BR	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1990	Estacao Experimental, BR	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	37 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 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1990. 1990 had 983 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 1990-08-28: 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	601
5 to 10	60
10 to 15	26
15 to 20	20
20 to 25	8
25 to 30	4
30 to 35	4