Weather Records on 28 August 1995

954 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 1995. Highest significance: Clayton Wtp, US.

Key Facts for 28 August 1995

On 28 August 1995, 954 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
620 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 914 daily.
Clayton Wtp set an all-time record daily precipitation of 251.5 mm (9.9 in) on 28 August 1995.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

954 stations

954 station records on 28 August 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clayton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	251.5 mm (9.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Neuse 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Poprad/Tatry	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Indiga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bologoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Midville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Acala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Fire STN #5	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mazanovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maceio (Aeroporto)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elkin	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gaston Shoals	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kosice	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hostotipaquillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murska Sobota-Rakican	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wewahitchka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morawa	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mullewa	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hakodate	Japan	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Gallo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Live Oak	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Alfred Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rib Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karam	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Big Sandy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mulatos (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Gallegos Aero	Argentina	Record low minimum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Jocoque	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

954 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 200, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 420, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 217.

Records on 28 August 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	200
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	420
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	217
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 1995 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 36, daily 914.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

665 broken records

Margins by which the 665 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 1995

Top 20 records on 28 August 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 1995	Clayton Wtp, US	all-time rain	251.5 mm (9.9 in)	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	28 years	72 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1995	Tres Piedras, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	78 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1995	Neuse 2 NE, US	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1995	Poprad/Tatry, SK	daily rain	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1995	Georgetown 2 E, US	monthly rain	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1995	Indiga, RU	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1995	Bologoe, RU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1995	Reit Im Winkl, DE	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1995	Midville Exp STN, US	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1995	Acala, MX	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1995	Burlington Fire STN #5, US	monthly rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1995	Mazanovo, RU	daily rain	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1995	Ciudad Victoria, MX	daily rain	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	119.5 mm (4.7 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1995	Belhaven 1 SE, US	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1995	Maceio (Aeroporto), BR	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1995	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily low min	8.6 C (47.5 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	110 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1995	Elkin, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1995	Gaston Shoals, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1995	Bartow 1SE, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1995	Ocala, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	97 years	43 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 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1995. 1995 had 954 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 2026-10-17 (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	624
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2