Weather Records on 28 August 2003

792 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 2003. Highest significance: Minter City, US.

Key Facts for 28 August 2003

On 28 August 2003, 792 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
481 were record highs and 167 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 773 daily.
Minter City set a monthly record daily precipitation of 124.5 mm (4.9 in) on 28 August 2003.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

792 stations

792 station records on 28 August 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Minter City	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Zalma 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	France	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago del Monte	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Veraval	India	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rosepine Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Borger	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salamanca	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Floyd 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albright	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Candelaria (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Colorines (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hurn	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buckatunna 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Searchlight	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lanzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Angostura	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Silvituc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Istanbul	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gholson 8 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Opaeula 870	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tianshui	China	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Lynn	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Logan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pudino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Big Fk 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jaltenango (Cfe)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Betatakin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston - Yeager AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

792 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 188, Lowest daily maximum 87, Highest daily minimum 293, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 144.

Records on 28 August 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	188
Lowest daily maximum	87
Highest daily minimum	293
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 2003 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 773.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

544 broken records

Margins by which the 544 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 2003

Top 20 records on 28 August 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 2003	Minter City, US	monthly rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2003	Zalma 4 E, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2003	Springer, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2003	Abbeville, FR	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2003	Kurgan, RU	daily high min	20.5 C (68.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	98 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2003	Santiago del Monte, MX	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2003	Waynesboro 2 W, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2003	Morgantown L&D, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2003	Veraval, IN	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2003	Rosepine Rsch STN, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2003	Borger, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2003	Lufkin Angelina Co AP, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2003	Bayard, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2003	Tasiilaq, GL	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2003	Milan, IT	daily high min	24.8 C (76.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	195 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2003	Tobolsk, RU	daily high min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	98 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2003	Huntington Lake, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2003	Salamanca, MX	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	58 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2003	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	77 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2003	Maysville Wwtp, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	41 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 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2003. 2003 had 792 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 2003-08-28: 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	488
10 to 20	34
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1