Weather Records on 28 August 2004

966 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 2004. Highest significance: Constanta, RO.

Key Facts for 28 August 2004

On 28 August 2004, 966 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
412 were record highs and 317 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 917 daily.
Constanta set an all-time record daily precipitation of 201.0 mm (7.9 in) on 28 August 2004.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

966 stations

966 station records on 28 August 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Constanta	Romania	Record daily precipitation	201.0 mm (7.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Canton L&D 20	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Northway AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	217.9 mm (8.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hannibal Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tihvin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Zhangwu	China	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bettborn-Pratz	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Becanchen	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cordell	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paris 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brookfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Medvezegorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Staraja_Russa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lijing	China	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Estancia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Rafael	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Haukedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy Dam 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Potosi 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Asientos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Myrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dzan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sumner 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

966 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 165, Highest daily minimum 276, Lowest daily minimum 152, Heaviest daily rainfall 237.

Records on 28 August 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	165
Highest daily minimum	276
Lowest daily minimum	152
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 2004 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 44, daily 917.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

670 broken records

Margins by which the 670 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 123.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 2004

Top 20 records on 28 August 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 2004	Constanta, RO	all-time rain	201.0 mm (7.9 in)	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	17 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2004	Canton L&D 20, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2004	Esengyly, TM	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2004	Winfield 3NE, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	104 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2004	Northway AP, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2004	Carrollton, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	101 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2004	Gorakhpur, IN	daily rain	217.9 mm (8.6 in)	123.9 mm (4.9 in)	39 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2004	Hannibal Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	66 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2004	Tihvin, RU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2004	Zhangwu, CN	daily rain	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2004	Bettborn-Pratz, LU	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2004	Becanchen, MX	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2004	Knoxville, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	108 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2004	Cordell, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2004	Paris 5 S, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2004	Shelbina, US	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	101 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2004	Morris 1NW, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2004	Brookfield, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2004	Jinzhou, CN	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2004	Gilman, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	47 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2004. 2004 had 966 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 2004-08-28: 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 20	619
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2