Weather Records on 28 July 2008

923 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 2008. Highest significance: Mazanovo, RU.

Key Facts for 28 July 2008

On 28 July 2008, 923 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
468 were record highs and 233 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 883 daily.
Mazanovo set an all-time record daily precipitation of 234.5 mm (9.2 in) on 28 July 2008.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

923 stations

923 station records on 28 July 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 July 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mazanovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	234.5 mm (9.2 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dzankoj	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Acajete	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Yeche	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Capulhuac	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shawbury	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Big Delta AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nevado de Toluca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eielson Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Martin Texmelucan Labasti	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bentley	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Puente de Ixtla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gilze-Rijen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elsberry 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alexander 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Halliday	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amarillo	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willigulli North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bullfinch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cooper Landing 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Amrista Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tomakomai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jesus del Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnoarmeyskoe	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Club Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hecelchakan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Victoria (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ishun'	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bratoljubovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ersov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yalgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fushiki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

923 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 276, Lowest daily maximum 112, Highest daily minimum 192, Lowest daily minimum 121, Heaviest daily rainfall 222.

Records on 28 July 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	276
Lowest daily maximum	112
Highest daily minimum	192
Lowest daily minimum	121
Heaviest daily rainfall	222
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 July 2008 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 29, daily 883.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

702 broken records

Margins by which the 702 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 133.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 2008

Top 20 records on 28 July 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 2008	Mazanovo, RU	all-time rain	234.5 mm (9.2 in)	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	52 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 July 2008	Winterset 4N, US	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	107 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 July 2008	Mtn Park, US	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	90 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 July 2008	Union, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2008	Osceola, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	49 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2008	Tuckerton 2 NE, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	85 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2008	Dzankoj, UA	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2008	Acajete, MX	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2008	Santiago Yeche, MX	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2008	Capulhuac, MX	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2008	Shawbury, GB	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2008	Boone, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2008	Big Delta AP, US	all-time rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	65 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2008	Grand Forks Intl AP, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2008	Nevado de Toluca, MX	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2008	Indianola 1SW, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	105 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2008	Fuzhou, CN	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2008	Eielson Fld, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2008	Albia 3 NNE, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	93 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2008	Chariton 1 E, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	93 years	45 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

1815 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2008. 2008 had 923 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1832	2
1834	1
1838	1
1846	1
1848	1
1853	1
1857	1
1860	2
1866	2
1867	1
1872	3
1873	1
1874	1
1882	1
1883	3
1884	3
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	3
1891	8
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	6
1900	8
1901	14
1902	4
1903	16
1904	23
1905	10
1906	18
1907	39
1908	15
1909	19
1910	18
1911	61
1912	32
1913	54
1914	42
1915	36
1916	134
1917	84
1918	34
1919	53
1920	95
1921	92
1922	82
1923	193
1924	79
1925	361
1926	175
1927	129
1928	341
1929	215
1930	603
1931	464
1932	184
1933	390
1934	533
1935	354
1936	471
1937	315
1938	264
1939	339
1940	507
1941	525
1942	165
1943	429
1944	349
1945	399
1946	380
1947	630
1948	535
1949	496
1950	1,035
1951	320
1952	669
1953	251
1954	355
1955	537
1956	309
1957	298
1958	549
1959	417
1960	416
1961	357
1962	772
1963	484
1964	422
1965	422
1966	349
1967	458
1968	547
1969	737
1970	343
1971	1,161
1972	675
1973	500
1974	343
1975	537
1976	493
1977	724
1978	681
1979	692
1980	1,170
1981	1,315
1982	774
1983	1,389
1984	1,373
1985	627
1986	868
1987	1,202
1988	761
1989	936
1990	757
1991	768
1992	678
1993	1,026
1994	2,266
1995	1,251
1996	1,178
1997	1,024
1998	1,835
1999	985
2000	857
2001	938
2002	866
2003	932
2004	1,345
2005	1,387
2006	1,398
2007	998
2008	923
2009	964
2010	1,306
2011	1,143
2012	731
2013	1,428
2014	713
2015	911
2016	648
2017	476
2018	655
2019	469
2020	721
2021	831
2022	990
2023	765
2024	668
2025	845
2026	863

Download the Data

Data for records on 2008-07-28: 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	663
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1