Weather Records on 28 August 2017

1,060 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 2017. Highest significance: Beaumont City, US.

Key Facts for 28 August 2017

On 28 August 2017, 1,060 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
621 were record highs and 278 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 54 monthly and 1,001 daily.
Beaumont City set a monthly record daily precipitation of 258.6 mm (10.2 in) on 28 August 2017.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

1,060 stations

1,060 station records on 28 August 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	258.6 mm (10.2 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	279.9 mm (11.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	310.9 mm (12.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Katy City	United States	Record daily precipitation	381.0 mm (15.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hackberry 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	283.0 mm (11.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Baytown	United States	Record daily precipitation	321.3 mm (12.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Houston N Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	213.9 mm (8.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Old Town Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lucknow/Amausi	India	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Houston William P Hobby AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	239.0 mm (9.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	378.5 mm (14.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	454.7 mm (17.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dime Box	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yoakum	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
New Caney 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nazimovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont Rsch Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	276.1 mm (10.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kountze	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Intercontinental AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery	United States	Record daily precipitation	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gwalior	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Babuskin	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charles 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Houston-Westbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Encarnacion	Paraguay	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fedor 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Navacerrada	Spain	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baytown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,060 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 335, Lowest daily maximum 170, Highest daily minimum 286, Lowest daily minimum 108, Heaviest daily rainfall 161.

Records on 28 August 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	335
Lowest daily maximum	170
Highest daily minimum	286
Lowest daily minimum	108
Heaviest daily rainfall	161
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 2017 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 54, daily 1,001.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

848 broken records

Margins by which the 848 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 211.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 2017

Top 20 records on 28 August 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 2017	Beaumont City, US	monthly rain	258.6 mm (10.2 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	102 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 August 2017	Mt Clemens Ang Base, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	96 years	77 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2017	Conroe, US	daily rain	279.9 mm (11.0 in)	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2017	Lake Arthur 7 SW, US	daily rain	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	100 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2017	Brenham, US	monthly rain	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	93 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2017	Huntsville, US	all-time rain	310.9 mm (12.2 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2017	Katy City, US	all-time rain	381.0 mm (15.0 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	1 year	66 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2017	Hackberry 8 SSW, US	daily rain	283.0 mm (11.1 in)	129.6 mm (5.1 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2017	Baytown, US	daily rain	321.3 mm (12.6 in)	185.7 mm (7.3 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2017	Houston N Houston, US	daily rain	213.9 mm (8.4 in)	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2017	Old Town Bay, US	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2017	Lucknow/Amausi, IN	daily rain	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	100.5 mm (4.0 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2017	Smithville, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2017	Houston William P Hobby AP, US	daily rain	239.0 mm (9.4 in)	211.3 mm (8.3 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2017	Cleveland, US	all-time rain	378.5 mm (14.9 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2017	Liberty, US	monthly rain	454.7 mm (17.9 in)	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	0 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2017	Dime Box, US	daily rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2017	Yoakum, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	100 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2017	New Caney 2 E, US	daily rain	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2017	Nazimovo, RU	all-time rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	57 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2017. 2017 had 1,060 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 50	813
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1