Weather Records on 28 August 2022

388 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 2022. Highest significance: Portland (Jamieson St), AU.

Key Facts for 28 August 2022

On 28 August 2022, 388 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
227 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 384 daily.
Portland (Jamieson St) set a daily record precipitation of 98.0 mm (3.9 in) on 28 August 2022.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

388 stations

388 station records on 28 August 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Portland (Jamieson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fagerhult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Korsberga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tully Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Crooked Rvr (Crooked River (Ha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hassleby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ungsberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hinshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norra_VI_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Skedemosse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Menomonie	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenhaven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Agadez	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mena Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pbo Anantapur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hudson	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ames 8 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe Bay MCAS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vanga_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Taipak	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ozernaja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vattholma	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Juan Mendoza	Bolivia	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Berezovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ljuban	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Red Wing	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Virtsu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ozernaja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yibin	China	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Youyang	China	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Changde	China	Record high maximum temperature	38.8 C (101.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yongan	China	Record high maximum temperature	39.9 C (103.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Voronez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sophia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parakou	Benin	Record high maximum temperature	37.6 C (99.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rorsbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oskarshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kisa_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salinas AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Xigaze	China	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Guanghua	China	Record low maximum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

388 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 123, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 110.

Records on 28 August 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	123
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	110
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 2022 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 2, daily 384.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

331 broken records

Margins by which the 331 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 2022

Top 20 records on 28 August 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 2022	Portland (Jamieson St), AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2022	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2022	Fagerhult_D, SE	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2022	Korsberga, SE	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2022	Tully Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	87 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2022	Crooked Rvr (Crooked River (Ha, AU	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2022	Hassleby, SE	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2022	Ungsberg, SE	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2022	Faribault, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2022	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2022	Grundy Ctr, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	126 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2022	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	166 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2022	Hinshult, SE	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2022	Norra_VI_D, SE	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2022	Chippewa Falls, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2022	Skedemosse, SE	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2022	Dickson, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	119 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2022	Menomonie, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2022	Greenhaven, AU	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2022	Agadez, NE	daily low max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	55 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2022. 2022 had 388 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 2022-08-28: 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 10	284
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1