Weather Records on 28 August 2024

862 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 2024. Highest significance: Edina, US.

Key Facts for 28 August 2024

On 28 August 2024, 862 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
507 were record highs and 268 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 834 daily.
Edina set a daily record precipitation of 86.9 mm (3.4 in) on 28 August 2024.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

862 stations

862 station records on 28 August 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Edina	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coffs Harbour Mo	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dwarka	India	Record daily precipitation	308.1 mm (12.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Many Glacier	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Philo	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bothwell (Franklin Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Knox Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Belknap Springs 8 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Noisy Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bidyadanga	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Darlag	China	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Xai Xai	Mozambique	Record high maximum temperature	37.3 C (99.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zinder	Niger	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barkam	China	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Raoul Isl/Kermadec	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Archerfield Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Omaezaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	229.1 mm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Celina 3 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Airport AMO	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hanzhong	China	Record high minimum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Washington Reagan Natl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston - Yeager AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Amberley AMO	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Berberati	Central African Republic	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parkersburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Butlers Gorge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Da-Qaidam	China	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nanchong	China	Record high minimum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alkali Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

862 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 298, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 209, Lowest daily minimum 187, Heaviest daily rainfall 87.

Records on 28 August 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	298
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	209
Lowest daily minimum	187
Heaviest daily rainfall	87
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 2024 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 27, daily 834.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

673 broken records

Margins by which the 673 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 78.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 2024

Top 20 records on 28 August 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 2024	Edina, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	86 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2024	Brookhaven City, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	100 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2024	Ellendale Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	85 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2024	Coffs Harbour Mo, AU	daily high max	32.6 C (90.7 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2024	Dwarka, IN	monthly rain	308.1 mm (12.1 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	91 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2024	Many Glacier, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2024	Ft Pierce, US	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	106 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2024	Philo, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	110 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2024	Cluj Napoca, RO	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2024	Minonk, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	126 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2024	Leavenworth 3 S, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	104 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2024	Bothwell (Franklin Street), AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2024	Elgin Water, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	98 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2024	W Lafayette 6 NW, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	111 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2024	Rajkot, IN	daily rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2024	Woodbridge, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	73 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2024	Utsira Fyr, NO	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2024	Casey, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	126 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2024	Jacksonville 2E, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	111 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2024	La Harpe, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	126 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2024. 2024 had 862 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

Download the Data

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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 10	648
10 to 20	16
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2