Weather Records on 28 August 1989

911 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 1989. Highest significance: Sandhammaren, SE.

Key Facts for 28 August 1989

On 28 August 1989, 911 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
232 were record highs and 254 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 68 monthly and 841 daily.
Sandhammaren set an all-time record daily precipitation of 67.4 mm (2.7 in) on 28 August 1989.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

911 stations

911 station records on 28 August 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sandhammaren	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	93 of 100 (Exceptional)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	106.5 mm (4.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Braunlage	Germany	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gackle	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Shkodra	Albania	Record daily precipitation	136.3 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Amity 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Estevao Pinto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Akeboda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hassleholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkio	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bolonchen	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Calero Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bollerup	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hammenhog	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Almhult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Helsingborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Candido Rodrigues	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Seesen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ovesholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
White Sands Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eutin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Richland Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg-Wandsbek	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Vize	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ljungbyhed	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Herzberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Knin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Svalov	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caixa de Areia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lamounier	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manuel Duarte (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Igarapava	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

911 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 150, Highest daily minimum 187, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 425.

Records on 28 August 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	150
Highest daily minimum	187
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	425
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 1989 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 68, daily 841.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

720 broken records

Margins by which the 720 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 123.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 1989

Top 20 records on 28 August 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 1989	Sandhammaren, SE	all-time rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	93 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 August 1989	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	106.5 mm (4.2 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	116 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 August 1989	Brocken, DE	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	91 years	76 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1989	Napoleon, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1989	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 August 1989	Schierke, DE	monthly rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1989	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1989	Albert Lea 3SE, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1989	Braunlage, DE	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1989	Debrecen Airport, HU	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1989	Gackle, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1989	Shkodra, AL	daily rain	136.3 mm (5.4 in)	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1989	Amity 4 NE, US	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1989	Estevao Pinto, BR	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1989	Akeboda, SE	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1989	Hassleholm, SE	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1989	Tarkio, US	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1989	Bolonchen, MX	monthly high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1989	Calero Camp, PR	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 1989	Bollerup, SE	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	49 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 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1989. 1989 had 911 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 1989-08-28: 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	625
20 to 40	75
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1