Weather Records on 28 July 2020

721 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 2020. Highest significance: Novy-Port, RU.

Key Facts for 28 July 2020

On 28 July 2020, 721 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
406 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 19 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 690 daily.
Novy-Port set an all-time record daily precipitation of 99.6 mm (3.9 in) on 28 July 2020.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

721 stations

721 station records on 28 July 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 July 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Novy-Port	Russia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	91 of 100 (Exceptional)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bendalong Stp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	208.2 mm (8.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Puhi 1013	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Bundanoon Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Delsbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Albion Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lawton	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Surat Thani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kioloa Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nowra Ran Air Station AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Barrengarry (the Old School Ho	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Snowball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson (the Pie Shop)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.8 mm (6.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bowning (Wanganui)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Club Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Owl Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwell Point Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harlingen Rio Grande Vly Intl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moloaa 1145	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cowra (Billimari (Pine View))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lop Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mallacoota	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Craigie (Bondi Forest Lodge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goongerah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Qitai	China	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Isfjord Radio	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Black Bear	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nimmitabel (Cottesloe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Si Thammarat	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Geary	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brooman (Carisbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	36.3 C (97.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yamagata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

721 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 124, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 282, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 229.

Records on 28 July 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	124
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	282
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	229
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 July 2020 by timescale: all-time 19, monthly 12, daily 690.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

561 broken records

Margins by which the 561 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 122.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 2020

Top 20 records on 28 July 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 2020	Novy-Port, RU	all-time rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	77 years	91 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 July 2020	Moss Vale (Hoskins Street), AU	daily rain	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	126 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 July 2020	Bendalong Stp, AU	monthly rain	208.2 mm (8.2 in)	89.3 mm (3.5 in)	51 years	73 of 100 (Major)
28 July 2020	Puhi 1013, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 July 2020	Bundanoon Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	79.1 mm (3.1 in)	53 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 July 2020	Delsbo, SE	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	140 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 July 2020	Albion Park Post Office, AU	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	98 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2020	Lawton, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2020	Surat Thani, TH	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2020	Narooma Rvcp, AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2020	Kioloa Old Post Office, AU	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2020	Nowra Ran Air Station AWS, AU	daily rain	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2020	Barrengarry (the Old School Ho, AU	daily rain	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2020	Snowball, AU	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2020	Carville 2 SW, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2020	Perryton, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2020	Robertson (the Pie Shop), AU	daily rain	154.8 mm (6.1 in)	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2020	Bowning (Wanganui), AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	103 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2020	Club Terrace, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2020	Owl Creek, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	50 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2020. 2020 had 721 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 2020-07-28: 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	514
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1