Weather Records on 28 August 2026

873 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 2026. Highest significance: Iida, JP.

Key Facts for 28 August 2026

On 28 August 2026, 873 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
613 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 858 daily.
Iida set an all-time record daily precipitation of 386.0 mm (15.2 in) on 28 August 2026 (provisional).
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

873 stations

873 station records on 28 August 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Iida	Japan	Record daily precipitation	386.0 mm (15.2 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Takamatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Iizuka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	305.0 mm (12.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Wakayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	436.0 mm (17.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tottori	Japan	Record daily precipitation	168.5 mm (6.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cubi Point Nf	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	337.0 mm (13.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Graball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Obihiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	216.5 mm (8.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Maizuru Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record daily precipitation	384.0 mm (15.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Garze	China	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Juan Carras	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fukaura	Japan	Record daily precipitation	208.0 mm (8.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nagano	Japan	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shenyang	China	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nemuro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	242.0 mm (9.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Collbran	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dinghai	China	Record daily precipitation	179.4 mm (7.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Iwamizawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gifu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Triple Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record high minimum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gooding 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hacienda Ylang Ylang Veracruz	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.4 C (101.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jian	China	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico City	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coldfoot	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Unalakleet Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	37.1 C (98.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shache	China	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nice	France	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hohn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eikeland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Dell Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pavillion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tumacacori Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pinnacles Np	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wakayama	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sirte	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Landvik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norcatur 3WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tokushima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	105.5 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

873 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 162, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 451, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 216.

Records on 28 August 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	162
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	451
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	216
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 2026 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 9, daily 858.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

692 broken records

Margins by which the 692 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 266.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 2026

Top 20 records on 28 August 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 2026	Iida, JP	all-time rain (Provisional)	386.0 mm (15.2 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	65 years	77 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2026	Walsenburg 1 NW, US	daily rain (Provisional)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2026	Takamatsu, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2026	Iizuka, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	305.0 mm (12.0 in)	220.1 mm (8.7 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2026	Wakayama, JP	all-time rain (Provisional)	436.0 mm (17.2 in)	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	0 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2026	Tottori, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	168.5 mm (6.6 in)	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2026	Cubi Point Nf, PH	daily rain (Provisional)	337.0 mm (13.3 in)	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2026	Graball, AU	daily rain (Provisional)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2026	Obihiro, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	216.5 mm (8.5 in)	111.6 mm (4.4 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2026	Maizuru Reg Met HQ, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	384.0 mm (15.1 in)	266.9 mm (10.5 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2026	Garze, CN	monthly rain (Provisional)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2026	Colonia Juan Carras, MX	daily high max (Provisional)	39.5 C (103.1 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2026	Fukaura, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	208.0 mm (8.2 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2026	Nagano, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2026	Torungen Fyr, NO	daily rain (Provisional)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2026	Shenyang, CN	daily rain (Provisional)	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2026	Nemuro, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	242.0 mm (9.5 in)	181.0 mm (7.1 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2026	Collbran, US	daily high max (Provisional)	34.4 C (93.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	120 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2026	Dinghai, CN	daily rain (Provisional)	179.4 mm (7.1 in)	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2026	Iwamizawa, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	46 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2026. 2026 had 873 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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	677
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1