Weather Records on 28 December 1919

238 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1919. Highest significance: Wanganella (Zara), AU.

Key Facts for 28 December 1919

On 28 December 1919, 238 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 224 daily.
Wanganella (Zara) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 60.7 mm (2.4 in) on 28 December 1919.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

238 stations

238 station records on 28 December 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wanganella (Zara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Steam Plains 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gobarralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Collendina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beltana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brungle (Rosemount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Steam Plains 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yamma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bulgandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Yanko Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brundah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wargam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bygoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Currandooley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Queanbeyan 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Batlow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maragle Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Tarcoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Murrumburrah Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Round Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arundel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Benerembah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Canoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Douglas)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Belconnen (Weetangerra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kyamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Narra Allen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bull Plain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wantiool (Caithness)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yalgogrin South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wombat (Tumbleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-23.8 C (-10.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

238 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 205, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 28 December 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	205
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 28 December 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 224.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

226 broken records

Margins by which the 226 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1919

Top 20 records on 28 December 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1919	Wanganella (Zara), AU	monthly rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1919	Steam Plains 1, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1919	Gobarralong, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1919	Collendina, AU	monthly rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1919	Yackandandah, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1919	Beltana, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1919	Beechworth Composite, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1919	Yellowin, AU	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1919	Brungle (Rosemount), AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1919	Steam Plains 2, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1919	Kiandra Chalet, AU	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1919	Tarcutta, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1919	Cockburn, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1919	Yamma, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1919	Urana (Butherwah), AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1919	Mulwala Homestead, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1919	Bulgandra, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1919	Jerilderie (Yanko Station), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1919	Conargo (Willurah), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1919	Murringo (Windermere), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

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

1793 to 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1919. 1919 had 238 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-28 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1794	2
1803	1
1806	2
1810	1
1822	2
1824	2
1829	1
1839	3
1842	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1858	1
1859	2
1864	1
1866	1
1871	2
1872	3
1876	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	2
1882	6
1885	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	5
1895	4
1896	6
1897	3
1898	3
1899	4
1900	10
1901	5
1902	6
1903	14
1904	13
1905	19
1906	14
1907	71
1908	19
1909	19
1910	10
1911	9
1912	43
1913	18
1914	41
1915	37
1916	60
1917	73
1918	24
1919	238
1920	52
1921	139
1922	114
1923	159
1924	478
1925	293
1926	236
1927	426
1928	310
1929	489
1930	96
1931	224
1932	246
1933	322
1934	295
1935	371
1936	681
1937	284
1938	161
1939	237
1940	836
1941	159
1942	660
1943	311
1944	240
1945	463
1946	1,328
1947	248
1948	482
1949	421
1950	340
1951	287
1952	102
1953	233
1954	867
1955	521
1956	674
1957	333
1958	489
1959	850
1960	379
1961	361
1962	480
1963	267
1964	614
1965	344
1966	998
1967	756
1968	1,258
1969	713
1970	468
1971	936
1972	425
1973	535
1974	661
1975	642
1976	504
1977	887
1978	865
1979	787
1980	1,303
1981	773
1982	2,226
1983	2,343
1984	2,118
1985	725
1986	553
1987	1,589
1988	1,575
1989	630
1990	1,275
1991	547
1992	915
1993	1,129
1994	1,128
1995	1,214
1996	1,762
1997	898
1998	812
1999	1,102
2000	1,873
2001	514
2002	846
2003	1,228
2004	912
2005	908
2006	842
2007	1,014
2008	1,435
2009	1,070
2010	1,423
2011	754
2012	514
2013	579
2014	525
2015	2,085
2016	732
2017	1,560
2018	811
2019	712
2020	394
2021	1,439
2022	538
2023	959
2024	810
2025	841

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	137
10 to 20	53
20 to 30	25
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2