Weather Records on 28 December 1921

139 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1921. Highest significance: Langmorn, AU.

Key Facts for 28 December 1921

On 28 December 1921, 139 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
15 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 113 daily.
Langmorn set a monthly record daily precipitation of 194.8 mm (7.7 in) on 28 December 1921.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

139 stations

139 station records on 28 December 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	194.8 mm (7.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Albert Road (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bon Accord	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roseberry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hope (Cypress Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kilcoy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ramornie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nanango Wills St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walcha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kendrew Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

139 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 119, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 28 December 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	119
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 December 1921 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 24, daily 113.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

132 broken records

Margins by which the 132 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1921

Top 20 records on 28 December 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1921	Langmorn, AU	monthly rain	194.8 mm (7.7 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1921	Cumbalum (Fairview), AU	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1921	Prince Albert Road (Sar), ZA	monthly rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1921	Warwick Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1921	Ipswich, AU	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1921	Hawkwood Station, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1921	Bon Accord, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1921	Roseberry, AU	monthly rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1921	Jansenville, ZA	all-time rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1921	Bakensrug, ZA	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1921	Matjiesfontein (Sar), ZA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1921	Warra Post Office, AU	monthly rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1921	Miles Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1921	Casino Airport, AU	monthly rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1921	Ashwell, AU	monthly rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1921	Ladismith (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1921	Esk Post Office, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1921	Deepwater Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1921	Stanthorpe Leslie Parade, AU	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1921	Mount Hope (Cypress Grove), AU	monthly rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	35 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

1793 to 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1921. 1921 had 139 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	64
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1