Weather Records on 28 December 1922

114 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1922. Highest significance: Portland, US.

Key Facts for 28 December 1922

On 28 December 1922, 114 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 111 daily.
Portland set a daily record snowfall of 32.5 cm (12.8 in) on 28 December 1922.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

114 stations

114 station records on 28 December 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Portland	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	120.2 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Parkers Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Minimay (Booroopki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fountain Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Serviceton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stokes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stockwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gawler Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville Pearson St	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Old Baratta Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Harpers Ferry River	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

114 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 86, Heaviest daily snowfall 11.

Records on 28 December 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	86
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 December 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 111.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

105 broken records

Margins by which the 105 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 277.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1922

Top 20 records on 28 December 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1922	Portland, US	daily snowfall	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1922	Gospic, HR	daily rain	120.2 mm (4.7 in)	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1922	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1922	Buffalo, US	daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1922	Parkers Landing, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1922	Portland, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1922	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1922	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	7 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1922	Buffalo, US	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1922	Daly Waters, AU	monthly rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1922	Toronto, CA	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	71 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1922	Washington, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1922	Hamilton, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	38 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1922	Mt Vernon, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1922	St John's, CA	daily low max	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	37 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1922	Belton (Shadow Vale), AU	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1922	World Trade Ctr, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	34 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1922	Minimay (Booroopki), AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1922	Clarksville, US	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1922	Lyndoch, AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	28 years	20 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 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1922. 1922 had 114 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 50	99
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1