Weather Records on 2 December 1928

77 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1928. Highest significance: Fergus Falls, US.

Key Facts for 2 December 1928

On 2 December 1928, 77 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
15 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 75 daily.
Fergus Falls set a daily record snowfall of 14.0 cm (5.5 in) on 2 December 1928.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

77 stations

77 station records on 2 December 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Power	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lyrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	86.0 cm (33.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Adel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

77 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 28, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 2 December 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	28
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 2 December 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 75.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

60 broken records

Margins by which the 60 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 260.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1928

Top 20 records on 2 December 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1928	Fergus Falls, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1928	Plauen, DE	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1928	Adel, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1928	Bathurst, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1928	David City 4E, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	30 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1928	Algona, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1928	Eugene, US	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1928	Santa Cruz, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1928	Parker, US	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	34 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1928	Fergus Falls, US	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1928	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1928	Pine Rvr Dam, US	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1928	Fairmont, US	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1928	Weissenfels, DE	monthly rain	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1928	Power, US	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1928	Uman, UA	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1928	Sandy Lake Dam Libby, US	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1928	Bucuresti Filaret, RO	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	17 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1928	Le Mars, US	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	30 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 1928	Moonaree, AU	daily rain	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	25 years	18 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

1797 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1928. 1928 had 77 records.

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

Records on 12-02 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1807	2
1810	2
1817	1
1823	1
1828	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1852	1
1856	4
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1867	1
1870	3
1871	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	2
1875	4
1876	5
1878	1
1879	9
1884	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	10
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	9
1904	1
1905	17
1906	10
1907	8
1908	15
1909	37
1910	18
1911	56
1912	81
1913	67
1914	101
1915	19
1916	169
1917	40
1918	50
1919	99
1920	43
1921	113
1922	59
1923	28
1924	168
1925	156
1926	167
1927	460
1928	77
1929	545
1930	272
1931	305
1932	525
1933	485
1934	194
1935	143
1936	331
1937	265
1938	335
1939	345
1940	551
1941	752
1942	835
1943	179
1944	276
1945	222
1946	198
1947	633
1948	211
1949	254
1950	598
1951	629
1952	614
1953	482
1954	317
1955	561
1956	594
1957	217
1958	442
1959	412
1960	410
1961	341
1962	1,144
1963	250
1964	726
1965	496
1966	1,117
1967	804
1968	753
1969	548
1970	1,232
1971	764
1972	547
1973	1,031
1974	1,019
1975	721
1976	920
1977	723
1978	1,056
1979	862
1980	1,428
1981	739
1982	3,111
1983	1,041
1984	701
1985	3,666
1986	887
1987	1,118
1988	613
1989	981
1990	616
1991	1,970
1992	719
1993	632
1994	632
1995	1,002
1996	1,180
1997	816
1998	1,732
1999	706
2000	735
2001	639
2002	615
2003	554
2004	798
2005	944
2006	1,388
2007	1,704
2008	871
2009	1,013
2010	1,602
2011	730
2012	1,265
2013	557
2014	546
2015	818
2016	269
2017	737
2018	1,152
2019	615
2020	534
2021	1,988
2022	771
2023	591
2024	715
2025	889

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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	55
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1