Weather Records on 18 December 1928

165 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 December 1928. Highest significance: Clifton Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 18 December 1928

On 18 December 1928, 165 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
99 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 164 daily.
Clifton Post Office set an all-time record daily precipitation of 183.4 mm (7.2 in) on 18 December 1928.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

165 stations

165 station records on 18 December 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 December 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	183.4 mm (7.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Shearer Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weilmoringle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marburg - Warrego Highway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blinkbonnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Adel	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Barringun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Parragundy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

165 records

Records set or tied on 18 December 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 47, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 18 December 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	47
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 18 December 1928 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 0, daily 164.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

131 broken records

Margins by which the 131 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 December 1928

Top 20 records on 18 December 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 December 1928	Clifton Post Office, AU	all-time rain	183.4 mm (7.2 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1928	Pittsworth, AU	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 1928	Winton Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1928	Lucknow, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1928	Ida, ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1928	Sydney, CA	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1928	Turners Falls, US	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1928	Belvidere, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1928	Quebec, CA	daily high max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	46 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1928	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	15 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1928	Madison Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1928	Enngonia (Shearer Street), AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1928	Weilmoringle, AU	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1928	Laidley Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1928	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily high max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1928	Marburg - Warrego Highway, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1928	Rutherglen, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	35 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1928	Gardiner, US	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1928	Gardiner, US	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	38 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1928	Leyburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	6 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

1793 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1928. 1928 had 165 records.

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

Records on 12-18 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1805	1
1814	1
1825	1
1846	1
1849	1
1852	2
1858	1
1859	4
1862	2
1864	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	5
1892	4
1894	8
1895	1
1897	4
1898	9
1899	3
1900	2
1901	6
1902	33
1903	11
1904	25
1905	3
1906	21
1907	15
1908	16
1909	18
1910	19
1911	9
1912	33
1913	38
1914	20
1915	28
1916	57
1917	62
1918	21
1919	117
1920	77
1921	123
1922	108
1923	378
1924	480
1925	74
1926	173
1927	151
1928	165
1929	366
1930	230
1931	360
1932	353
1933	506
1934	209
1935	138
1936	466
1937	459
1938	185
1939	900
1940	242
1941	213
1942	281
1943	419
1944	191
1945	598
1946	199
1947	266
1948	354
1949	561
1950	289
1951	867
1952	450
1953	373
1954	507
1955	611
1956	333
1957	901
1958	524
1959	477
1960	477
1961	885
1962	759
1963	571
1964	840
1965	402
1966	644
1967	1,105
1968	488
1969	376
1970	502
1971	387
1972	375
1973	1,008
1974	229
1975	625
1976	459
1977	992
1978	946
1979	1,087
1980	772
1981	1,362
1982	537
1983	2,014
1984	1,439
1985	1,384
1986	875
1987	1,505
1988	1,061
1989	1,818
1990	1,367
1991	756
1992	1,045
1993	697
1994	643
1995	1,065
1996	1,833
1997	1,195
1998	863
1999	923
2000	1,572
2001	906
2002	1,437
2003	987
2004	506
2005	987
2006	1,167
2007	746
2008	1,014
2009	1,253
2010	1,322
2011	697
2012	729
2013	513
2014	556
2015	1,254
2016	1,821
2017	516
2018	464
2019	679
2020	326
2021	762
2022	536
2023	1,293
2024	780
2025	994

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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 20	126
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1