Weather Records on 19 December 1928

45 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 December 1928. Highest significance: Beatrice, CA.

Key Facts for 19 December 1928

On 19 December 1928, 45 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 45 daily.
Beatrice set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 19 December 1928.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

45 stations

45 station records on 19 December 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 December 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grandchester Symes St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Parks Spring Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

45 records

Records set or tied on 19 December 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 24, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 19 December 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	24
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 December 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 45.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

37 broken records

Margins by which the 37 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 December 1928

Top 20 records on 19 December 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 December 1928	Beatrice, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1928	Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1928	Koffiefontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1928	Bajramaly, TM	daily high min	8.5 C (47.3 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	35 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1928	Calumet, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	19 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1928	Turkestan, KZ	daily rain	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1928	Beatrice, CA	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1928	Napoleon, US	daily rain	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1928	Cape Willoughby, AU	daily rain	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1928	Calumet, US	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1928	Cowell, AU	daily rain	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	42 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1928	Grandchester Symes St, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1928	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	40 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1928	Chicoutimi, CA	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	40 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1928	Cambooya Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	22 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1928	Pakri, EE	daily rain	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	5 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1928	Tashkent, UZ	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	16 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1928	American River, AU	daily rain	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	32 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1928	Port Dover, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	1.2 cm (0.5 in)	24 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1928	New London, US	daily rain	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	33 years	15 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 45 records.

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

Records on 12-19 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1795	1
1805	1
1835	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	3
1855	3
1859	3
1860	1
1861	2
1869	2
1870	1
1875	2
1877	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1892	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	16
1903	2
1904	19
1905	5
1906	9
1907	12
1908	12
1909	18
1910	22
1911	17
1912	41
1913	50
1914	23
1915	31
1916	38
1917	36
1918	24
1919	53
1920	30
1921	60
1922	155
1923	180
1924	492
1925	79
1926	152
1927	222
1928	45
1929	386
1930	76
1931	650
1932	239
1933	459
1934	455
1935	110
1936	689
1937	211
1938	237
1939	390
1940	392
1941	588
1942	654
1943	364
1944	241
1945	700
1946	182
1947	283
1948	397
1949	632
1950	545
1951	622
1952	469
1953	517
1954	443
1955	906
1956	287
1957	984
1958	386
1959	249
1960	432
1961	595
1962	670
1963	966
1964	753
1965	392
1966	851
1967	1,063
1968	900
1969	381
1970	485
1971	288
1972	325
1973	1,014
1974	252
1975	843
1976	398
1977	569
1978	1,191
1979	829
1980	456
1981	1,515
1982	768
1983	2,804
1984	1,066
1985	1,179
1986	609
1987	1,095
1988	1,001
1989	1,740
1990	1,463
1991	1,236
1992	1,176
1993	1,153
1994	692
1995	1,459
1996	2,108
1997	830
1998	855
1999	609
2000	1,154
2001	627
2002	1,467
2003	996
2004	664
2005	697
2006	1,061
2007	689
2008	1,545
2009	1,937
2010	1,610
2011	832
2012	774
2013	636
2014	537
2015	1,109
2016	1,080
2017	783
2018	397
2019	541
2020	327
2021	603
2022	494
2023	1,224
2024	864
2025	1,542

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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	32
10 to 20	2
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1