Weather Records on 28 December 1928

310 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1928. Highest significance: Pawtucket, US.

Key Facts for 28 December 1928

On 28 December 1928, 310 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
263 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 302 daily.
Pawtucket set a daily record precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 28 December 1928.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

310 stations

310 station records on 28 December 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pawtucket	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Renova	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roebourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville 8 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Zumbrota	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cofimvaba (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

310 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 132, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 131, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 43, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 28 December 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	132
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	131
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	43
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 December 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 302.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

236 broken records

Margins by which the 236 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 38.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1928

Top 20 records on 28 December 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1928	Pawtucket, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1928	Lebanon 2W, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1928	Athens, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	38 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1928	Lewiston, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1928	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1928	Mount Florance, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1928	Yarmouth, CA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	44 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1928	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily high min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	50 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1928	Warrenton 1 N, US	monthly high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1928	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	43 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1928	Renova, US	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1928	Dillon U of Montana Western, US	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1928	De Grey, AU	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1928	Bozeman Montana State UNIV, US	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1928	Roebourne, AU	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1928	Owen Sound, CA	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1928	Macksville 8 NNE, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1928	Mardie, AU	daily rain	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	41 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1928	Parry Sound, CA	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	46 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1928	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	46 years	19 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 310 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 5	205
5 to 10	19
10 to 15	4
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	2
30 to 35	1
35 to 40	1