Weather Records on 28 December 1929

489 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1929. Highest significance: Cavan, AU.

Key Facts for 28 December 1929

On 28 December 1929, 489 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 427 daily.
Cavan set a monthly record daily precipitation of 119.4 mm (4.7 in) on 28 December 1929.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

489 stations

489 station records on 28 December 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Broken Hill (Langawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Nhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Glenlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cambrai (Kongolia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cootamundra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Freeling Railway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Diapur (Bleak House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lillimur Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rokewood (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jung Jung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Harrogate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Bridge (Tepko)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ruffy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Longerenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort (Wongan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort (Stoneleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Balaklava	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Heywood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lorquon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Antwerp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Serviceton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crowlands (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cootamundra (Landgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

489 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 414, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 28 December 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	414
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 28 December 1929 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 55, daily 427.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

448 broken records

Margins by which the 448 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1929

Top 20 records on 28 December 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1929	Cavan, AU	monthly rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1929	Broken Hill (Langawirra), AU	all-time rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1929	Nhill, AU	monthly rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1929	Murtoa, AU	monthly rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1929	Robe Comparison, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1929	Glenlee, AU	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1929	Cambrai (Kongolia), AU	monthly rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1929	Cootamundra Post Office, AU	all-time rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1929	Dimboola, AU	monthly rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1929	Port Clinton (Yararoo), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1929	Freeling Railway, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1929	Fairlight Station, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1929	Diapur (Bleak House), AU	monthly rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1929	Callington, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1929	Lillimur Estate, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1929	Auburn, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1929	Rokewood (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1929	Port Wakefield, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1929	Kanmantoo, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1929	Jung Jung, AU	all-time rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)

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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1929. 1929 had 489 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 20	365
20 to 40	78
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1