Weather Records on 28 December 1934

295 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1934. Highest significance: Burnie (No 1), AU.

Key Facts for 28 December 1934

On 28 December 1934, 295 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 291 daily.
Burnie (No 1) set a daily record precipitation of 55.4 mm (2.2 in) on 28 December 1934.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

295 stations

295 station records on 28 December 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	39.1 cm (15.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mandla	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Frankford (Rossville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berinag	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Muckerawa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pachmarhi	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakhnadon	India	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Almora	India	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jabera	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrai	India	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sapotra	India	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kowardha	India	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Datia	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chhibramau	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pachwara	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dausa	India	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jhansi	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	India	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moth	India	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kathgodam	India	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa 9 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Westgrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

295 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 203, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 28 December 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	203
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 28 December 1934 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 291.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

260 broken records

Margins by which the 260 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1934

Top 20 records on 28 December 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1934	Burnie (No 1), AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1934	Mungar Junction, AU	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1934	Pandaria, IN	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1934	Nelson, CA	all-time snowfall	39.1 cm (15.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1934	Mandla, IN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1934	Iguape, BR	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1934	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily low min	7.7 C (45.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1934	Frankford (Rossville), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1934	Berinag, IN	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1934	Natchez, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1934	Muckerawa, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1934	Yuleba Garden St, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1934	Cananeia G4-001, BR	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1934	Bowie, US	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1934	Portland Rfc City, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	53 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1934	Nelson, CA	monthly rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	0 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1934	Cooma Lambie Street, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1934	Sycamore, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1934	Edmonton, CA	daily low max	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	50 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1934	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	44 years	21 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1934. 1934 had 295 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	239
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1