Weather Records on 28 December 1937

284 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1937. Highest significance: Goldstream Lake, CA.

Key Facts for 28 December 1937

On 28 December 1937, 284 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
182 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 277 daily.
Goldstream Lake set a daily record precipitation of 119.9 mm (4.7 in) on 28 December 1937.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

284 stations

284 station records on 28 December 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goldstream Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Stockton 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Argyle Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerston (Hunters Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cuerindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Interst Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belltrees 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mandurama (Gallymont (Homeleig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lithgow (Birdwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tarago (Kildare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Playfair	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moonan Flat (High St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mottinger	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Touchet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad 2 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Coolanbilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kynnersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tangley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomargama Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Matong (Bonnie Doon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wilkie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Tarella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

284 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 72, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 28 December 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	72
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 28 December 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 277.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

221 broken records

Margins by which the 221 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 304.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1937

Top 20 records on 28 December 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1937	Goldstream Lake, CA	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1937	Snoqualmie Falls, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1937	Ft Stockton 1, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1937	Bella Coola, CA	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1937	Glenbie, AU	monthly rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1937	Brackettville, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1937	Argyle Downs, AU	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1937	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	2 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1937	Anacortes, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1937	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1937	Ellerston (Hunters Vale), AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	3 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1937	Junction 4SSW, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1937	Centralia, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1937	Cuerindi, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1937	Vancouver Interst Brg, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1937	Reading Wb City, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	66 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1937	Hilo 86A, US	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1937	Belltrees 1, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1937	Mandurama (Gallymont (Homeleig, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1937	Lithgow (Birdwood St), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	28 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1937. 1937 had 284 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 50	214
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1