Weather Records on 28 December 1938

161 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1938. Highest significance: Chemnitz, DE.

Key Facts for 28 December 1938

On 28 December 1938, 161 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
12 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 155 daily.
Chemnitz set a daily record snow depth of 18.0 cm (7.1 in) on 28 December 1938.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

161 stations

161 station records on 28 December 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quantambone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mudukulathur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Adanakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Karambakkudi	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low maximum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mellenbye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tebessa	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Srivilliputhur	India	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mileura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln (White Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Arantangi	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.4 C (106.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Milroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Elsenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sikeston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
San Angelo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

161 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 58, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 28 December 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	58
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 28 December 1938 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 155.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

130 broken records

Margins by which the 130 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1938

Top 20 records on 28 December 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1938	Chemnitz, DE	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1938	Quantambone, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1938	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily low min	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1938	Glendive, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1938	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	67 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1938	Soltau, DE	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	46 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1938	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	3 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1938	Lugano, CH	daily low min	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1938	Graz, AT	daily low min	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	33 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1938	Edmonton, CA	daily low min	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	57 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1938	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily low max	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	53 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1938	Battleford, CA	daily low min	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	58 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1938	Mudukulathur, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1938	Garsebach Bei Meissen, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	15 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1938	Adanakottai, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1938	Karambakkudi, IN	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1938	Bic, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1938	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily low max	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1938	Bucuresti Filaret, RO	daily rain	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1938	Glendive, US	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	42 years	20 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1938. 1938 had 161 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	116
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2