Weather Records on 28 December 1939

237 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1939. Highest significance: Ai-Petri, UA.

Key Facts for 28 December 1939

On 28 December 1939, 237 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 101 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 234 daily.
Ai-Petri set a daily record precipitation of 77.8 mm (3.1 in) on 28 December 1939.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

237 stations

237 station records on 28 December 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vineland	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stockport	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhart Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	139.7 cm (55.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kjahta	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Market	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minnie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jarrahdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walebing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Riche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Youngs Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Honomanu 450	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mingela Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

237 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 49, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 42.

Records on 28 December 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	49
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	42

Records on 28 December 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 234.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

184 broken records

Margins by which the 184 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 889.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1939

Top 20 records on 28 December 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1939	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1939	Yalta, UA	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1939	Rolla Missouri S&T, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1939	Vineland, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	71 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1939	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1939	Stockport, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1939	Tucumcari 4 NE, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1939	Dalhart Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1939	Mt Vernon, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1939	Gordon 6N, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1939	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily snow depth	139.7 cm (55.0 in)	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1939	Paoli, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1939	Greifswald, DE	daily low max	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1939	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily low max	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	59 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1939	Colby, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1939	Low Head (Comparison), AU	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1939	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low min	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	59 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1939	Lamar, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1939	Karlsruhe, DE	daily low min	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	59 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1939	Zugspitze, DE	daily low max	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	5.4 C (9.7 F)	32 years	25 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1939. 1939 had 237 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 200	179
200 to 400	4
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1