Weather Records on 28 December 1941

159 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1941. Highest significance: Independence, US.

Key Facts for 28 December 1941

On 28 December 1941, 159 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 153 daily.
Independence set a daily record snowfall of 34.3 cm (13.5 in) on 28 December 1941.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

159 stations

159 station records on 28 December 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Independence	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Boreli	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cloverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.9 C (107.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.3 C (-15.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ross	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bangate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record low maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milparinka (Yandama Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Goangra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.2 C (-2.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Battle Mtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rangia	India	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hansi	India	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jhunjhunu	India	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rohtak	India	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jhajjar	India	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Goodooga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yamburgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.8 C (-5.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wasco	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

159 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 52, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 28 December 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	52
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 28 December 1941 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 153.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

139 broken records

Margins by which the 139 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1941

Top 20 records on 28 December 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1941	Independence, US	daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1941	Boreli, IN	monthly rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1941	Los Alamos, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1941	Cloverdale, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1941	Hvar, HR	daily low min	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	64 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1941	Santa Maria, US	monthly rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	5 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1941	Ukiah, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1941	Orebro, SE	daily low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	7.5 C (13.5 F)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1941	Gayndah Post Office, AU	daily high max	41.9 C (107.4 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	45 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1941	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	daily low min	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	46 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1941	Nanaimo, CA	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	39 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1941	Skara 1, SE	monthly low min	-26.3 C (-15.3 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	26 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1941	Ft Ross, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1941	Independence, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1941	Bangate, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1941	Lisboa Geofisica, PT	daily low max	6.4 C (43.5 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	35 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1941	Raiford State Prison, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1941	Teriberka, RU	daily low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	40 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1941	Biser, RU	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1941	Albany 1 N, US	daily snowfall	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	47 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1941. 1941 had 159 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 100	133
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1