Weather Records on 28 December 1944

240 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1944. Highest significance: Lock Haven, US.

Key Facts for 28 December 1944

On 28 December 1944, 240 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 235 daily.
Lock Haven set a daily record snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 28 December 1944.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

240 stations

240 station records on 28 December 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Otto FAA AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kekaha 944	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lamesa 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jericho Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grimsby Rock Chapel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kulu	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Portales	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmsala Lower	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Freeport	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bluewater 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead 985	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Simon 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gabriels	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Simon	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton (Mundi Mundi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mescalero	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portales	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

240 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 117, Heaviest daily snowfall 60, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 28 December 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	117
Heaviest daily snowfall	60
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 28 December 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 235.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

202 broken records

Margins by which the 202 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 168.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1944

Top 20 records on 28 December 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1944	Lock Haven, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1944	Cooperstown, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1944	Otto FAA AP, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1944	Little Falls City Rsch, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1944	Lebanon 3 W, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1944	Franklin, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1944	Chatham, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	70 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1944	Kekaha 944, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1944	Chatham, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	70 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1944	Lamesa 1 SSE, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1944	Whitehead, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1944	Morrison, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1944	Ft Stanton, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1944	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1944	Lewisburg, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	41 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1944	Lock Haven, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1944	Jericho Store, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1944	Grimsby Rock Chapel, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1944	Eustis 2 SSE, US	daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1944	Fredericton Cda, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	24 years	27 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1944. 1944 had 240 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 25	149
25 to 50	16
50 to 75	10
75 to 100	13
100 to 125	6
125 to 150	5
150 to 175	3