Weather Records on 28 December 1945

463 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1945. Highest significance: Newcastle Waters, AU.

Key Facts for 28 December 1945

On 28 December 1945, 463 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
172 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 448 daily.
Newcastle Waters set a monthly record daily precipitation of 143.3 mm (5.6 in) on 28 December 1945.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

463 stations

463 station records on 28 December 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Orofino	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corinne	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zigzag Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	201.2 mm (7.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cochrane	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzroy Crossing Comp.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dwingelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Drain	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Riddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Modoc Orchard	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	54.0 cm (21.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Condon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goldendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Concord Walker Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Talent	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St.Clair	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burrwood Wb	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chatswood Water Supply	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parkdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Epping Chester Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carnarvon Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.0 C (111.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mirannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record snow depth	355.6 cm (140.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

463 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 118, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 237, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 28 December 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	118
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 28 December 1945 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 448.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

397 broken records

Margins by which the 397 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1016.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1945

Top 20 records on 28 December 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1945	Newcastle Waters, AU	monthly rain	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1945	Hypoluxo, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1945	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1945	Prospect 2 SW, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1945	Bend, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1945	Colfax, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1945	Orofino, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1945	Ashland, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1945	Powell Creek, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1945	Detroit, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1945	Corinne, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1945	Iroquois Falls, CA	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1945	Zigzag Rs, US	all-time rain	201.2 mm (7.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1945	Cochrane, CA	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1945	Prineville, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1945	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1945	Madison, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1945	Jacksonville, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1945	Fitzroy Crossing Comp., AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1945	Dwingelo, NL	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)

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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1945. 1945 had 463 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	392
200 to 400	3
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1