Weather Records on 28 December 1947

248 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1947. Highest significance: Bamberg (Sternwarte), DE.

Key Facts for 28 December 1947

On 28 December 1947, 248 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
116 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 234 daily.
Bamberg (Sternwarte) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 54.1 mm (2.1 in) on 28 December 1947.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

248 stations

248 station records on 28 December 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vouziers	France	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sibasa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenshill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pilao Arcado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Walburg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elim (Hosp)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blythe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oombulgurri	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Doornbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Duiwelskloof (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yantabulla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woods (Den)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cunynghame (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rosetown Cda Epf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Potgietersrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sri Ranbirsingh	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-22.9 C (-9.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

248 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 82, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 28 December 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	82
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 28 December 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 234.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

205 broken records

Margins by which the 205 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 609.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1947

Top 20 records on 28 December 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1947	Bamberg (Sternwarte), DE	monthly rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	71 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1947	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1947	Karlsruhe, DE	monthly rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1947	Ohringen, DE	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1947	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	monthly rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1947	Gollhofen, DE	monthly rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1947	World Trade Ctr, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1947	Ebrach, DE	monthly rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1947	Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim, DE	monthly rain	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1947	Rothenburg Ob der Tauber, DE	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1947	Le Bourget, FR	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1947	Weissenburg, DE	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1947	Vouziers, FR	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1947	Stuttgart, DE	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1947	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1947	Long Branch-Oakhurst, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	60.9 cm (24.0 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1947	Hightstown 2 W, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1947	Kunzelsau, DE	monthly rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1947	New Brunswick Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1947	Bottineau, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	4 years	45 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1947. 1947 had 248 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	190
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1