Weather Records on 28 December 1950

340 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1950. Highest significance: Zastron (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 28 December 1950

On 28 December 1950, 340 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 175 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 318 daily.
Zastron (Tnk) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 28 December 1950.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

340 stations

340 station records on 28 December 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zastron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stockdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Katdoornput 29	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lakhnadon	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bhandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Silvan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Doornplaat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Syferfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Modderrivier (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grootkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Garu	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kranshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Danielskuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boetsap (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Palmyra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Utica	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kiolakaa 7	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

340 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 105, Heaviest daily rainfall 128, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 28 December 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	105
Heaviest daily rainfall	128
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 28 December 1950 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 318.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

282 broken records

Margins by which the 282 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1950

Top 20 records on 28 December 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1950	Zastron (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1950	Barkly West (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1950	De Vlei "de Kruis", ZA	monthly rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1950	Jacobsdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1950	Stockdale, ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1950	Koffiefontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1950	Katdoornput 29, ZA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1950	Lakhnadon, IN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1950	Bhandaria, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1950	Sterkstroom (Pol), ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1950	Silvan, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1950	Plauen, DE	monthly snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1950	Chemnitz, DE	daily snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1950	Lichtentanne, DE	all-time snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1950	Doornplaat, ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1950	McCall, US	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1950	Trenton 2, US	daily low min	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	53 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1950	Mansfield 5 W, US	daily low min	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	12.8 C (23.0 F)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1950	Emporium 1 E, US	daily low min	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	55 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1950	Syferfontein, ZA	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	29 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1950. 1950 had 340 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	254
25 to 50	16
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1