Weather Records on 28 December 1953

233 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1953. Highest significance: Cudgen Plantation, AU.

Key Facts for 28 December 1953

On 28 December 1953, 233 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
71 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 228 daily.
Cudgen Plantation set a daily record precipitation of 105.4 mm (4.1 in) on 28 December 1953.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

233 stations

233 station records on 28 December 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saibai Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pauri	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Biggenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mogul Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rabula (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low maximum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brigalow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ceylon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Powell	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kandanga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tiaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Toombul Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Longlac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Leliekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Napoopoo 28	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Coalstoun Lakes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Morokweng (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stockdill Rch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Koloa 936	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tsumeb - Pol	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Rafael Rch Sp	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ceylon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaithal	India	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Patiala Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chaukuri	India	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adel	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lerida	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pierson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Longlac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ungowa Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

233 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 109, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 28 December 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	109
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 28 December 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 228.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

196 broken records

Margins by which the 196 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1953

Top 20 records on 28 December 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1953	Cudgen Plantation, AU	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1953	Springsure Comet St, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1953	Marysville, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1953	Sandgate Post Office, AU	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1953	Adelaide (Pol), ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1953	Springerville, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1953	Fort Fordyce (Bos), ZA	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1953	Saibai Island, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1953	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	63 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1953	Dingo Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1953	Pauri, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1953	Fort Beaufort, ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1953	Kahuku 912, US	monthly low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1953	Hermannsburg, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	62 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1953	Biggenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	53 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1953	Woody Island, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	53 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1953	Mogul Downs, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1953	Calarasi, RO	daily low min	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	48 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1953	Rabula (Bos), ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1953	Hana 354, US	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	32 years	26 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1953. 1953 had 233 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 20	174
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1