Weather Records on 28 December 1955

521 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1955. Highest significance: Spearfish, US.

Key Facts for 28 December 1955

On 28 December 1955, 521 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
228 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 511 daily.
Spearfish set a daily record snowfall of 22.1 cm (8.7 in) on 28 December 1955.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

521 stations

521 station records on 28 December 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Spearfish	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Worland	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Idalia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Hall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Legkraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Benedito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish 9 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maandagshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fellsmere 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-34.5 C (-30.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maranguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Doornkom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rustplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton Meadows	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orman Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Safford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oatlands (Bow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Triunfo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-39.2 C (-38.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-39.1 C (-38.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	37.1 cm (14.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record high minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

521 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 124, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 165, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 28 December 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	124
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	165
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 28 December 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 511.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

436 broken records

Margins by which the 436 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 233.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1955

Top 20 records on 28 December 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1955	Spearfish, US	daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1955	Gillette 3SE, US	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	16.2 cm (6.4 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1955	Worland, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1955	Seaspray (Burong), AU	monthly rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1955	Kingston, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1955	Vale, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1955	Talkeetna AP, US	daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	23.3 cm (9.2 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1955	Idalia, ZA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1955	Rocky Hall Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1955	Legkraal, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1955	Goulds Country Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1955	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1955	Sao Benedito, BR	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1955	Spearfish 9 WNW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1955	Rauland, NO	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1955	Karina, ZA	monthly rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1955	Maandagshoek, ZA	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1955	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1955	Myklebust I Breim, NO	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1955	Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	33 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1955. 1955 had 521 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	420
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1