Weather Records on 28 December 1957

333 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1957. Highest significance: Victoria River Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 28 December 1957

On 28 December 1957, 333 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
76 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 326 daily.
Victoria River Downs set a monthly record daily precipitation of 186.7 mm (7.4 in) on 28 December 1957.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

333 stations

333 station records on 28 December 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Woomera (South Gap Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (Arcoona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Joao Pessoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mnt Fletcher (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nagappattinam	India	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burrundie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrulla (Petina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruthuraipoond	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muthupet	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mannargudi	India	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Adirampatanam	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nannilam	India	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Thuckalay	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvarur	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nguiu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Keno	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Copley (Myrtle Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newaygo Hardy Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Cortlinye Rocks STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kodavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tirupoondi	India	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pattukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Purple Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tirumayam	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ochoco Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vedaranayam	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	83.9 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oenpelli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tranqubar	India	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kattumavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Challis	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Valangiman	India	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kilanilai	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nidamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wilpena Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Neidavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Yarley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Campos Sales	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pudukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Milingimbi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

333 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 185, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 28 December 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 28 December 1957 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 326.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

295 broken records

Margins by which the 295 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 1957

Top 20 records on 28 December 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1957	Victoria River Downs, AU	monthly rain	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1957	Woomera (South Gap Station), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1957	Woomera (Arcoona), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1957	Joao Pessoa, BR	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1957	Mnt Fletcher (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1957	Nagappattinam, IN	daily rain	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1957	Burrundie Railway Station, AU	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1957	Wirrulla (Petina), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1957	Thiruthuraipoond, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1957	Muthupet, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1957	Mannargudi, IN	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1957	Adirampatanam, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1957	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	91 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1957	Nannilam, IN	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1957	Thuckalay, IN	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1957	Moran 5WNW, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1957	Grootfontein, NA	all-time rain	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1957	Tiruvarur, IN	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1957	Nguiu, AU	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1957	Waterloo, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	36 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1957. 1957 had 333 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 25	246
25 to 50	26
50 to 75	10
75 to 100	10
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1