Weather Records on 28 December 1963

267 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1963. Highest significance: Acude Salao, BR.

Key Facts for 28 December 1963

On 28 December 1963, 267 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 259 daily.
Acude Salao set a monthly record daily precipitation of 79.3 mm (3.1 in) on 28 December 1963.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

267 stations

267 station records on 28 December 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Acude Salao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Caraubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cascavel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Atalaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Acude General Sampaio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mulungu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Canguaretama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fortaleza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pacatuba (Pacatiba)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Atlin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Angicos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Junqueiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chorozinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Areia Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baturite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jucurutu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Itapeim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uruque	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lajes (Itaretama)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Bento Do Una	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Recanto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Florania	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pennington Gap	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Castelo Do Piaui (Marvao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Governador Dix-Sept Rosado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Ema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cajazeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baddeck	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Allardt	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pedras de Abelhas (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aracati	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uniao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Miguel Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Teresina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Miguel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Erie Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sunny Hills	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paintsville 1E	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Luiz Correia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Santo Antonio de Russas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria da Boa Vista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wytheville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Scottville 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

267 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 117, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 28 December 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	117
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 28 December 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 259.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

215 broken records

Margins by which the 215 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1963

Top 20 records on 28 December 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1963	Acude Salao, BR	monthly rain	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1963	Caraubas, BR	daily rain	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1963	Cascavel, BR	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1963	Atalaia, BR	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1963	Acude General Sampaio, BR	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1963	Mulungu, BR	monthly rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1963	Canguaretama, BR	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1963	Fortaleza, BR	daily rain	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1963	Pacatuba (Pacatiba), BR	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1963	Atlin, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1963	Angicos, BR	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1963	Junqueiro, BR	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1963	Chorozinho, BR	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1963	Areia Branca, BR	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1963	Baturite, BR	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1963	Jucurutu, BR	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1963	Itapeim, BR	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1963	Uruque, BR	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1963	Lajes (Itaretama), BR	monthly rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1963	Sao Bento Do Una, BR	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	38 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 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1963. 1963 had 267 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 20	155
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1