Weather Records on 28 December 1973

535 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1973. Highest significance: Ulamambri Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 28 December 1973

On 28 December 1973, 535 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
208 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 520 daily.
Ulamambri Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 75.9 mm (3.0 in) on 28 December 1973.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

535 stations

535 station records on 28 December 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ulamambri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mullaley (Garrawilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Warambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbadah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Catingueira (Juca)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yarraloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (Pendennis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weemelah (Crinolyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spicer	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Bando)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barcombe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Einasleigh Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Auvergne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Girraweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Curlewis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Penryn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi (Wongwie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mullaley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Francis	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tennyson	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Granada Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Bingara (Emohta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oberon (Jenolan State Forest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cochetopa Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Wilkurra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quipolly Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Piracicaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Meringa Sugar Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Delungra (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Curlewis (Pine Cliff)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Clermont Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

535 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 148, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 213, Heaviest daily snowfall 64, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 28 December 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	148
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	213
Heaviest daily snowfall	64
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 28 December 1973 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 520.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

418 broken records

Margins by which the 418 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 1973

Top 20 records on 28 December 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1973	Ulamambri Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	82 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1973	Mullaley (Garrawilla), AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	66 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1973	Warambie, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1973	Lake City, US	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1973	Elliston, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1973	Bingara (Keera), AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1973	Cobbadah Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1973	Catingueira (Juca), BR	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1973	Yarraloola, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1973	Wee Waa (Pendennis), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1973	Mardie, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1973	Red Hill, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1973	Somerton Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1973	Weemelah (Crinolyn), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1973	Spicer, US	all-time snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1973	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	monthly snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1973	Madrid, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1973	Mullaley (Bando), AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1973	Malta, BR	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1973	Barcombe, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 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 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1973. 1973 had 535 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	355
25 to 50	37
50 to 75	13
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	5
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	2