Weather Records on 28 December 1974

661 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1974. Highest significance: Penola Downs Station, AU.

Key Facts for 28 December 1974

On 28 December 1974, 661 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
255 were record highs and 85 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 647 daily.
Penola Downs Station set a daily record precipitation of 63.0 mm (2.5 in) on 28 December 1974.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

661 stations

661 station records on 28 December 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Penola Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Blackwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Melmoth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.6 mm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rockley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	187.4 mm (7.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Winters	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Langley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Somerby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rolleston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tiree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Camoola Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buckingham Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toolebuc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Numil Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Proa Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Coolon Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mudgeacca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woolandoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elliott Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Merlin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Corinda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charqueada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dotswood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wooroona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ituporanga (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nova Russas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fernlees Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
City of Melbourne Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kamilaroi Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ogmore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Edith Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grauna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia AP	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rewan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barra Mansa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.9 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Doyle	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Betanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

661 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 144, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 288, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 28 December 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	144
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	288
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 28 December 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 647.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

550 broken records

Margins by which the 550 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1974

Top 20 records on 28 December 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1974	Penola Downs Station, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	80 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1974	Blackwater Post Office, AU	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	57 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1974	Melmoth, AU	daily rain	122.6 mm (4.8 in)	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1974	Rockley, AU	monthly rain	187.4 mm (7.4 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	18 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1974	Comet Post Office, AU	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1974	Winters, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1974	Langley Downs, AU	daily rain	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1974	Bluff Post Office, AU	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1974	Somerby, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1974	Woodland 1 WNW, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1974	Rolleston, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1974	Tiree, AU	daily rain	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1974	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1974	Camoola Park, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1974	Buckingham Downs, AU	monthly rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1974	Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1974	Mineral, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1974	Toolebuc, AU	monthly rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1974	Harwell, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1974	Hawthorne AP, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	79 years	40 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1974. 1974 had 661 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	528
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2