Weather Records on 28 December 1975

642 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1975. Highest significance: Goondi Mill Csr, AU.

Key Facts for 28 December 1975

On 28 December 1975, 642 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
317 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 627 daily.
Goondi Mill Csr set a daily record precipitation of 257.6 mm (10.1 in) on 28 December 1975.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

642 stations

642 station records on 28 December 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	257.6 mm (10.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Bulloo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
New Hazelton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	220.2 mm (8.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Billilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Paddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	320.4 mm (12.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stone Exelby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Menindee (Weinteriga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra (Onepah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Maloya	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Katandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Whynot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Piloes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mnt Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gammon Ranges (Wertaloona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Susendal	Norway	Record snow depth	112.0 cm (44.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.4 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Thurulgoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maclear (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Milparinka Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Noblesville River	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salamonia	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arkaroola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marra Creek (Womboin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kinalung (Munka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Skjomen	Norway	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
South Johnstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mvenyane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buckland Downs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
East Toorale (Toorale Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Catole Do Rocha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

642 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 156, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 161, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 188, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 28 December 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	156
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	161
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 28 December 1975 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 627.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

549 broken records

Margins by which the 549 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 458.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1975

Top 20 records on 28 December 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1975	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	257.6 mm (10.1 in)	153.0 mm (6.0 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1975	Bulloo Downs, AU	monthly rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1975	New Hazelton, CA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1975	Macknade Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	220.2 mm (8.7 in)	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1975	Wilcannia (Billilla), AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1975	Cobar (Paddington), AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1975	Low Isles Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1975	Lucinda Township, AU	daily rain	320.4 mm (12.6 in)	127.4 mm (5.0 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1975	Upper Stone Exelby, AU	daily rain	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	127.2 mm (5.0 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1975	Cobar (Tambua), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1975	Lawrence, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1975	Menindee (Weinteriga), AU	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1975	Tibooburra (Onepah), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1975	Lake Maloya, US	daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	45.8 cm (18.0 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1975	Katandra, AU	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1975	Greenwood, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1975	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	122 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1975	Greenwood, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1975	Mullen 3S, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	81 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1975	Whynot Station, AU	all-time rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	42 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1975. 1975 had 642 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 100	536
100 to 200	10
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1