Weather Records on 28 December 1982

2,226 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1982. Highest significance: Hayward Rs, US.

Key Facts for 28 December 1982

On 28 December 1982, 2,226 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,076 were record highs and 206 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 26 were all-time records, 171 monthly and 2,029 daily.
Hayward Rs set a monthly record daily snowfall of 40.6 cm (16.0 in) on 28 December 1982.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 28 December 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Moorefield	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	46.2 cm (18.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Eustis 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vitoria de Santo Antao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsonville	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
La Crescent Dam 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Enders Lake	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bindi Bindi East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Toliness Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kassler	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wellfleet	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,226 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 714, Lowest daily maximum 108, Highest daily minimum 362, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 592, Heaviest daily snowfall 226, Deepest snow cover 126.

Records on 28 December 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	714
Lowest daily maximum	108
Highest daily minimum	362
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	592
Heaviest daily snowfall	226
Deepest snow cover	126

Records on 28 December 1982 by timescale: all-time 26, monthly 171, daily 2,029.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,869 broken records

Margins by which the 1,869 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1982

Top 20 records on 28 December 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1982	Hayward Rs, US	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	80 years	77 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1982	Sibley, US	monthly rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	74 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1982	New Hampton, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1982	Fairmont, US	monthly rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1982	Ericson 8 WNW, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1982	Ironwood, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	77 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1982	Iowa Falls, US	monthly rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1982	Moorefield, US	all-time snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	22 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1982	Montevideo 1SW, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1982	Bayfield 6 N, US	monthly snowfall	46.2 cm (18.2 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	84 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1982	Boone, US	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1982	Webster City, US	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	71 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1982	Alton, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	74 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1982	Ft Dodge 5NNW, US	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1982	Eustis 2 NW, US	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1982	Vitoria de Santo Antao, BR	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1982	Huntingdon, CA	daily high max	17.5 C (63.5 F)	11.4 C (20.5 F)	100 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1982	Mason City, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	71 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1982	Winterset 4N, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1982	Wilsonville, US	all-time snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	81 years	55 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1982. 1982 had 2,226 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 2026-10-16 (16 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 28 December 1982
Margin	Records
0 to 100	1,803
100 to 200	53
200 to 300	10
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1