Weather Records on 28 December 1991

547 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1991. Highest significance: Penapolis, BR.

Key Facts for 28 December 1991

On 28 December 1991, 547 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
135 were record highs and 191 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 517 daily.
Penapolis set a daily record precipitation of 105.3 mm (4.1 in) on 28 December 1991.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

547 stations

547 station records on 28 December 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Penapolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.3 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kakamas Skl	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Phetchabun	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hong Kong Observatory	China	Record low maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record low minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Samaria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lushi	China	Record low minimum temperature	-18.8 C (-1.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose del Cabo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Merced	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Avanhandava (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashburn 3 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Galdinopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boxian	China	Record low minimum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quilimane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cerro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Red Springs 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Olimpia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.7 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barretos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pueblo Nuevo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Juquitiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nanchong	China	Record low minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Electra P H	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Martim Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yumenzhen	China	Record low minimum temperature	-33.4 C (-28.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yangjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paraiso	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Acude	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Claro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.7 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Oceanside	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Connorville (Lake River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tamandua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.3 mm (4.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lorena	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Haras Mondesir	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alma Bacon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Gaviao Peixoto (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mendonca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nanchang	China	Record low minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Palizada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Langvattnet	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Itamarati-SE	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tekax de Alvaro Obregon	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

547 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 84, Lowest daily maximum 118, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 204, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 28 December 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	84
Lowest daily maximum	118
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 28 December 1991 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 28, daily 517.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

458 broken records

Margins by which the 458 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 139.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1991

Top 20 records on 28 December 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1991	Penapolis, BR	daily rain	105.3 mm (4.1 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1991	Kakamas Skl, ZA	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1991	Phetchabun, TH	monthly rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1991	Monticello, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	97 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1991	Hong Kong Observatory, CN	all-time low max	6.4 C (43.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1991	Oujda, MA	daily low min	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	73 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1991	Samaria, MX	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1991	Martinsdale 3 NNW, US	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	93 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1991	Buena Vista, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1991	Lushi, CN	monthly low min	-18.8 C (-1.8 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1991	San Jose del Cabo, MX	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1991	Merced, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	88 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1991	Usina Avanhandava (Cpfl), BR	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1991	Hanford 1 S, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	74 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1991	Ashburn 3 ENE, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1991	Galdinopolis, BR	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1991	Boxian, CN	monthly low min	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1991	Quilimane, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	69 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1991	Cedaredge, US	daily low max	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	76 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1991	Fitzgerald, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1991. 1991 had 547 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	422
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1