Weather Records on 28 December 1999

1,102 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1999. Highest significance: Wien, AT.

Key Facts for 28 December 1999

On 28 December 1999, 1,102 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
530 were record highs and 176 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 1,052 daily.
Wien set a daily record precipitation of 31.8 mm (1.3 in) on 28 December 1999.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

1,102 stations

1,102 station records on 28 December 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.4 mm (5.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Gladstone (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Boobyalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.2 mm (5.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Fairfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Grand Haven Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Euabalong (Booberoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
South Holmwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Glenmaggie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tootool (Bryntirion)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Balliang East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
South Mount Cameron (Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pioneer (Main Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Three Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Humula (Rylands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bullengarook East (Seskinore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tomahawk (Carisbrooke)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gray (Craigie-Lea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.2 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shelleyvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yandanooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ngukurr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Elliot Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quambatook South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Patho West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bargara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Helenvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville (Krui Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maude Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wakool (Murray Irrigation)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pykes Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Joyces Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pyengana (Forest Lodge Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mariupol'	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 2WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lawson (Wilson Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tooma (Gravel Point)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Euabalong (Lachlan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Midland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,102 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 334, Lowest daily maximum 100, Highest daily minimum 196, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 357, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 28 December 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	334
Lowest daily maximum	100
Highest daily minimum	196
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	357
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 28 December 1999 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 45, daily 1,052.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

909 broken records

Margins by which the 909 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1999

Top 20 records on 28 December 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1999	Wien, AT	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	89 years	75 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1999	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	141.4 mm (5.6 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1999	Gladstone (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1999	Boobyalla, AU	daily rain	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	69 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1999	Yalta, UA	monthly rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1999	Burnett Heads Niell St, AU	daily rain	145.2 mm (5.7 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	64 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1999	Fairfield, AU	monthly rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1999	Grand Haven Fire Dept, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1999	Euabalong (Booberoi), AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1999	Feodosiia, UA	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1999	South Holmwood, AU	monthly rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1999	Glenmaggie Weir, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1999	Yuna, AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1999	Tootool (Bryntirion), AU	monthly rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1999	Balliang East, AU	daily rain	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1999	South Mount Cameron (Gladstone, AU	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1999	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1999	Pioneer (Main Road), AU	daily rain	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1999	Ivanhoe Station, AU	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1999	Three Springs, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	52 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1999. 1999 had 1,102 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	824
20 to 40	64
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1