Weather Records on 28 December 2002

846 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 2002. Highest significance: Nerriga Composite, AU.

Key Facts for 28 December 2002

On 28 December 2002, 846 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
361 were record highs and 228 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 815 daily.
Nerriga Composite set a daily record precipitation of 45.8 mm (1.8 in) on 28 December 2002.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

846 stations

846 station records on 28 December 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nerriga Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cadoux	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Copco #1 Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Green Springs Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Butte 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Campo 7 S	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Monkira	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buncom 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coahuayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Windrush	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
The Poplars	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Keno	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Noondoonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Big Bar 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhorn	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hohhot	China	Record low maximum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Noongaar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Shasta	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mordetta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record low maximum temperature	-28.8 C (-19.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mombasa	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dalwallinu North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Verkhneuralsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-34.3 C (-29.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orenburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.6 C (-33.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hayfork 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Richardson Gr Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rawlinna Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shasta Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ennis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cody	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-30.4 C (-22.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.5 C (-33.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

846 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 153, Lowest daily maximum 127, Highest daily minimum 208, Lowest daily minimum 101, Heaviest daily rainfall 213, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 28 December 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	153
Lowest daily maximum	127
Highest daily minimum	208
Lowest daily minimum	101
Heaviest daily rainfall	213
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 28 December 2002 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 25, daily 815.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

665 broken records

Margins by which the 665 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 2002

Top 20 records on 28 December 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 2002	Nerriga Composite, AU	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	83 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2002	Cadoux, AU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2002	Copco #1 Dam, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2002	Green Springs Pwr Plt, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2002	Hopetoun, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2002	Yreka, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2002	Butte 5SE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2002	Campo 7 S, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2002	Monkira, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	111 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2002	Buncom 1 NNE, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2002	Coahuayutla, MX	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2002	Windrush, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2002	McCloud, US	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2002	The Poplars, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2002	Mineral, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2002	Uralsk, KZ	daily low min	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	95 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2002	Keno, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2002	Wentworth 2.5 WNW, US	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2002	Bologna, IT	daily high min	7.0 C (44.6 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	173 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2002	Ravenna, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	105 years	42 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2002. 2002 had 846 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	615
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1