Weather Records on 28 December 2010

1,423 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 2010. Highest significance: Cape May 2 NW, US.

Key Facts for 28 December 2010

On 28 December 2010, 1,423 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
196 were record highs and 570 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 93 monthly and 1,318 daily.
Cape May 2 NW set a daily record snow depth of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 28 December 2010.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

1,423 stations

1,423 station records on 28 December 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Cania Gorge Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.4 mm (6.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Aachen	Germany	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Borken In Westfalen	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Boona-Choppa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.0 mm (7.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bochum	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Harzgerode	Germany	Record snow depth	68.0 cm (26.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Woodgate Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.2 mm (6.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pratten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gin Gin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.8 mm (5.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Valkenburg (L)	Netherlands	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vaals	Netherlands	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jeremiah 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wallops Is Nasa Test Facility	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bingera Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wuppertal-Buchenhofen	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dillenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Clusky	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eleele 927	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dusseldorf	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Erfurt-Bindersleben	Germany	Record snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Rothenfelde	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sondershausen	Germany	Record snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Echt	Netherlands	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Washburn	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mundubbera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gera-Leumnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Salzuflen	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alfhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Garissa	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Essen-Bredeney	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Konigshofen	Germany	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Solingen-Hohenscheid	Germany	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mandala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cunninghams Gap National Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Erfde	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cordalba Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.2 mm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Duckinwilla Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.8 mm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Salzwedel	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Worpswede-Huttenbusch	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gatlinburg 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.2 mm (6.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Angermunde	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bomnak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jfk Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Monduran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,423 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 211, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 359, Heaviest daily rainfall 213, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 421.

Records on 28 December 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	211
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	359
Heaviest daily rainfall	213
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	421

Records on 28 December 2010 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 93, daily 1,318.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,157 broken records

Margins by which the 1,157 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 850.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 2010

Top 20 records on 28 December 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 2010	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	100 years	76 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2010	Cania Gorge Park, AU	monthly rain	160.4 mm (6.3 in)	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	40 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2010	Aachen, DE	daily snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	104 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2010	Greifswald, DE	daily snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2010	Borken In Westfalen, DE	daily snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2010	Boona-Choppa, AU	daily rain	179.0 mm (7.0 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	83 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2010	Bochum, DE	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2010	Harzgerode, DE	daily snow depth	68.0 cm (26.8 in)	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2010	Woodgate Store, AU	monthly rain	162.2 mm (6.4 in)	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	37 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2010	Pratten, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	88 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2010	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low min	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	6.8 C (12.2 F)	101 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2010	Gin Gin Post Office, AU	daily rain	135.8 mm (5.3 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	110 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2010	Valkenburg (L), NL	daily snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2010	Vaals, NL	daily snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2010	Tishomingo Natl Wr, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2010	Atlantic City Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2010	Jeremiah 1 S, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2010	Wallops Is Nasa Test Facility, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2010	Bingera Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2010	Wuppertal-Buchenhofen, DE	daily snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	45 years	56 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2010. 2010 had 1,423 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 200	1,138
200 to 400	18
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1