Weather Records on 28 December 2011

754 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 2011. Highest significance: Webster Springs, US.

Key Facts for 28 December 2011

On 28 December 2011, 754 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
418 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 735 daily.
Webster Springs set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 28 December 2011.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

754 stations

754 station records on 28 December 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Webster Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lake Lynn	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Walsh 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mullan Pass Vor/Dme	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Brazos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
John Martin Dam	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nelsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vigas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hebron Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roundup	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Batavia	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mannington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chiconautla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pt Marion Lock 8	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
White Pass E.S.	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Odessa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nez Perce Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Presa El Giron	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sunderland	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg-Easton Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hannibal Locks & Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Medford Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sines Deep Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Antreville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsville 1ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Gallegos Aero	Argentina	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albion 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fern Ridge-Veneta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hatton 9 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Satus Pass 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
W Union 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg Bowers Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

754 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 255, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 163, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 247, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 28 December 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	255
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	163
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	247
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 28 December 2011 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 735.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

567 broken records

Margins by which the 567 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 2011

Top 20 records on 28 December 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 2011	Webster Springs, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2011	Lake Lynn, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2011	Walsh 1 W, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2011	Covington, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	109 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2011	Boonton 1 SE, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2011	Morgantown L&D, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	66 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2011	Port Jervis, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	109 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2011	Mullan Pass Vor/Dme, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2011	Ft Benton, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	113 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2011	Riverside Fire STN 3, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	93 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2011	Ashton 1N, US	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	93 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2011	Luna Rs, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	78 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2011	Chuuk WSO AP, FM	monthly high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2011	Tres Brazos, MX	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2011	Winnemucca AP, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	93 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2011	Uniontown 1 NE, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	68 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2011	John Martin Dam, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2011	Conrad, US	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	90 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2011	Holter Dam, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	92 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2011	Nelsonville, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	37 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2011. 2011 had 754 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 50	558
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1