Weather Records on 28 December 2012

514 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 2012. Highest significance: Pocahontas 1, US.

Key Facts for 28 December 2012

On 28 December 2012, 514 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
113 were record highs and 109 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 499 daily.
Pocahontas 1 set a daily record snow depth of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 28 December 2012.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

514 stations

514 station records on 28 December 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Isseka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Black Rock	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Newport	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Nabawa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Beria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mena	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hirado	Japan	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Intl	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morrilton	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rye Patch Dam	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
York Pond	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oden 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chittenden	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alum Fk	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nindigully	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Machias	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Egersund	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Iizuka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kurgan-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record low maximum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tambrey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yamaguchi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Langley	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hebron Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Machias	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minicoy Obsy	India	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arellano	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

514 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 132, Heaviest daily snowfall 50, Deepest snow cover 110.

Records on 28 December 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	132
Heaviest daily snowfall	50
Deepest snow cover	110

Records on 28 December 2012 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 12, daily 499.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

409 broken records

Margins by which the 409 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 210.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 2012

Top 20 records on 28 December 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 2012	Pocahontas 1, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	86 years	75 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2012	Isseka, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	74 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2012	Black Rock, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	86 years	72 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2012	Alpha Post Office, AU	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2012	Newport, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	121 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2012	Nabawa, AU	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	79 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2012	Beria, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2012	Mena, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	121 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2012	Hirado, JP	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2012	Elizabethtown, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2012	Melrose 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2012	Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Intl, MY	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2012	Haverhill, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2012	Coloso, PR	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2012	Jonesboro 3 SSE, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	77 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2012	Morrilton, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	77 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2012	Rye Patch Dam, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2012	York Pond, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	13.8 cm (5.4 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2012	Oden 1 SE, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2012	White Lake, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	85 years	47 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2012. 2012 had 514 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	1,438
2022	538
2023	961
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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	335
50 to 100	48
100 to 150	17
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	3