Weather Records on 28 December 2014

525 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 2014. Highest significance: Tweed Heads Golf Club, AU.

Key Facts for 28 December 2014

On 28 December 2014, 525 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
157 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 516 daily.
Tweed Heads Golf Club set a monthly record daily precipitation of 292.0 mm (11.5 in) on 28 December 2014.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

525 stations

525 station records on 28 December 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	292.0 mm (11.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bangalow Motel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscliff (Marine Parade)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Brunchilly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Warramunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Antichan	France	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port-Gentil	Gabon	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yazoo City 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woolners Arm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fishtail	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Polson	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shonkin 7 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bogucar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vryburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hungry Horse Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kodiak AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cahaba Pump House	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
John Day	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record snow depth	62.0 cm (24.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Old Forge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Prague 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tura	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Certkovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vanavara	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bajkit	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnette 7 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McKeesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wallumbilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lourdes	France	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Selagoncy	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lingle 2WSW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wooli Beach	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Murwillumbah (Bray Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.0 mm (5.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anna	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Falls - Kifi	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chaco Canyon Natl Mon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

525 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 195, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 28 December 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	195
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 28 December 2014 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 516.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

441 broken records

Margins by which the 441 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 2014

Top 20 records on 28 December 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 2014	Tweed Heads Golf Club, AU	monthly rain	292.0 mm (11.5 in)	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	10 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2014	Brushgrove Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	105 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2014	Shoshone 1 WNW, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2014	Sugar City, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	93 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2014	Bangalow Motel, AU	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2014	Kingscliff (Marine Parade), AU	monthly rain	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	10 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2014	Brunchilly, AU	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2014	Talladega, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2014	Alpine, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	103 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2014	Warramunga, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2014	Matagorda #2, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2014	Ft Davis, US	daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	112 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2014	Antichan, FR	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2014	Port-Gentil, GA	daily high max	33.4 C (92.1 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	61 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2014	Yazoo City 5 NNE, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2014	Woolners Arm, AU	daily rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2014	Fishtail, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2014	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily low max	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	105 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2014	Polson, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	99 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2014	Gregory, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	65 years	44 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 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2014. 2014 had 525 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 50	397
50 to 100	34
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1