Weather Records on 28 December 2016

732 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 2016. Highest significance: Mandan Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 28 December 2016

On 28 December 2016, 732 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
339 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 684 daily.
Mandan Exp STN set a monthly record daily precipitation of 27.4 mm (1.1 in) on 28 December 2016.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

732 stations

732 station records on 28 December 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hawker (Wilson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mundoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Kensington Upper (Burnside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Cudlee Creek (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Tumby Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Myponga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Milang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Roseworthy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Quorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cape Riche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mount Eba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Yankalilla (Inman Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cradock (Yednalue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mount Gambier Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Whyalla (Mullaquana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Williamstown (Glen Gillian)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kersbrook (Mabenjo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Quorn (Depot Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kingston SE (Keilira Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Penneshaw	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hawker (Holowilena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Edeowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Seaton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Freeling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Finniss	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Meningie (Waltowa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington (Stonehaven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Snowtown (Condowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

732 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 161, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 178, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 308, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 52.

Records on 28 December 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	161
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	178
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	308
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	52

Records on 28 December 2016 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 45, daily 684.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

624 broken records

Margins by which the 624 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 2016

Top 20 records on 28 December 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 2016	Mandan Exp STN, US	monthly rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	100 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 December 2016	Mandan Exp STN, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	93 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 December 2016	Hawker (Wilson), AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	107 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 December 2016	Mundoora, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	109 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 December 2016	Kensington Upper (Burnside), AU	daily rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	113 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 December 2016	Cudlee Creek (Millbrook), AU	monthly rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	87 years	79 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2016	Port Elliot Caravan Park, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	94 years	78 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2016	Tumby Bay, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2016	Wallaroo, AU	daily rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2016	Belair (State Flora Nursery), AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2016	Birdwood, AU	daily rain	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2016	Meadows, AU	daily rain	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2016	Adelaide (Morphett Vale), AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2016	Myponga, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2016	Milang, AU	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2016	Wilmington, AU	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	87 years	74 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2016	Bute, AU	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	119 years	72 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2016	Uraidla, AU	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	71 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2016	Roseworthy, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	87 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2016	Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	68 of 100 (Major)

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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2016. 2016 had 732 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 25	516
25 to 50	70
50 to 75	19
75 to 100	8
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	3