Weather Records on 28 December 2020

394 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 2020. Highest significance: Mont-de-Marsan, FR.

Key Facts for 28 December 2020

On 28 December 2020, 394 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
111 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 389 daily.
Mont-de-Marsan set a daily record precipitation of 55.0 mm (2.2 in) on 28 December 2020.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

394 stations

394 station records on 28 December 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mont-de-Marsan	France	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tabora Airport	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Smoky Valley - Carvers	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gilberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kodachrome Basin Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
March AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kramfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toulouse-Blagnac	France	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Culver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boylefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jubilejnaja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lajamanu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eikeland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mtwara	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Suhana	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kjusjur	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ikerasassuaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Simon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Puhi 1013	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zavizan	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kansk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-44.0 C (-47.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.8 C (-37.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ustica Island	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mandalgobi	Mongolia	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Christchurch Intl	New Zealand	Record low minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kemerovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-45.4 C (-49.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alejskaja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.0 C (-32.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.1 C (-25.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mogen	Norway	Record snow depth	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nelaug	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cemal	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.7 C (-23.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Grande	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hokitika Aerodrome	New Zealand	Record low minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-27.6 C (-17.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Turocak	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-40.4 C (-40.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lop Buri	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
John Martin Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ambrose 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yangjiang	China	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pjalica	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.3 C (-8.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bijsk Zonalnaja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-43.4 C (-46.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Svaneholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Phetchabun	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsville Naas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna AMO	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sondrestrom	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

394 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 160, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 28 December 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 28 December 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 389.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

339 broken records

Margins by which the 339 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 158.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 2020

Top 20 records on 28 December 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 2020	Mont-de-Marsan, FR	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2020	Tabora Airport, TZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2020	Smoky Valley - Carvers, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	71 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2020	Gilberton, AU	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	74 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2020	Yap Island WSO AP, FM	daily rain	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2020	Rjukan, NO	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2020	Verhojansk, RU	daily high max	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	122 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2020	Kodachrome Basin Park, US	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2020	March AFB, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2020	Boulder, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2020	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2020	Kramfors, SE	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2020	Koloa Mauka 994, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2020	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily low min	9.2 C (48.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	113 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2020	Toulouse-Blagnac, FR	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2020	Bjornholt, NO	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	98 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2020	Baia Mare, RO	daily high max	12.5 C (54.5 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	85 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2020	Koloa 936, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	81 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2020	Culver City, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	84 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2020	Boylefoss, NO	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	36 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2020. 2020 had 394 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 20	314
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2