Weather Records on 28 December 2021

1,439 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 2021. Highest significance: Dunbar Station, AU.

Key Facts for 28 December 2021

On 28 December 2021, 1,439 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
596 were record highs and 549 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 1,420 daily.
Dunbar Station set a daily record precipitation of 198.4 mm (7.8 in) on 28 December 2021.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

1,439 stations

1,439 station records on 28 December 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dunbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	198.4 mm (7.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Portola	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Big Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mataranka Homestead Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ruzyne	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fruita	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cottage Grove 2E	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leaburg 1 SW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kocelovice	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boca	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Craters of the Moon	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Dam	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ashdown 4 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calistoga	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Potosi 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Truman Dam & Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hedland Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.0 C (-25.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crater Lake Nps HQ	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,439 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 269, Lowest daily maximum 398, Highest daily minimum 327, Lowest daily minimum 151, Heaviest daily rainfall 174, Heaviest daily snowfall 64, Deepest snow cover 56.

Records on 28 December 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	269
Lowest daily maximum	398
Highest daily minimum	327
Lowest daily minimum	151
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	64
Deepest snow cover	56

Records on 28 December 2021 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 16, daily 1,420.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,208 broken records

Margins by which the 1,208 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 2021

Top 20 records on 28 December 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 2021	Dunbar Station, AU	daily rain	198.4 mm (7.8 in)	148.9 mm (5.9 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2021	Grand Rapids Forestry Lab, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2021	Portola, US	daily snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	100 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2021	Bremerton, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	100 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2021	Cedarville, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2021	Two Harbors, US	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	94 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2021	Big Falls, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	87 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2021	Mataranka Homestead Resort, AU	daily rain	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	0 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2021	Ruzyne, CZ	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2021	Fruita, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	114 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2021	Wells, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	84 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2021	Cottage Grove 2E, US	monthly snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2021	Darkes Forest (Kintyre), AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	95 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2021	Sulphur Springs, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	114 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2021	Vancouver 4 NNE, US	daily low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	112 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2021	Benton, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	114 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2021	Leaburg 1 SW, US	monthly snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2021	Aberdeen, US	daily low max	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	75 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2021	Kocelovice, CZ	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2021	Boca, US	daily snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	52 years	45 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2021. 2021 had 1,439 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	1,162
50 to 100	30
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1