Weather Records on 28 December 1916

60 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1916. Highest significance: Clermont Sirius St, AU.

Key Facts for 28 December 1916

On 28 December 1916, 60 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
12 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 59 daily.
Clermont Sirius St set an all-time record daily precipitation of 419.1 mm (16.5 in) on 28 December 1916.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

60 stations

60 station records on 28 December 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	419.1 mm (16.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.2 C (-2.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Talyealye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-31.0 C (-23.8 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

60 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 27, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 28 December 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	27
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 December 1916 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 0, daily 59.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

52 broken records

Margins by which the 52 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1916

Top 20 records on 28 December 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1916	Clermont Sirius St, AU	all-time rain	419.1 mm (16.5 in)	280.7 mm (11.1 in)	26 years	71 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1916	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high max	35.9 C (96.6 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	50 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1916	Gavle, SE	daily low max	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1916	Bjuraker, SE	daily low max	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1916	Gavle, SE	daily low min	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1916	Oxford, GB	daily high max	13.2 C (55.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1916	Cape Borda Comparison, AU	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1916	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1916	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1916	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1916	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily low max	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	8 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1916	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	40 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1916	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	41 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1916	Murray Town (Doughboy Creek), AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	22 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1916	Burra (Kooringa), AU	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	9 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1916	Kherson, UA	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	28 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1916	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily low min	-19.2 C (-2.6 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	33 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1916	Sevastopol',Mgs, UA	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	28 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1916	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1916	Yardea, AU	daily rain	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	35 years	14 of 100 (Routine)

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 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1916. 1916 had 60 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	51
50 to 100	0
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1