Weather Records on 28 December 1959

850 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1959. Highest significance: Farmington 3NW, US.

Key Facts for 28 December 1959

On 28 December 1959, 850 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
312 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 812 daily.
Farmington 3NW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 28 December 1959.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

850 stations

850 station records on 28 December 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Midland 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marinette	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Cleveland Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich Township	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Akron	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

850 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 137, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 175, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 380, Heaviest daily snowfall 136, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 28 December 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	137
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	175
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	380
Heaviest daily snowfall	136
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 28 December 1959 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 37, daily 812.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

717 broken records

Margins by which the 717 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1959

Top 20 records on 28 December 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1959	Farmington 3NW, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	73 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1959	Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm, US	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1959	Oconto 4 W, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1959	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1959	Tracy, US	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1959	Midland 2, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1959	Antigo, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1959	Manitowoc, US	monthly rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1959	Hambledon Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1959	Marion, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1959	Bay City, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1959	Saginaw Mbs Intl AP, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1959	Waupaca, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1959	Rockwell City, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1959	Harrisville, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1959	Weyerhaeuser 1N, US	monthly rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1959	New Ulm 2 SE, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1959	Chilton, US	monthly rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1959	Oakdale, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1959	Marinette, US	all-time rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	51 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1959. 1959 had 850 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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Data for records on 1959-12-28: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	656
50 to 100	38
100 to 150	18
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1