Weather Records on 28 December 1969

713 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1969. Highest significance: Farmington, US.

Key Facts for 28 December 1969

On 28 December 1969, 713 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
93 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 678 daily.
Farmington set an all-time record daily precipitation of 152.1 mm (6.0 in) on 28 December 1969.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

713 stations

713 station records on 28 December 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.1 mm (6.0 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kahului AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Albanel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Albanel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kearneysville	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Albany Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Topaz	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ituacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corona	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cuncas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Vado Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Little Rock AP Adams Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsfield Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burgeo 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Meadowlands 9 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dequeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bandelier Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

713 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 238, Heaviest daily snowfall 163, Deepest snow cover 109.

Records on 28 December 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	163
Deepest snow cover	109

Records on 28 December 1969 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 32, daily 678.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

581 broken records

Margins by which the 581 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1969

Top 20 records on 28 December 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1969	Farmington, US	all-time rain	152.1 mm (6.0 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	66 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 December 1969	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1969	Mistassini Post, CA	monthly snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1969	Mistassini Post, CA	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1969	Kahului AP, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1969	Albanel, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1969	Elmira, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1969	Towanda 1 S, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1969	Cherokee, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1969	Northfield, US	monthly snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1969	Port Aux Basques, CA	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1969	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1969	Delhi 2 SE, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1969	Albanel, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1969	Guthrie Ctr, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1969	Kearneysville, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1969	Elkins- Randolph Co AP, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1969	Springer, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	73 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1969	Mora, US	daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1969	Albany Intl AP, US	all-time snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	0 years	43 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1969. 1969 had 713 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 100	532
100 to 200	37
200 to 300	9
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	2