Weather Records on 28 December 1992

915 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1992. Highest significance: Effingham, US.

Key Facts for 28 December 1992

On 28 December 1992, 915 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
304 were record highs and 192 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 889 daily.
Effingham set a daily record precipitation of 64.8 mm (2.6 in) on 28 December 1992.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

915 stations

915 station records on 28 December 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Florence 8 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rimini 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Puehu Ridge 1040	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bethel AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kolo 1033	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ephrata AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Requetemu	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wikieup	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
El Pujal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sierra Blanca 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beowawe	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.7 mm (5.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bryce Canyon Np Hqrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hukipo 945	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caliente	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mimbres 4NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteville 7 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Cuauhtemoc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Markovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Edgefield 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wickenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Granville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Illahe	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Hatteras - Billy Mitchell	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Egvekinot	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tanzabaca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hillside 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

915 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 118, Lowest daily maximum 143, Highest daily minimum 186, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 301, Heaviest daily snowfall 82, Deepest snow cover 36.

Records on 28 December 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	118
Lowest daily maximum	143
Highest daily minimum	186
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	301
Heaviest daily snowfall	82
Deepest snow cover	36

Records on 28 December 1992 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 889.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

734 broken records

Margins by which the 734 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1992

Top 20 records on 28 December 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1992	Effingham, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	91 years	77 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1992	Florence 8 NE, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	70 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1992	Monticello 2E, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1992	Rimini 2 SSW, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	61 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1992	Aiken 5SE, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	91 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1992	Sumter, US	monthly rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1992	Puehu Ridge 1040, US	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1992	Bethel AP, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1992	Kingstree, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	1 year	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1992	Kolo 1033, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1992	Hatch, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1992	Lumberton, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1992	Ephrata AP, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1992	Requetemu, MX	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1992	Walnut Creek, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1992	Chester, US	monthly snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	61 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1992	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1992	Wikieup, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1992	Elberton 2 N, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	91 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1992	El Pujal, MX	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1992. 1992 had 915 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	693
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1