Weather Records on 28 December 1996

1,762 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1996. Highest significance: Trundle (Brookview St), AU.

Key Facts for 28 December 1996

On 28 December 1996, 1,762 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
472 were record highs and 801 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 20 were all-time records, 162 monthly and 1,580 daily.
Trundle (Brookview St) set a daily record precipitation of 80.0 mm (3.1 in) on 28 December 1996.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

1,762 stations

1,762 station records on 28 December 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Trundle (Brookview St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Ellensburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Uitenhage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Willowmore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Biesjiesfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Faith	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Newell	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemfontein Kings Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Biesjesfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sierra City	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Altay	China	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Van Staadens (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vondeling(Sar)"T...Kraal"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
De Rust (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.6 mm (6.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lourensgeluk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierre 17 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hartline	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stolhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coconut Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.0 mm (5.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Slangfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Delareyville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blunt	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Afton	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Calitzdorp Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Merweville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trident	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shahat	Libya	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Granta	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blouboskuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Loksmyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tafelberg Hall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,762 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 220, Lowest daily maximum 467, Highest daily minimum 252, Lowest daily minimum 334, Heaviest daily rainfall 230, Heaviest daily snowfall 48, Deepest snow cover 211.

Records on 28 December 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	220
Lowest daily maximum	467
Highest daily minimum	252
Lowest daily minimum	334
Heaviest daily rainfall	230
Heaviest daily snowfall	48
Deepest snow cover	211

Records on 28 December 1996 by timescale: all-time 20, monthly 162, daily 1,580.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,496 broken records

Margins by which the 1,496 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1996

Top 20 records on 28 December 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1996	Trundle (Brookview St), AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	89 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1996	Ellensburg, US	daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	81 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1996	Uitenhage, ZA	monthly rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1996	Willowmore, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	91 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1996	Biesjiesfontein, ZA	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1996	Faith, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 December 1996	Newell, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1996	Jagersfontein, ZA	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1996	Bloemfontein Kings Park, ZA	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	77 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1996	Biesjesfontein, ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	81 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1996	Coupeville 1 S, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	99 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1996	Sierra City, US	daily rain	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1996	Altay, CN	monthly rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	10 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1996	Van Staadens (Rsv), ZA	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	85.7 mm (3.4 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1996	Vondeling(Sar)"T...Kraal", ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1996	Camp Crook, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	102 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1996	Izmail, UA	monthly low max	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	107 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1996	Ellensburg, US	all-time snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1996	De Rust (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1996	Darwin Airport, AU	daily rain	155.6 mm (6.1 in)	113.2 mm (4.5 in)	23 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1996. 1996 had 1,762 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 28 December 1996
Margin	Records
0 to 100	1,424
100 to 200	52
200 to 300	11
300 to 400	7
400 to 500	2