Weather Records on 28 December 2018

811 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 2018. Highest significance: Waynesboro 2 W, US.

Key Facts for 28 December 2018

On 28 December 2018, 811 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
280 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 773 daily.
Waynesboro 2 W set an all-time record daily precipitation of 323.9 mm (12.8 in) on 28 December 2018.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

811 stations

811 station records on 28 December 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	323.9 mm (12.8 in)	97 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Buckatunna 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	222.3 mm (8.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Halenanaho 1006	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Maraza	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Brainerd	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Portage	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cumming 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brevard	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Centreville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sumrall	United States	Record daily precipitation	208.8 mm (8.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Portage	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Allen	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Millport 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hanceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Holt L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhorn	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Animas 3ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Caesars Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Long Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mathews	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Helen	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Abita Springs Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook 17 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Abbott 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boothville ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aliceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Grove Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rothsay	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

811 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 107, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 173, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 311, Heaviest daily snowfall 81, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 28 December 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	107
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	173
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	311
Heaviest daily snowfall	81
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 28 December 2018 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 37, daily 773.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

694 broken records

Margins by which the 694 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 182.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 2018

Top 20 records on 28 December 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 2018	Waynesboro 2 W, US	all-time rain	323.9 mm (12.8 in)	94.3 mm (3.7 in)	90 years	97 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 December 2018	Hattiesburg 5SW, US	monthly rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	77 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 December 2018	Columbia, US	monthly rain	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	45 years	73 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2018	Bosque del Apache, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	31 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2018	Fayette, US	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	76 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2018	Newnan 7 WNW, US	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	85 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2018	Buckatunna 1 NE, US	monthly rain	222.3 mm (8.8 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	76 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 December 2018	Halenanaho 1006, US	daily rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2018	W Pt, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2018	Maraza, AZ	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2018	Brainerd, US	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	12.9 cm (5.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2018	Artichoke Lake 1 E, US	daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	18.2 cm (7.2 in)	17 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2018	Grand Portage, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2018	Cumming 2N, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2018	Sandy Lake Dam Libby, US	monthly rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	125 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2018	Brevard, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	92 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2018	Centreville 6 SW, US	daily rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2018	Sumrall, US	monthly rain	208.8 mm (8.2 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2018	Asheville AP, US	monthly rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2018	Richfield, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	54 years	52 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2018. 2018 had 811 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2018-12-28: 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 25	558
25 to 50	76
50 to 75	31
75 to 100	17
100 to 125	6
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	2