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Weather Records on 23 December 1903

5 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1903. Highest significance: Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA.

Key Facts for 23 December 1903

  • On 23 December 1903, 5 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
  • 1 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
  • By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 5 daily.
  • Durban-Botanical Gardens set a daily record precipitation of 77.7 mm (3.1 in) on 23 December 1903.
  • Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 549 records.

Record Map

5 stations
Weather records on 23 December 1903 5 station records on 23 December 1903 are marked on the map, coloured by record type.
5 station records on 23 December 1903 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.
Weather records on 23 December 1903: highest significance records shown on the map
StationCountryTypeValueSignificance
Durban-Botanical GardensSouth AfricaRecord daily precipitation77.7 mm (3.1 in)44 of 100 (Notable)
HambantotaSri LankaRecord high maximum temperature31.7 C (89.1 F)21 of 100 (Routine)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)AustraliaRecord daily precipitation15.2 mm (0.6 in)18 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (SAustraliaRecord daily precipitation11.9 mm (0.5 in)13 of 100 (Routine)
Cordeaux RiverAustraliaRecord daily precipitation11.4 mm (0.4 in)13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

5 records
Records on 23 December 1903 by type Records set or tied on 23 December 1903 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 4. 01234Highest daily maximum: 1Lowest daily maximum: 0Highest daily minimum: 0Lowest daily minimum: 0Heaviest daily rainfall: 4Heaviest daily snowfall: 0Deepest snow cover: 0Max highMax lowMin highMin lowRainSnowDepth
Records set or tied on 23 December 1903 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 4.
Records on 23 December 1903 by type
Record typeRecords
Highest daily maximum1
Lowest daily maximum0
Highest daily minimum0
Lowest daily minimum0
Heaviest daily rainfall4
Heaviest daily snowfall0
Deepest snow cover0
Records on 23 December 1903 by timescale Records on 23 December 1903 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 5. 0246all-time: 0monthly: 0daily: 5all-timemonthlydaily
Records on 23 December 1903 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 5.
Records on 23 December 1903 by timescale
TimescaleRecords
all-time0
monthly0
daily5

How Much Records Were Beaten By

5 broken records
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 23 December 1903 Margins by which the 5 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 45.4. Ties are not counted. 012340 to 10: 410 to 20: 020 to 30: 030 to 40: 040 to 50: 10 to 1010 to 2020 to 3030 to 4040 to 50
Margins by which the 5 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 45.4. Ties are not counted.
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 23 December 1903
MarginRecords
0 to 104
10 to 200
20 to 300
30 to 400
40 to 501

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1903
Top 5 records on 23 December 1903 by significance
DateStationRecordValueBeat old record byOld record stoodSignificance
23 December 1903Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZAdaily rain77.7 mm (3.1 in)45.4 mm (1.8 in)29 years44 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1903Hambantota, LKdaily high max31.7 C (89.1 F)1.1 C (2.0 F)32 years21 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1903Moss Vale (Hoskins Street), AUdaily rain15.2 mm (0.6 in)7.8 mm (0.31 in)24 years18 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1903Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S, AUdaily rain11.9 mm (0.5 in)1.5 mm (0.06 in)30 years13 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1903Cordeaux River, AUdaily rain11.4 mm (0.4 in)5.0 mm (0.20 in)24 years13 of 100 (Routine)

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 1903
Records on 12-23 in each year Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1903. 1903 had 5 records. 02,0004,0006,0001793: 11825: 11829: 11840: 11852: 11855: 11860: 31864: 11868: 11870: 61871: 21875: 21877: 11878: 11880: 11881: 11883: 21887: 21888: 21889: 21891: 31893: 21894: 51896: 41897: 11898: 41899: 61901: 21903: 51904: 111905: 31906: 161907: 351908: 81909: 591910: 411911: 291912: 361913: 871914: 571915: 591916: 341917: 261918: 511919: 391920: 331921: 2191922: 281923: 1461924: 2571925: 2051926: 1461927: 1001928: 1371929: 3931930: 1411931: 9871932: 3291933: 7341934: 921935: 3601936: 3701937: 2321938: 1831939: 2641940: 3651941: 7501942: 5341943: 7451944: 4841945: 7521946: 2341947: 5171948: 5281949: 6181950: 5211951: 4051952: 2421953: 6051954: 3481955: 1,1621956: 4961957: 4851958: 2091959: 3521960: 1,4421961: 3201962: 4391963: 1,3911964: 1,4571965: 6531966: 4361967: 8851968: 8911969: 8521970: 9401971: 6951972: 3761973: 4791974: 6111975: 6281976: 5141977: 6631978: 3511979: 8131980: 5161981: 1,1271982: 1,1401983: 4,5331984: 6681985: 6291986: 5711987: 8041988: 8781989: 3,7911990: 3,2411991: 1,1961992: 5041993: 9911994: 1,0911995: 1,2121996: 1,1841997: 1,0161998: 6881999: 9362000: 7462001: 6632002: 7782003: 7662004: 1,2312005: 9032006: 1,1942007: 8732008: 7712009: 1,0732010: 1,2982011: 7352012: 8172013: 1,2352014: 1,0702015: 1,9722016: 4322017: 6212018: 3732019: 6992020: 9162021: 7022022: 1,4262023: 8562024: 6372025: 1,6781793188319071923193919551971198720032019
Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1903. 1903 had 5 records.
Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.
Records on 12-23 in each year
YearRecords
17931
18251
18291
18401
18521
18551
18603
18641
18681
18706
18712
18752
18771
18781
18801
18811
18832
18872
18882
18892
18913
18932
18945
18964
18971
18984
18996
19012
19035
190411
19053
190616
190735
19088
190959
191041
191129
191236
191387
191457
191559
191634
191726
191851
191939
192033
1921219
192228
1923146
1924257
1925205
1926146
1927100
1928137
1929393
1930141
1931987
1932329
1933734
193492
1935360
1936370
1937232
1938183
1939264
1940365
1941750
1942534
1943745
1944484
1945752
1946234
1947517
1948528
1949618
1950521
1951405
1952242
1953605
1954348
19551,162
1956496
1957485
1958209
1959352
19601,442
1961320
1962439
19631,391
19641,457
1965653
1966436
1967885
1968891
1969852
1970940
1971695
1972376
1973479
1974611
1975628
1976514
1977663
1978351
1979813
1980516
19811,127
19821,140
19834,533
1984668
1985629
1986571
1987804
1988878
19893,791
19903,241
19911,196
1992504
1993991
19941,091
19951,212
19961,184
19971,016
1998688
1999936
2000746
2001663
2002778
2003766
20041,231
2005903
20061,194
2007873
2008771
20091,073
20101,298
2011735
2012817
20131,235
20141,070
20151,972
2016432
2017621
2018373
2019699
2020916
2021702
20221,426
2023856
2024637
20251,678

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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 . Last revised (2026-10-15).