Weather Records on 23 December 1912

36 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1912. Highest significance: Quantambone, AU.

Key Facts for 23 December 1912

On 23 December 1912, 36 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 35 daily.
Quantambone set a monthly record daily precipitation of 79.0 mm (3.1 in) on 23 December 1912.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 549 records.

Record Map

36 stations

36 station records on 23 December 1912 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1912: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Quantambone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charlton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goonal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Burra Burra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Coonimbia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Goangra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
The Rock (Bullenbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Denman (Martindale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Narrandera Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

36 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1912 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 16.

Records on 23 December 1912 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	16
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 December 1912 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 35.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

28 broken records

Margins by which the 28 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 49.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1912

Top 20 records on 23 December 1912 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1912	Quantambone, AU	monthly rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1912	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1912	Mantova, IT	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1912	Charlton, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1912	Parnu, EE	daily rain	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1912	Goonal, AU	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1912	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1912	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	26 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1912	Tranebjerg, DK	daily high min	5.2 C (41.4 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	28 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1912	Burra Burra, AU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	26 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1912	Chicoutimi, CA	daily low max	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	15 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1912	Coonimbia, AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	21 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1912	Walgett (Goangra), AU	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	24 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1912	Jonkoping, SE	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	18 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1912	The Rock (Bullenbong), AU	daily rain	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	29 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1912	Denman (Martindale), AU	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	14 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1912	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	21 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1912	Orebro, SE	daily high max	6.0 C (42.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	18 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1912	Cobar (Meryula), AU	daily rain	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	13 years	8 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1912	Condobolin Retirement Village, AU	daily rain	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	13 years	8 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 1912

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1912. 1912 had 36 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-23 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1825	1
1829	1
1840	1
1852	1
1855	1
1860	3
1864	1
1868	1
1870	6
1871	2
1875	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1883	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1891	3
1893	2
1894	5
1896	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	6
1901	2
1903	5
1904	11
1905	3
1906	16
1907	35
1908	8
1909	59
1910	41
1911	29
1912	36
1913	87
1914	57
1915	59
1916	34
1917	26
1918	51
1919	39
1920	33
1921	219
1922	28
1923	146
1924	257
1925	205
1926	146
1927	100
1928	137
1929	393
1930	141
1931	987
1932	329
1933	734
1934	92
1935	360
1936	370
1937	232
1938	183
1939	264
1940	365
1941	750
1942	534
1943	745
1944	484
1945	752
1946	234
1947	517
1948	528
1949	618
1950	521
1951	405
1952	242
1953	605
1954	348
1955	1,162
1956	496
1957	485
1958	209
1959	352
1960	1,442
1961	320
1962	439
1963	1,391
1964	1,457
1965	653
1966	436
1967	885
1968	891
1969	852
1970	940
1971	695
1972	376
1973	479
1974	611
1975	628
1976	514
1977	663
1978	351
1979	813
1980	516
1981	1,127
1982	1,140
1983	4,533
1984	668
1985	629
1986	571
1987	804
1988	878
1989	3,791
1990	3,241
1991	1,196
1992	504
1993	991
1994	1,091
1995	1,212
1996	1,184
1997	1,016
1998	688
1999	936
2000	746
2001	663
2002	778
2003	766
2004	1,231
2005	903
2006	1,194
2007	873
2008	771
2009	1,073
2010	1,298
2011	735
2012	817
2013	1,235
2014	1,070
2015	1,972
2016	432
2017	621
2018	373
2019	699
2020	916
2021	702
2022	1,426
2023	856
2024	637
2025	1,678

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 23 December 1912
Margin	Records
0 to 10	23
10 to 20	2
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1