Weather Records on 23 December 1913

87 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1913. Highest significance: Adelaide West Terrace, AU.

Key Facts for 23 December 1913

On 23 December 1913, 87 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
15 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 84 daily.
Adelaide West Terrace set a monthly record daily precipitation of 61.5 mm (2.4 in) on 23 December 1913.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 549 records.

Record Map

87 stations

87 station records on 23 December 1913 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1913: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maccue	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warracknabeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wycheproof (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rokewood (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Werribee (Wyndham)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poplitah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winchelsea (Murdeduke)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tapio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stuarts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth (Avoca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Dandenong (Comberoond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Pinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

87 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1913 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 63, Heaviest daily snowfall 9.

Records on 23 December 1913 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	63
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 December 1913 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 84.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

80 broken records

Margins by which the 80 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1913

Top 20 records on 23 December 1913 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1913	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	monthly rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1913	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1913	Cape Borda Comparison, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1913	Cape Northumberland, AU	monthly rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1913	Stawell, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1913	Ararat Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1913	Maccue, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1913	Branxholme (Bassett), AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1913	Lakefield, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1913	Warracknabeal Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1913	Blackwood, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1913	Hamilton, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1913	Toronto, CA	daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	64 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1913	Montreal McGill, CA	daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1913	Geelong Sec, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	18 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1913	Ballarat Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1913	Wycheproof (Post Office), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1913	Glenthompson (Brie Brie), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	25 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1913	Lake Marmal, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1913	Rokewood (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	38 years	22 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 1913

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1913. 1913 had 87 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	72
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2