Weather Records on 23 December 1914

57 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1914. Highest significance: Carrieton, AU.

Key Facts for 23 December 1914

On 23 December 1914, 57 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
0 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 51 daily.
Carrieton set a monthly record daily precipitation of 63.8 mm (2.5 in) on 23 December 1914.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 549 records.

Record Map

57 stations

57 station records on 23 December 1914 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1914: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (South Gap Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bimbowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boolcoomatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Outalpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Mulurulu Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stuarts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Teryawynia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Remarkable	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Poolamacca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Arumpo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Menindee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Beltana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Poole	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cultowa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Panban	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Tyntynder Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie (Coree STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Poplitah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman (Wirrealpa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Round Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

57 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1914 by type: Lowest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 48, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 23 December 1914 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	48
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 December 1914 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 51.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

53 broken records

Margins by which the 53 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 1914

Top 20 records on 23 December 1914 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1914	Carrieton, AU	monthly rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1914	Peterborough, AU	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1914	Woomera (South Gap Station), AU	monthly rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1914	Anna Creek, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1914	Bimbowrie, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1914	Boolcoomatta, AU	all-time rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1914	Booleroo Centre, AU	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1914	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1914	Outalpa, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1914	Pooncarie (Mulurulu Station), AU	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1914	Gosford (Gertrude Place), AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1914	Curnomona (Curnamona), AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1914	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1914	Stuarts Creek, AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	0 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1914	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1914	Salisbury Downs, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1914	Horsham Polkemmet Rd, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	28 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1914	Murtoa, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	0 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1914	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1914	Teryawynia, AU	daily rain	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	26 years	18 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 1914

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1914. 1914 had 57 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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Data for records on 1914-12-23: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	46
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1