Weather Records on 23 December 1915

59 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1915. Highest significance: Uppsala_Aut, SE.

Key Facts for 23 December 1915

On 23 December 1915, 59 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 51 daily.
Uppsala_Aut set a daily record low minimum temperature of -20.9 C (-5.6 F) on 23 December 1915.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 549 records.

Record Map

59 stations

59 station records on 23 December 1915 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1915: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.9 C (-5.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.8 C (-10.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-25.2 C (-13.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-33.0 C (-27.4 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-28.0 C (-18.4 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-30.5 C (-22.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

59 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1915 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 15, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 December 1915 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	15
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 December 1915 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 51.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

56 broken records

Margins by which the 56 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1915

Top 20 records on 23 December 1915 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1915	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low min	-20.9 C (-5.6 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	51 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1915	Vanersborg, SE	daily low min	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	9.0 C (16.2 F)	22 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1915	Harnosand, SE	daily low max	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	7.5 C (13.5 F)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1915	Orebro, SE	daily low min	-23.8 C (-10.8 F)	8.8 C (15.8 F)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1915	Stockholm, SE	daily low min	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	7.5 C (13.5 F)	22 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1915	Visby_Flygplats, SE	monthly low min	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1915	Vanersborg, SE	monthly low max	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	19 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1915	Skara 1, SE	monthly low min	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1915	Tranebjerg, DK	daily low min	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	38 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1915	Halmstad, SE	monthly low min	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	19 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1915	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily low min	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	27 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1915	Uccle, BE	daily rain	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1915	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1915	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1915	Roermond, NL	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1915	Vestervig, DK	daily low min	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	38 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1915	Karlshamn, SE	daily low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	22 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1915	Stockholm, SE	daily low max	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	22 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1915	Boras, SE	daily low min	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	22 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1915	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	23 years	16 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 1915

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1915. 1915 had 59 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 1915
Margin	Records
0 to 10	51
10 to 20	3
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	2