Weather Records on 23 December 1919

39 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1919. Highest significance: Kunzelsau, DE.

Key Facts for 23 December 1919

On 23 December 1919, 39 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
5 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 38 daily.
Kunzelsau set a daily record precipitation of 41.0 mm (1.6 in) on 23 December 1919.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 549 records.

Record Map

39 stations

39 station records on 23 December 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Yackara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tolmie (Langley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Innamincka Police Camp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Binya (Merribee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe (Wokabity)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Tinda Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	0 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

39 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 28, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 23 December 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	28
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 23 December 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 38.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

35 broken records

Margins by which the 35 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1919

Top 20 records on 23 December 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1919	Kunzelsau, DE	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1919	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1919	Ohringen, DE	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1919	Tuttlingen, DE	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1919	Karlsruhe, DE	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1919	Carrieton (Yackara), AU	monthly rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1919	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	25.4 C (77.7 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1919	Harkerville (Bos), ZA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1919	Henichesk, UA	daily rain	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1919	Weissenburg, DE	daily rain	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1919	Sevastopol',Mgs, UA	daily rain	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1919	Simferopol, UA	daily rain	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1919	Metten, DE	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	0 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1919	Tolmie (Langley), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1919	Knysna (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	18 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1919	Culbertson, US	daily snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1919	Innamincka Police Camp, AU	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1919	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	36 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1919	Yalta, UA	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	0 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1919	Binya (Merribee), AU	daily rain	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	37 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 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1919. 1919 had 39 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 1919
Margin	Records
0 to 10	20
10 to 20	11
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1