Weather Records on 1 December 1923

70 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 December 1923. Highest significance: Anticosti SW Point, CA.

Key Facts for 1 December 1923

On 1 December 1923, 70 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
25 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 67 daily.
Anticosti SW Point set a daily record precipitation of 32.0 mm (1.3 in) on 1 December 1923.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

70 stations

70 station records on 1 December 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 December 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pacific Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.1 C (-34.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Angel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

70 records

Records set or tied on 1 December 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 29, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 1 December 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	29
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 1 December 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 67.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

58 broken records

Margins by which the 58 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 December 1923

Top 20 records on 1 December 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 December 1923	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1923	Duaringa Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1923	Fort Chipewyan, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1923	Kazan, RU	monthly rain	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1923	Fort Chipewyan, CA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1923	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily low min	20.1 C (68.2 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1923	Bad Muskau, DE	daily snow depth	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1923	Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag), DE	daily snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1923	Yarmouth, CA	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	42 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1923	Buckeye, US	monthly high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	4 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1923	Seymour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	31 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1923	Yarmouth, CA	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	36 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1923	Witelsbos (Bos), ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	16 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1923	Grahamstown, ZA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	33 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1923	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	38 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1923	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily high max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1923	Charlottetown, CA	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	30 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1923	Drift Sands (Bos), ZA	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	24 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1923	Fir Glen, ZA	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1923	Ashland, US	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	28 years	15 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

1797 to 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1923. 1923 had 70 records.

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

Records on 12-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1805	1
1807	2
1810	1
1817	2
1821	1
1823	2
1831	1
1849	1
1856	3
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	3
1873	6
1875	8
1876	4
1877	1
1879	7
1884	3
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	4
1897	10
1898	5
1899	4
1901	5
1902	7
1903	13
1904	4
1905	11
1906	3
1907	8
1908	40
1909	64
1910	39
1911	45
1912	37
1913	53
1914	142
1915	23
1916	29
1917	52
1918	32
1919	78
1920	192
1921	55
1922	85
1923	70
1924	135
1925	145
1926	115
1927	271
1928	85
1929	515
1930	128
1931	337
1932	383
1933	656
1934	667
1935	164
1936	433
1937	238
1938	159
1939	346
1940	300
1941	391
1942	424
1943	93
1944	478
1945	259
1946	224
1947	392
1948	252
1949	313
1950	437
1951	585
1952	762
1953	283
1954	308
1955	624
1956	338
1957	295
1958	531
1959	355
1960	258
1961	373
1962	1,073
1963	282
1964	1,181
1965	598
1966	995
1967	601
1968	883
1969	673
1970	1,299
1971	574
1972	843
1973	888
1974	1,339
1975	1,007
1976	1,294
1977	1,166
1978	777
1979	874
1980	1,019
1981	1,320
1982	1,759
1983	1,275
1984	513
1985	3,874
1986	803
1987	1,020
1988	538
1989	822
1990	514
1991	2,124
1992	552
1993	597
1994	717
1995	1,386
1996	1,448
1997	736
1998	1,698
1999	790
2000	777
2001	1,211
2002	637
2003	627
2004	1,033
2005	815
2006	2,866
2007	1,427
2008	879
2009	927
2010	1,991
2011	947
2012	1,027
2013	400
2014	677
2015	850
2016	384
2017	496
2018	807
2019	803
2020	567
2021	2,030
2022	584
2023	609
2024	636
2025	679

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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 10	50
10 to 20	5
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2