Weather Records on 6 December 1923

145 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 1923. Highest significance: Yarmouth, CA.

Key Facts for 6 December 1923

On 6 December 1923, 145 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
68 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 142 daily.
Yarmouth set a daily record precipitation of 62.5 mm (2.5 in) on 6 December 1923.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

145 stations

145 station records on 6 December 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hingham (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Angel	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boston City WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Burrumbuttock (Holyrood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

145 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 69, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 6 December 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	69
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 6 December 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 142.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

126 broken records

Margins by which the 126 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 1923

Top 20 records on 6 December 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 1923	Yarmouth, CA	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1923	Saint John, CA	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1923	Middletown 4 W, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1923	Lake Cochituate, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1923	Colfax, US	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1923	Westminster, CA	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1923	Norwalk, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1923	Ashland, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1923	Framingham, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1923	Salem AP (McNary Field), US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1923	Lawrence, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1923	Newport, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1923	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	47 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1923	Eastport, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1923	Lake Konomoc, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1923	Plymouth-Kingston, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1923	Banff, CA	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	17 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1923	Hingham (1), US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1923	The Dalles, US	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1923	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	38 years	24 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

1804 to 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1923. 1923 had 145 records.

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

Records on 12-06 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1822	1
1825	1
1827	1
1829	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	2
1848	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	7
1871	1
1872	1
1875	3
1876	1
1879	5
1880	1
1884	2
1886	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	8
1893	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	5
1902	19
1903	7
1904	13
1905	4
1906	23
1907	10
1908	18
1909	26
1910	35
1911	9
1912	109
1913	14
1914	11
1915	63
1916	25
1917	22
1918	34
1919	30
1920	259
1921	20
1922	150
1923	145
1924	159
1925	189
1926	308
1927	107
1928	98
1929	92
1930	481
1931	178
1932	363
1933	346
1934	185
1935	283
1936	524
1937	958
1938	267
1939	918
1940	264
1941	231
1942	509
1943	378
1944	203
1945	241
1946	657
1947	178
1948	396
1949	137
1950	1,419
1951	1,591
1952	229
1953	533
1954	455
1955	345
1956	1,633
1957	362
1958	640
1959	379
1960	707
1961	197
1962	916
1963	391
1964	597
1965	420
1966	1,013
1967	310
1968	356
1969	810
1970	558
1971	545
1972	2,565
1973	482
1974	549
1975	637
1976	643
1977	1,480
1978	969
1979	809
1980	1,108
1981	937
1982	1,277
1983	1,232
1984	1,245
1985	1,087
1986	695
1987	978
1988	660
1989	798
1990	800
1991	743
1992	1,622
1993	485
1994	1,467
1995	1,456
1996	1,093
1997	953
1998	2,750
1999	1,079
2000	1,230
2001	1,520
2002	1,576
2003	1,303
2004	699
2005	1,233
2006	1,097
2007	1,538
2008	913
2009	866
2010	1,364
2011	1,327
2012	848
2013	2,182
2014	615
2015	768
2016	575
2017	402
2018	469
2019	374
2020	549
2021	676
2022	432
2023	1,271
2024	620
2025	640

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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	106
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1