Weather Records on 15 December 1923

132 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 December 1923. Highest significance: Normanville, AU.

Key Facts for 15 December 1923

On 15 December 1923, 132 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 131 daily.
Normanville set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 15 December 1923.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

132 stations

132 station records on 15 December 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 December 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla (Woodvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill (Woorak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Narrewilock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fountain Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nairne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whittata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenelg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sturt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.9 C (109.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Nuntherungie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bramfield Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

132 records

Records set or tied on 15 December 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 51, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 15 December 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	51
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 December 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 131.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

111 broken records

Margins by which the 111 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

15 December 1923

Top 20 records on 15 December 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 December 1923	Normanville, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1923	Yankalilla, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1923	Yankalilla (Woodvale), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1923	Nhill (Woorak), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1923	Meadows, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1923	Sydney, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1923	Narrewilock, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1923	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1923	New Westminster, CA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1923	Frome Downs, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1923	Beech Forest, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	31 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1923	Streaky Bay, AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1923	Yardea, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1923	Fountain Forest Reserve, AU	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1923	Port Lincoln (Woolga), AU	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1923	Happy Valley Reservoir, AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1923	Coromandel Valley (Branden), AU	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1923	Mount Wedge, AU	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1923	Nairne, AU	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1923	Whittata, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 years	20 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1923. 1923 had 132 records.

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

Records on 12-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1810	1
1814	3
1815	1
1825	1
1831	1
1840	2
1844	2
1846	3
1847	1
1854	3
1859	2
1863	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	1
1885	1
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	5
1897	2
1899	12
1900	5
1901	21
1902	3
1903	7
1904	9
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	5
1909	5
1910	4
1911	23
1912	42
1913	13
1914	239
1915	180
1916	40
1917	40
1918	54
1919	28
1920	35
1921	26
1922	65
1923	132
1924	358
1925	187
1926	226
1927	235
1928	388
1929	500
1930	160
1931	284
1932	385
1933	796
1934	199
1935	140
1936	286
1937	310
1938	100
1939	637
1940	464
1941	373
1942	385
1943	486
1944	281
1945	420
1946	521
1947	634
1948	1,239
1949	135
1950	292
1951	962
1952	367
1953	270
1954	413
1955	371
1956	531
1957	304
1958	531
1959	560
1960	313
1961	883
1962	979
1963	670
1964	371
1965	759
1966	275
1967	948
1968	510
1969	352
1970	215
1971	1,739
1972	1,159
1973	615
1974	511
1975	1,230
1976	349
1977	963
1978	499
1979	560
1980	1,085
1981	1,243
1982	831
1983	1,229
1984	1,397
1985	1,077
1986	502
1987	1,740
1988	519
1989	2,753
1990	846
1991	636
1992	1,263
1993	734
1994	676
1995	848
1996	727
1997	1,521
1998	1,216
1999	621
2000	1,154
2001	1,026
2002	831
2003	846
2004	795
2005	953
2006	1,491
2007	973
2008	1,789
2009	930
2010	1,705
2011	780
2012	1,058
2013	701
2014	1,045
2015	1,398
2016	1,024
2017	332
2018	539
2019	547
2020	400
2021	1,182
2022	1,057
2023	794
2024	369
2025	2,115

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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 15 December 1923
Margin	Records
0 to 10	95
10 to 20	10
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1