Weather Records on 23 December 1927

100 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1927. Highest significance: Southampton, CA.

Key Facts for 23 December 1927

On 23 December 1927, 100 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
12 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 93 daily.
Southampton set a daily record snowfall of 36.8 cm (14.5 in) on 23 December 1927.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 549 records.

Record Map

100 stations

100 station records on 23 December 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Southampton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Hill Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Inkerman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rolleston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jericho Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

100 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 53, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 23 December 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	53
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 23 December 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 93.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

89 broken records

Margins by which the 89 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 190.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1927

Top 20 records on 23 December 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1927	Southampton, CA	daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1927	Cowley Station, AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1927	Southampton, CA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1927	Gumbardo, AU	monthly rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1927	Aramac Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1927	Pine Hill Railway Station, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1927	Inkerman Station, AU	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1927	Springsure Comet St, AU	monthly rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1927	Anakie Richardson St, AU	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	13 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1927	Maneroo, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1927	Rolleston, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1927	Muttaburra, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1927	Charleville Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1927	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1927	Bogantungan Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	13 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1927	Barcaldine Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1927	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily low max	25.2 C (77.4 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1927	Alice Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1927	Bowen Downs, AU	monthly rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1927	Hughenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	27 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1927. 1927 had 100 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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Data for records on 1927-12-23: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 25	67
25 to 50	14
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1