Weather Records on 23 December 1929

393 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1929. Highest significance: Fischers Store, US.

Key Facts for 23 December 1929

On 23 December 1929, 393 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 324 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 371 daily.
Fischers Store set a monthly record daily precipitation of 177.8 mm (7.0 in) on 23 December 1929.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 547 records.

Record Map

393 stations

393 station records on 23 December 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Duck Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waco	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-21.9 C (-7.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Magnolia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karumba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

393 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 175, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 149, Heaviest daily rainfall 28, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 23 December 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	175
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	149
Heaviest daily rainfall	28
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 23 December 1929 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 19, daily 371.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

318 broken records

Margins by which the 318 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 139.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1929

Top 20 records on 23 December 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1929	Fischers Store, US	monthly rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	16 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1929	Hambantota, LK	all-time low max	22.4 C (72.3 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1929	Elmira, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1929	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1929	Towanda 1 S, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1929	Reading Wb City, US	daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	7.3 cm (2.9 in)	57 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1929	Cheneyville 1 NE, US	all-time low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1929	Emporium 1 E, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	19 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1929	Duck Hill, US	monthly low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1929	Lewisburg, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1929	Waco, US	all-time low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1929	Nuwara Eliya, LK	monthly low max	14.3 C (57.7 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	45 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1929	Kosciusko, US	monthly low min	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1929	Dale Enterprise, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1929	Simferopol, UA	monthly low min	-21.9 C (-7.4 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	41 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1929	Natchez, US	monthly low min	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1929	Harrisburg - Coop, US	daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	20 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1929	Clinton Forestry HQ, US	monthly low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1929	Robeline, US	monthly low min	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	4 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1929	Summerville 4W, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	22 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1929. 1929 had 393 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	298
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	3