Weather Records on 23 December 1930

141 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1930. Highest significance: Palermo, IT.

Key Facts for 23 December 1930

On 23 December 1930, 141 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 137 daily.
Palermo set a daily record precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 23 December 1930.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 548 records.

Record Map

141 stations

141 station records on 23 December 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Deer Park	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mulyie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Henbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Caroleen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Bootra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kiruna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Deseret	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfridge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

141 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 39, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 23 December 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	39
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 23 December 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 137.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

115 broken records

Margins by which the 115 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1930

Top 20 records on 23 December 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1930	Palermo, IT	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	99 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1930	Moncton, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1930	Webster City, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1930	Hogsback (Bos), ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1930	Sussex, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1930	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high min	22.6 C (72.7 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	58 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1930	Fort Beaufort, ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	43 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1930	Adelaide (Pol), ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1930	Lady Grey (Pol), ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1930	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1930	Bridgeport, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1930	Fort National, DZ	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1930	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1930	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low min	2.3 C (36.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	59 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1930	Brunette Downs, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1930	Toronto Deer Park, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	4.4 cm (1.7 in)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1930	Port Jervis, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1930	Salisbury, US	daily low min	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1930	Belvidere, US	daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1930	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	27 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 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1930. 1930 had 141 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 50	106
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1