Weather Records on 23 December 1931

987 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1931. Highest significance: Vedaranayam, IN.

Key Facts for 23 December 1931

On 23 December 1931, 987 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
731 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 979 daily.
Vedaranayam set a monthly record daily precipitation of 298.5 mm (11.8 in) on 23 December 1931.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 543 records.

Record Map

987 stations

987 station records on 23 December 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vedaranayam	India	Record daily precipitation	298.5 mm (11.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Vallam	India	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kumbhakonam	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Udayalipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kattumannarkoil	India	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jayamkondam	India	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvaiyaru	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mayuram	India	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pamban	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yercaud	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ariyalur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mannargudi	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nidamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tanjavur	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kodavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lochinvar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chidambaram	India	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nannilam	India	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Annavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vattaram	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paramakudi	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sirkali	India	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ulundurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppathur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Denman (Palace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wayne City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

987 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 313, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 418, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 236, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 December 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	313
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	418
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	236
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 December 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 979.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

832 broken records

Margins by which the 832 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 161.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1931

Top 20 records on 23 December 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1931	Vedaranayam, IN	monthly rain	298.5 mm (11.8 in)	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1931	Vallam, IN	daily rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1931	Kumbhakonam, IN	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1931	Udayalipatti, IN	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1931	Kattumannarkoil, IN	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	108.4 mm (4.3 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1931	Jayamkondam, IN	daily rain	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1931	Tiruvaiyaru, IN	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1931	Santa Maria, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1931	Mayuram, IN	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1931	Pamban, IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1931	Ipswich, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1931	Yercaud, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1931	Ariyalur, IN	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1931	Mannargudi, IN	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1931	Nidamangalam, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1931	Tanjavur, IN	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1931	Kodavasal, IN	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1931	Branxton Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1931	Lochinvar, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1931	Chidambaram, IN	daily rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	4 years	33 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1931. 1931 had 987 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 25	783
25 to 50	32
50 to 75	10
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1