Weather Records on 23 December 1932

329 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1932. Highest significance: Ardmore, US.

Key Facts for 23 December 1932

On 23 December 1932, 329 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 301 daily.
Ardmore set a monthly record daily precipitation of 148.3 mm (5.8 in) on 23 December 1932.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 547 records.

Record Map

329 stations

329 station records on 23 December 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ardmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hannibal 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Smith	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tulsa	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Joshimath	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waukomis	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Koshkonong	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

329 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 215, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 23 December 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 23 December 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 301.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

286 broken records

Margins by which the 286 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 965.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1932

Top 20 records on 23 December 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1932	Ardmore, US	monthly rain	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	87.3 mm (3.4 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1932	Hannibal 1 N, US	monthly rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1932	Webbers Falls 5 WSW, US	monthly rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1932	Holdenville 2SSE, US	monthly rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1932	Crosbyton, US	monthly rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1932	Marble Hill, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1932	Chandler, US	monthly rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1932	Haskell, US	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1932	Joliet, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1932	Ft Smith, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1932	Rushville, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1932	McAlester Rgnl AP, US	monthly rain	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1932	Gravette, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1932	Steffenville, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1932	Cloud Chief 2 SE, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1932	Gainesville, US	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1932	Columbia Wb City, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1932	Webster City, US	daily snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1932	Durant, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1932	Nevada Wtp, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)

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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1932. 1932 had 329 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 200	285
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1