Weather Records on 23 December 1934

92 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1934. Highest significance: Miles Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 23 December 1934

On 23 December 1934, 92 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 90 daily.
Miles Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 23 December 1934.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 549 records.

Record Map

92 stations

92 station records on 23 December 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Macalister Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nawa	India	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beringarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sikar	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Shahpura	India	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Biggenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Amcor - Petrie Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jandowae Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bikaner	India	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wyanga (Barcoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wandoo Wandong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Matong (Bonnie Doon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mandawar	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bhikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bhind	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Malpura	India	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Juandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jodhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Crosby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

92 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 52, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 23 December 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	52
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 23 December 1934 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 90.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

79 broken records

Margins by which the 79 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1934

Top 20 records on 23 December 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1934	Miles Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1934	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1934	Macalister Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1934	Washington, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1934	Warra Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1934	Savanne, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1934	Gayndah Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1934	Jimbour State School, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1934	Ft Ripley, US	daily rain	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1934	Savanne, CA	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1934	Nawa, IN	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1934	Grahamstown, ZA	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1934	Komga (Pol), ZA	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1934	Beringarra, AU	daily rain	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1934	Sikar, IN	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1934	Beardsley, US	daily rain	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1934	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	44 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1934	Shahpura, IN	daily rain	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	32 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1934	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1934	Bar Harbor 3 NW, US	daily low max	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	37 years	18 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1934. 1934 had 92 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	63
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1