Weather Records on 23 December 1937

232 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1937. Highest significance: Taung, ZA.

Key Facts for 23 December 1937

On 23 December 1937, 232 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 224 daily.
Taung set a monthly record daily precipitation of 89.4 mm (3.5 in) on 23 December 1937.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 548 records.

Record Map

232 stations

232 station records on 23 December 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Donkerhoek (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Multai	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Punalur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aryankavu	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Esquimalt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Schoonoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hempstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kottayam P.W.D	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karunagapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bonney Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kloofend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pala	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quilon Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darjeeling	India	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mongpoo	India	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Welgelegen(Middlemnt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vosburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Noupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

232 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 135, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 23 December 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 23 December 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 224.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

207 broken records

Margins by which the 207 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 183.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1937

Top 20 records on 23 December 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1937	Taung, ZA	monthly rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1937	Marnitz, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1937	Newlands, ZA	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1937	Winnemucca AP, US	monthly snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1937	Henichesk, UA	monthly rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1937	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1937	Donkerhoek (Skl), ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1937	Mount Florance, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1937	Napoleon, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1937	Saltspring Island, CA	daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1937	Multai, IN	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1937	Nanaimo, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1937	South Pass City, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1937	Punalur, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1937	Aryankavu, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1937	Fergus Falls, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1937	Esquimalt, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1937	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1937	Philippolis (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1937	Hempstead, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	28 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1937. 1937 had 232 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	166
25 to 50	22
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	5
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1