Weather Records on 23 December 1938

183 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1938. Highest significance: Muenster, DE.

Key Facts for 23 December 1938

On 23 December 1938, 183 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 179 daily.
Muenster set a daily record low minimum temperature of -18.4 C (-1.1 F) on 23 December 1938.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 548 records.

Record Map

183 stations

183 station records on 23 December 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-7.7 C (18.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record low maximum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.9 C (1.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.4 C (-4.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mexia	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton (Uralla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lansing	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-35.3 C (-31.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Germiston-Fj Payne Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-20.9 C (-5.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht-1	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-16.9 C (1.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-18.7 C (-1.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Colusa Brg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

183 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 47, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 23 December 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	47
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 23 December 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 179.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

146 broken records

Margins by which the 146 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1938

Top 20 records on 23 December 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1938	Muenster, DE	daily low min	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	8.6 C (15.5 F)	46 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1938	Uccle, BE	daily low min	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	67 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1938	Russell, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	49 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1938	Innsbruck, AT	daily low max	-7.7 C (18.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	60 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1938	Revelstoke, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1938	Revelstoke, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1938	Nurnberg, DE	daily low min	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	58 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1938	Basel Binningen, CH	daily low max	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	6.9 C (12.4 F)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1938	Karlsruhe, DE	daily low max	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	58 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1938	Arnsberg, DE	daily low min	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	20 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1938	West Souburg, NL	daily low min	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	6.3 C (11.3 F)	20 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1938	Altastenberg, DE	daily low max	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	45 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1938	Aachen, DE	daily low min	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1938	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily low max	0.2 C (32.4 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1938	Stuttgart-Stadt, DE	daily low min	-16.9 C (1.6 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1938	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low min	-20.4 C (-4.7 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	38 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1938	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	38 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1938	Den Helder-1, NL	daily low min	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1938	Buffelshoek, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1938	Chemnitz, DE	daily low min	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	38 years	21 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1938. 1938 had 183 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	133
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1