Weather Records on 23 December 1942

534 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1942. Highest significance: Dhulia, IN.

Key Facts for 23 December 1942

On 23 December 1942, 534 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 519 daily.
Dhulia set a monthly record daily precipitation of 65.5 mm (2.6 in) on 23 December 1942.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 546 records.

Record Map

534 stations

534 station records on 23 December 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dhulia	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Roper River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Akluj	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Malsiras	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Murwillumbah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sirur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Panna	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ghoda Ambegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zillmere Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dhond	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dindori	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bhir	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yeola	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Khilchipur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rahuri	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parola	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mapleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kentfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shevgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nevasa	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gudiyatham	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Biggenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Poona	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montville "Craglands"	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Battle Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ernest Junction Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mungaoli	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alderley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mayne Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tasgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oxley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pinkenba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

534 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 397, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 23 December 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	397
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 23 December 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 519.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

475 broken records

Margins by which the 475 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1942

Top 20 records on 23 December 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1942	Dhulia, IN	monthly rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1942	Roper River Police, AU	monthly rain	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1942	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1942	Akluj, IN	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1942	Hawkwood Station, AU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1942	Malsiras, IN	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1942	Murwillumbah Post Office, AU	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1942	Tweed Heads Golf Club, AU	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1942	Sirur, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1942	Khed, IN	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1942	Panna, IN	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1942	Gold Creek Reservoir, AU	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1942	Ghoda Ambegaon, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1942	Enoggera Reservoir, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1942	Zillmere Post Office, AU	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1942	Dhond, IN	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1942	Barkestad, NO	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1942	Condong Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1942	Lismore (Centre Street), AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1942	Dindori, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	46 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1942. 1942 had 534 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 50	455
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1