Weather Records on 23 December 1944

484 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1944. Highest significance: Lucknow, CA.

Key Facts for 23 December 1944

On 23 December 1944, 484 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 126 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 474 daily.
Lucknow set a daily record precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 23 December 1944.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 546 records.

Record Map

484 stations

484 station records on 23 December 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tellichery	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bhagamandala	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sringeri	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Senador Pompeu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nilambur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Itaporanga (Misericordia)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Serra Negra Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walsh River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Irikkur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palmas de Monte Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich Township	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Guaraciaba Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boone	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goombungee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Inga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maryvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Joao Do Sabugi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Tucunduba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chettikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bantwal	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bowenville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Iraucuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Lodge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lucan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sirmuthra	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Government Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Satyamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

484 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 197, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 23 December 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	197
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 23 December 1944 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 474.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

389 broken records

Margins by which the 389 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1944

Top 20 records on 23 December 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1944	Lucknow, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1944	Tellichery, IN	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1944	Hot Springs, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1944	Bhagamandala, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1944	Claysville 3 W, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1944	Sringeri, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1944	Senador Pompeu, BR	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1944	Puttur, IN	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1944	Nilambur, IN	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1944	Itaporanga (Misericordia), BR	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1944	Wheatland 4N, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	5 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1944	Serra Negra Do Norte, BR	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1944	Goderich, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	75 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1944	Walsh River Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1944	Brucefield, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1944	Ridgetown, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1944	Irikkur, IN	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1944	Palmas de Monte Alto, BR	daily rain	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1944	Kapskarmo, NO	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1944	Goderich Township, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	19 years	30 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1944. 1944 had 484 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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Data for records on 1944-12-23: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	343
25 to 50	28
50 to 75	10
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	3