Weather Records on 23 December 1952

242 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1952. Highest significance: Houghton Lake 6 WSW, US.

Key Facts for 23 December 1952

On 23 December 1952, 242 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
47 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 237 daily.
Houghton Lake 6 WSW set a daily record precipitation of 29.7 mm (1.2 in) on 23 December 1952.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 548 records.

Record Map

242 stations

242 station records on 23 December 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Thetford Mines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Elgin (Glenbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	228.0 cm (89.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Caetite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Karera	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rumford	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Thetford Mines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Osage	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Annanvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wateranga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-43.8 C (-46.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St George	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rpf 206 Mile	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yarraman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record snow depth	440.0 cm (173.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-33.2 C (-27.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stewart	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stewart	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lalsot	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barwasagar	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jhansi	India	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sangod	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mau	India	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kulpahar	India	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

242 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 98, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 23 December 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	98
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 23 December 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 237.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

178 broken records

Margins by which the 178 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1030.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1952

Top 20 records on 23 December 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1952	Houghton Lake 6 WSW, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1952	Thetford Mines, CA	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1952	Glen Elgin (Glenbrook), AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1952	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	228.0 cm (89.8 in)	103.0 cm (40.6 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1952	Caetite, BR	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1952	E Wareham, US	monthly rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1952	Karera, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1952	Provincetown 3 NW, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1952	Rumford, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1952	Alexandria, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	58 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1952	Rockport 1 ESE, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1952	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1952	Greenville Muni AP, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1952	Thetford Mines, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1952	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1952	Howard, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1952	Osage, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1952	St Andrews, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	70 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1952	Marshalltown, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1952	Hyannis, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	45 years	29 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1952. 1952 had 242 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 1952-12-23: 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 200	175
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	1
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1