Weather Records on 23 December 1957

485 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1957. Highest significance: Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ.

Key Facts for 23 December 1957

On 23 December 1957, 485 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
379 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 483 daily.
Oran-Hopital Militaire set a daily record low minimum temperature of 0.0 C (32.0 F) on 23 December 1957.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 546 records.

Record Map

485 stations

485 station records on 23 December 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria da Boa Vista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ipira (Camisao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Itaberaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Talga Talga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barrie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Martenshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Campo Largo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paulistana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	47.2 C (117.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Varzea Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kookynie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Nova	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coongan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
E Tawas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shaunavon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bucyrus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brockport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vogelstruiskuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wills Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

485 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 263, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 116, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 76, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 23 December 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	263
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	116
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	76
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 December 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 483.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

382 broken records

Margins by which the 382 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1957

Top 20 records on 23 December 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1957	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	97 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1957	Santa Maria da Boa Vista, BR	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1957	Ipira (Camisao), BR	daily rain	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1957	Itaberaba, BR	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1957	Talga Talga, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1957	Barrie, CA	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	79 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1957	Martenshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1957	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	85 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1957	Simcoe, CA	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	85 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1957	Campo Largo, BR	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1957	Warralong, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1957	Paulistana, BR	daily rain	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1957	Cobar Post Office, AU	monthly high max	47.2 C (117.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1957	Huntsville, CA	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	75 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1957	Riva, IT	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	78 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1957	Parry Sound, CA	daily high max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	81 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1957	Toronto, CA	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1957	Varzea Alegre, BR	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1957	Quebec, CA	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	65 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1957	Stratford, CA	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	56 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1957. 1957 had 485 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 1957-12-23: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	352
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	1