Weather Records on 23 December 1963

1,391 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1963. Highest significance: Rogersville 1 NE, US.

Key Facts for 23 December 1963

On 23 December 1963, 1,391 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 723 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 23 were all-time records, 131 monthly and 1,237 daily.
Rogersville 1 NE set a monthly record daily snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 23 December 1963.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 540 records.

Record Map

1,391 stations

1,391 station records on 23 December 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Serra Talhada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Searcy	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pennington Gap	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	135.2 mm (5.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsport	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Meka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pennington Gap	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Quantico 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ironton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Quebrangulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Traipu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	130.4 mm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Lyn	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Miguel Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Picardy	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paintsville 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jessieville	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Westernport	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Allardt	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,391 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 334, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 389, Heaviest daily rainfall 175, Heaviest daily snowfall 208, Deepest snow cover 152.

Records on 23 December 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	334
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	389
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	208
Deepest snow cover	152

Records on 23 December 1963 by timescale: all-time 23, monthly 131, daily 1,237.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,177 broken records

Margins by which the 1,177 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 269.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1963

Top 20 records on 23 December 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1963	Rogersville 1 NE, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1963	Serra Talhada, BR	all-time rain	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1963	Camden 1, US	all-time snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	71 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1963	Jefferson, US	daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1963	Searcy, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	70 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1963	Ashwood, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1963	Lynnville 4 SSW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	68 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1963	Pennington Gap, US	monthly snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1963	Plain Dealing, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1963	Crossville Ed & Rsch STN, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1963	Barra, BR	daily rain	135.2 mm (5.3 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1963	Portland, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1963	Kingsport, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1963	Meka Station, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1963	Milan Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1963	Brinkley, US	all-time snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	70 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1963	Seligman, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1963	Pennington Gap, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	18 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1963	Quantico 1 S, US	daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1963	Knoxville AP, US	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	50 years	55 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 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1963. 1963 had 1,391 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	1,013
50 to 100	98
100 to 150	44
150 to 200	15
200 to 250	6
250 to 300	1