Weather Records on 23 December 1964

1,457 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1964. Highest significance: Tarcutta (Wollumbi), AU.

Key Facts for 23 December 1964

On 23 December 1964, 1,457 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
748 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 165 monthly and 1,286 daily.
Tarcutta (Wollumbi) set a daily record precipitation of 55.1 mm (2.2 in) on 23 December 1964.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 539 records.

Record Map

1,457 stations

1,457 station records on 23 December 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Twin Falls 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Arthur 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lake 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yass (Linton Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Burley	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Falls 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Breadalbane (Sweetwood Lea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Palladam	India	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Browning	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coalville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kodumudi	India	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sivaganga	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Morekulam	India	Record daily precipitation	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Browning	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Browning	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Galong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Howlong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moro	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Anatone	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Disston 1 NE Laying Ck	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kotagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kamuthi	India	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Valapady	India	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Midvale	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waialua 847	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Binalong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Everton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bliss 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Dell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington (Ware Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Melur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvadanai	India	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chiloquin 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Border 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,457 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 340, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 408, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 551, Heaviest daily snowfall 75, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 23 December 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	340
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	408
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	551
Heaviest daily snowfall	75
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 23 December 1964 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 165, daily 1,286.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,271 broken records

Margins by which the 1,271 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 458.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1964

Top 20 records on 23 December 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1964	Tarcutta (Wollumbi), AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1964	Young Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	76 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1964	Dunkeld, AU	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1964	Twin Falls 2 NNE, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1964	Arthur 4NW, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1964	Jerome, US	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1964	Hood Rvr Exp STN, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1964	Lake 2 N, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1964	Yass (Linton Hostel), AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1964	Victoria Valley, AU	monthly rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1964	Oakridge Fish Hatchery, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1964	Burley, US	monthly rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1964	Lifton Pumping STN, US	monthly rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1964	Twin Falls 3 SE, US	monthly rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1964	Breadalbane (Sweetwood Lea), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1964	Palladam, IN	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1964	Browning, US	daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	45.8 cm (18.0 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1964	Coalville, US	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1964	Kodumudi, IN	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1964	Sivaganga, IN	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	33 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1964. 1964 had 1,457 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 1964-12-23: 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 100	1,255
100 to 200	13
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1