Weather Records on 23 December 1970

940 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1970. Highest significance: Reedy Creek Station, AU.

Key Facts for 23 December 1970

On 23 December 1970, 940 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
346 were record highs and 233 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 920 daily.
Reedy Creek Station set a daily record precipitation of 84.3 mm (3.3 in) on 23 December 1970.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 543 records.

Record Map

940 stations

940 station records on 23 December 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Reedy Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tullibigeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cooloolabin Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Timbo Novo (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Matiwa (B0S)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yalleroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Euleilah Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamare	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ephrata	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cythera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lloydminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tanana AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kakamas Skl	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling Crossing Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Angledool Telephone Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tubbul Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coominya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

940 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 152, Lowest daily maximum 103, Highest daily minimum 194, Lowest daily minimum 130, Heaviest daily rainfall 262, Heaviest daily snowfall 60, Deepest snow cover 39.

Records on 23 December 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	152
Lowest daily maximum	103
Highest daily minimum	194
Lowest daily minimum	130
Heaviest daily rainfall	262
Heaviest daily snowfall	60
Deepest snow cover	39

Records on 23 December 1970 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 920.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

737 broken records

Margins by which the 737 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1970

Top 20 records on 23 December 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1970	Reedy Creek Station, AU	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1970	Rocky Vale, AU	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1970	Eumundi - Crescent Rd, AU	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1970	Moore Post Office, AU	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1970	Fayetteville Wtp, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1970	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily low max	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	95 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1970	Greeneville Exp STN, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1970	Tullibigeal Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1970	Canton 4 SE, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1970	Cooloolabin Forestry, AU	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1970	Potlatch 3 NNE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1970	Knoxville AP, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1970	Timbo Novo (Pcd), BR	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1970	Matiwa (B0S), ZA	daily rain	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1970	Manistique Wwtp, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1970	Yalleroi, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1970	Margate Collins St, AU	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1970	Bar Harbor 3 NW, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1970	Euleilah Creek, AU	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1970	Kalamare, BW	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	39 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 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1970. 1970 had 940 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 100	724
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1